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Taekwondo has a varied and interesting history, but the forms of the martial art we know today were established in the 1970s.
Initially, Taekwondo was a single martial art practiced in Korea and only slightly catching on around the world, though not at the time as popular as the Japanese and Chinese martial arts. It split in the late 50’s into two different divisions. Despite an attempt to unify these, they remained two distinct styles of Taekwondo. The Korean Tae Kwon Do Association (KTA), under General Choi Hong Hi, were given government approval as the official version.
However, a rival of Choi’s from the same military academy, Park Chung Hee, had control of the Korean government (after a coup against his former president) and wanted to unify the Korean Movements. As politics and Taekwondo were so heavily linked, Park took control of the KTA. Choi then left Korea due to this political climate and became the official Korean Ambassador to Malaysia
In the 1960’s General Choi did a lot to establish Taekwondo as a worldwide Martial Arts. This led to him forming the International Taekwondo Federation (I.T.F.) which, by this time, involved people from Europe, Asia and the US. Although he left Korea, he still ran the I T F, from Malaysia, though this would be eventually done from Toronto. In the meantime, Park controlled the KTA, which remained the official Martial Art of Korea.
In 1970 a businessman, Kim Un Yong, was offered the role of President for the Korean Taekwondo Association. He saw money in making this martial art a sport rather than simply a fighting style and set about changing the way it was practiced. Being a representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for Korea, his ultimate goal was to gain Olympic recognition for Taekwondo.
By 1973 the world had taken notice of Taekwondo, leading to the first ever World Taekwondo Championships (in Seoul). This led to Kim Un Yong being able to form the W T F or World Taekwondo Federation with him taking the presidency. So the KTA became the W T F, the officially recognised version of Taekwondo in Korea, but now distilled into a sport and the I T F became the world-wide version, keeping the Martial Arts element and ignoring the sport side.
Today, many instructors of both styles prefer to use parts from each to enrich their practice of the Martial Arts. Worldwide tournaments are held where both styles can fight and ground rules have been worked out to appease both sides.
In addition to this, many of these instructors will also bring in weapons training from martial arts such as Tang soo do (another Korean martial art which uses weapons) and techniques from many other martial arts. This allows them to use the training for other areas where Taekwondo is weaker such as self defence and sweeps.
Initially, Taekwondo was a single martial art practiced in Korea and only slightly catching on around the world, though not at the time as popular as the Japanese and Chinese martial arts. It split in the late 50’s into two different divisions. Despite an attempt to unify these, they remained two distinct styles of Taekwondo. The Korean Tae Kwon Do Association (KTA), under General Choi Hong Hi, were given government approval as the official version.
However, a rival of Choi’s from the same military academy, Park Chung Hee, had control of the Korean government (after a coup against his former president) and wanted to unify the Korean Movements. As politics and Taekwondo were so heavily linked, Park took control of the KTA. Choi then left Korea due to this political climate and became the official Korean Ambassador to Malaysia
In the 1960’s General Choi did a lot to establish Taekwondo as a worldwide Martial Arts. This led to him forming the International Taekwondo Federation (I.T.F.) which, by this time, involved people from Europe, Asia and the US. Although he left Korea, he still ran the I T F, from Malaysia, though this would be eventually done from Toronto. In the meantime, Park controlled the KTA, which remained the official Martial Art of Korea.
In 1970 a businessman, Kim Un Yong, was offered the role of President for the Korean Taekwondo Association. He saw money in making this martial art a sport rather than simply a fighting style and set about changing the way it was practiced. Being a representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for Korea, his ultimate goal was to gain Olympic recognition for Taekwondo.
By 1973 the world had taken notice of Taekwondo, leading to the first ever World Taekwondo Championships (in Seoul). This led to Kim Un Yong being able to form the W T F or World Taekwondo Federation with him taking the presidency. So the KTA became the W T F, the officially recognised version of Taekwondo in Korea, but now distilled into a sport and the I T F became the world-wide version, keeping the Martial Arts element and ignoring the sport side.
Today, many instructors of both styles prefer to use parts from each to enrich their practice of the Martial Arts. Worldwide tournaments are held where both styles can fight and ground rules have been worked out to appease both sides.
In addition to this, many of these instructors will also bring in weapons training from martial arts such as Tang soo do (another Korean martial art which uses weapons) and techniques from many other martial arts. This allows them to use the training for other areas where Taekwondo is weaker such as self defence and sweeps.
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Taekwondo has a varied and interesting history, but the forms of the martial art we know today were established in the 1970s.
Initially, Taekwondo was a single martial art practiced in Korea and only slightly catching on around the world, though not at the time as popular as the Japanese and Chinese martial arts. It split in the late 50’s into two different divisions. Despite an attempt to unify these, they remained two distinct styles of Taekwondo. The Korean Tae Kwon Do Association (KTA), under General Choi Hong Hi, were given government approval as the official version.
However, a rival of Choi’s from the same military academy, Park Chung Hee, had control of the Korean government (after a coup against his former president) and wanted to unify the Korean Movements. As politics and Taekwondo were so heavily linked, Park took control of the KTA. Choi then left Korea due to this political climate and became the official Korean Ambassador to Malaysia
In the 1960’s General Choi did a lot to establish Taekwondo as a worldwide Martial Arts. This led to him forming the International Taekwondo Federation (I.T.F.) which, by this time, involved people from Europe, Asia and the US. Although he left Korea, he still ran the I T F, from Malaysia, though this would be eventually done from Toronto. In the meantime, Park controlled the KTA, which remained the official Martial Art of Korea.
In 1970 a businessman, Kim Un Yong, was offered the role of President for the Korean Taekwondo Association. He saw money in making this martial art a sport rather than simply a fighting style and set about changing the way it was practiced. Being a representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for Korea, his ultimate goal was to gain Olympic recognition for Taekwondo.
By 1973 the world had taken notice of Taekwondo, leading to the first ever World Taekwondo Championships (in Seoul). This led to Kim Un Yong being able to form the W T F or World Taekwondo Federation with him taking the presidency. So the KTA became the W T F, the officially recognised version of Taekwondo in Korea, but now distilled into a sport and the I T F became the world-wide version, keeping the Martial Arts element and ignoring the sport side.
Today, many instructors of both styles prefer to use parts from each to enrich their practice of the Martial Arts. Worldwide tournaments are held where both styles can fight and ground rules have been worked out to appease both sides.
In addition to this, many of these instructors will also bring in weapons training from martial arts such as Tang soo do (another Korean martial art which uses weapons) and techniques from many other martial arts. This allows them to use the training for other areas where Taekwondo is weaker such as self defence and sweeps.
Initially, Taekwondo was a single martial art practiced in Korea and only slightly catching on around the world, though not at the time as popular as the Japanese and Chinese martial arts. It split in the late 50’s into two different divisions. Despite an attempt to unify these, they remained two distinct styles of Taekwondo. The Korean Tae Kwon Do Association (KTA), under General Choi Hong Hi, were given government approval as the official version.
However, a rival of Choi’s from the same military academy, Park Chung Hee, had control of the Korean government (after a coup against his former president) and wanted to unify the Korean Movements. As politics and Taekwondo were so heavily linked, Park took control of the KTA. Choi then left Korea due to this political climate and became the official Korean Ambassador to Malaysia
In the 1960’s General Choi did a lot to establish Taekwondo as a worldwide Martial Arts. This led to him forming the International Taekwondo Federation (I.T.F.) which, by this time, involved people from Europe, Asia and the US. Although he left Korea, he still ran the I T F, from Malaysia, though this would be eventually done from Toronto. In the meantime, Park controlled the KTA, which remained the official Martial Art of Korea.
In 1970 a businessman, Kim Un Yong, was offered the role of President for the Korean Taekwondo Association. He saw money in making this martial art a sport rather than simply a fighting style and set about changing the way it was practiced. Being a representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for Korea, his ultimate goal was to gain Olympic recognition for Taekwondo.
By 1973 the world had taken notice of Taekwondo, leading to the first ever World Taekwondo Championships (in Seoul). This led to Kim Un Yong being able to form the W T F or World Taekwondo Federation with him taking the presidency. So the KTA became the W T F, the officially recognised version of Taekwondo in Korea, but now distilled into a sport and the I T F became the world-wide version, keeping the Martial Arts element and ignoring the sport side.
Today, many instructors of both styles prefer to use parts from each to enrich their practice of the Martial Arts. Worldwide tournaments are held where both styles can fight and ground rules have been worked out to appease both sides.
In addition to this, many of these instructors will also bring in weapons training from martial arts such as Tang soo do (another Korean martial art which uses weapons) and techniques from many other martial arts. This allows them to use the training for other areas where Taekwondo is weaker such as self defence and sweeps.