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taekwondo

taekwondo

11 5.9
A Korean sport of fighting using high, fast kicks and spinning jumps
  • noun
  • /ˌteɪkwɒnˈdoʊ/
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  • He was in the Olympics as a Taekwondo athlete and he went on to open Charleston Taekwondo.
  • taekwondo belts
  • taekwondo team
  • Taekwondo Championships

And what is the qualitative differences between kickboxing or Taekwondo and Krav Maga?

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Examples

  • His daughter Margret is a fitness model and IFBB competitor with a black belt in Taekwondo.

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  • I recently participated in the US Open Taekwondo Hanmadang.

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  • 5% of all people who start Taekwondo actually make it to black belt.

  • The girls started TaeKwonDo back in July and have a blast doing it.

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  • He and I actually started taking taekwondo classes together after school.

  • He and I actually started taking taekwondo classes together after school.

  • Marina Oleynikova is a 14-year-old taekwondo student who moved to Boston from Ukraine two years ago.

  • Jana is excited after her latest taekwondo class, and Michele enters laughing and smiling as well.

Synonyms

martial art
vstaekwondo
75 2.9

A traditional form of fighting practiced for self defense and sport

is a specific Korean style emphasizing high, fast and jumping kicks
tae kwon do
vstaekwondo
3 4.8

A Korean martial art with fast high kicks and hand strikes

is the closed modern spelling of that same Korean martial practice

How Striking

kickboxing
21 3.0
taekwondo
11 5.9
karate
113 3.5
martial art
75 2.9
judo
19 3.2
aikido
7 7.0

Surface Forms

taekwondo singular
taekwondos plural

Etymology

Taekwondo comes from three Korean parts: tae meaning 'to kick' or 'foot', kwon meaning 'fist', and do meaning 'way'. So taekwondo is 'the way of foot and fist', which explains the sport's high, fast kicks and striking moves.