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Thanks for visiting  my Tae kwon-do page. This site is still partly under construction, and is a little on the basic side for which I apologise in advance. However, there is still something for everyone on these pages:- an explanation of what TKD is and where it came from, the basics of the art, the terms needed for all grades, an explanation of the patterns up to and including black tag (and soon, hopefully, all black belts), information on all types of sparring in Tae kwon-do and lots, lots more!! So to help you find the info that you want just click on the links and hey presto you're away!!

Before you do I would just like to say a........

HUGE!!

"Thankyou" to a few people without whom this site would not be here. First of all, Heidi (u know who you are) for painstakingly typing in a lot of the written info on this site which, even though I have spent God knows how long setting this site up, has saved me a life time in work, so thanks!! Also thanks to my instructor Mr James McKenna(5th dan) who traveled a 186 mile round trip every Tuesday and Thursday, just to teach our class for a couple of hours and without whom I wouldn't be practising Tae kwon-do today. To Erica for proof reading the site hoping against hope that my command of the English language would improve, bless her. Finally to every single member of  our club for making it such a joy to come to every week.

THANKYOU!!

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Anyway enuff of the blurb Click the links to the left or for the frameless, click below!!!!

• Introduction to Tae Kwon-Do
• The Tae Kwon-Do Basics (what all you beginners need to Know!)
• Patterns
• Terms (because the syllabus is taught using the korean terminology here are the explanations)
• Sparring (three, two, one, set, semi free, and free sparring)

WHAT IS TAE KWON-DO?

It is a version of an ancient form of unarmed combat practised for many centuries in the Orient.  Tae kwon-do became perfected in its present form in Korea.

Translated from Korean, 'Tae' literally means to jump, kick or smash with the foot.  'Kwon' means a fist - chiefly to punch or destroy with the hand or fist.  'Do' means art, way or method.  Tae kwon-do indicates the technique of unarmed combat for self-defence, involving the skilled application of punches, kicks, blocks, dodges and interception with the hand, arms and feet to the rapid destruction of the opponent.

To the Korean people Tae kwon-do is more than a mere use of skilled movements.  It also implies a way of thinking and a way of life, particularly in instilling a concept and spirit of strict self-imposed discipline and an ideal of noble moral re-armament.

In these days of violence and intimidation, which seem to plague our modern societies, Tae kwon-do provides the weak with a mode of defence and means of defeating an opponent but when wrongly applied it can become a lethal weapon.

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