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Today, over 70 million people in 188 countries practice Taekwondo. 4 million of them are
black belters.
When practicing taekwondo the commands are given in the Korean language.
The minimum rank to become a Master is a 6th degree black but in order to become a
Master the candidate must be invited.
1Do you want to get fit?
1If you want to achieve any of these, we encourage you to join us in learning the basics of
taekwondo.
2What is TAEKWONDO?
2Taekwondo is a Korean martial art that was founded by General Hong Hi Choi as a military
1The word tae means foot; kwon means hand; and, do means the art or way of life.
1+2Combining them all, TAEKWONDO is the art or way of the hands and the feet.
1In training, you can either use the uniform known as DOBOK, or you can wear simply a
1How to do it?
1The purpose of these commands is to help develop discipline, respect, and to show honor.
2Now that we know the commands, well now proceed on how to form a fist.
2May we ask everybody to raise their hands.
2Finally, place your thumb over your fingers so that when you hit something solid, you wont hurt
yourself.
1At this moment, you already know how to make a fist. Now, lets proceed to punching.
1The punching in taekwondo is not like the punching you know in boxing. Like this one, and this
one.
1Its done this way. You punch must be straight and must be aimed at chest level. The resting
hand stays above your belt, beside your waist. As you make another punch, you pull your other
arm back to the side of your waist. And, we do this this way. 1,2,3. Now, you know how to punch.
2How to do it?
2To do a left low block, put your left hand on your right shoulder. Then, your right hand, on the
right left side of your waist. To do it, your left hand goes down as you pull right hand to the other
side of your waist like youre slicing your tummy. Lets do it again. Left hand goes up. Right hand
1Of course, if we have a left low block, we also have a right low block. Again, raise your hands.
1For a right low block, your right hand goes to your left shoulder. And, your left hand goes to the
right side of your waist. Then, right arm goes down, and pull your left arm to the side like youre
2If you also want to do it, you can find your happy place where you can move freely.
1You just raise your foot as high as you can, without bending your knee. Thats it. Thats stretch
kick.
2Its similar to Stretch Kick, except that you will need to clip your leg before and after kicking.
2So, raise you knee, kick you leg. Clip, then put it down. We do it again, like this.
1Its a stretch kick, but we do it from the inside going outside. Like youre doing a curve.
2Again, its a stretch kick beginning from the outside, going inside.
1Its similar to Front Kick, except that youll going to twist your body sidewards. Clip, side, kick,
clip, down.
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2 Now, you have learned the basics of taekwondo in under 7 minutes. We hope that you learned
something from what we have taught you. If youre interested to learn more, there are many
training centers here in Baguio where you can learn fully TAEKWONDO.
1+2 Thank you for your time and your participation.