Tae Kwon Do is South Koreas National Sport and Military Martial Art. The words 'Tae Kwon Do' can be translated to 'The Way and the Art of Foot and Hand Combat'. It is reputed to be the most powerful Martial Art combining self defence, non and full contact sparring, destruction techniques, pure art forms, flexibility and good general fitness training.
The sport side of Tae Kwon Do is a small but important part where students can if they wish compete in full contact sparring testing some of the techniques which they have learnt. The sport side of practising Tae Kwon Do is only a part of the training but the popularity of Tae Kwon Do has increased enormously since it inclusion in the Olympic Games.
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