New Star Taekwondo by Master Kim

CERTIFIED Member of the following:

Kukkiwon (World Taekwondo Headquarters)
WTF (World Taekwondo Federation)
STA (Seoul Taekwondo Association)

Taekwondo as a martial art is popular with people of both genders and of many ages. Physically, taekwondo develops strength, speed, balance, flexibility, and stamina. A student typically takes part in most or all of the following:

-Learning the techniques

and curriculum of taekwondo
-Both anaerobic and aerobic workout, including stretching
-Self-defense techniques (hosinsool 호신술)
-Patterns (also called forms, poomsae 품새/品勢, teul 틀, hyeong 형/型)
-Sparring (called gyeorugi 겨루기, or matseogi 맞서기 in the ITF), which may include 7-, 3-, 2- and 1-step sparring, free-style sparring, arranged sparring, point sparring, and other types
-Relaxation and meditation exercises; breathing control
-Throwing and/or falling techniques (deonjigi 던지기 and ddeoreojigi 떨어지기)
-A focus on mental and ethical discipline, etiquette, justice, respect, and self-confidence
-Breaking (gyeokpa 격파 or weerok), using techniques to break boards for testing, training and martial arts demonstrations. Demonstrations often also incorporate bricks, tiles, and blocks of ice or other materials.
-Exams to progress to the next rank