How old is tae kwon do?

Answer 1

The name of Taekwondo is aproximately 55 years old since it was first applied to the modern development of Korean Martial Art on April 11, 1955, but many of the components that make up what Taekwondo is, go back thousands of years into Korea's early native history.

Keep in mind that many novice of modern day "Martial Art" and Mixed Martial Art" classes only think of an Art as the written curriculum for tests, and believe that the origin starts when it was first named. This is a very superficial understanding. Taekwondo is a way of life, and a philosophy of cultural characteristics, moral and ethical Codes of Conduct, and a warrior's spirit of combat that has been handed down for generations in Korea. The name of "Taekwondo" is relatively new, but the art itself, and what brought it into existence is very old.

Many of the core technical concepts, tactics, cultural and philosophical influences are a part of Korea's long history. Taekwondo was created by Koreans who relied heavily on ancient ways of life that made the Korean culture unique. They built their modern day Martial Art on the perseverance of a country who relied many times on the training of their warriors to fend of aggression from larger, foreign enemies.

Stemming from the time Koreans first migrated onto the peninsula (circa 5000 BC), and later established the first kingdom of Goguryeo (57 B.C.), the Koreans began to develop their own approach to unarmed combat training. These methods were not known to be a precise curriculum, and specific techniques were not handed down in an unbroken chain, but the ways of hand strikes and grappling existed in ancient subak, and kicking was unique to Korea's native Tae kkyeon ("kicking method"). These basic principles were revived in 1944 in the first official Korean Kwan (school) called Chung Do Kwan, founded by Won Kuk Lee.

When the various Kwans operating in Korea merged to form the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA), the art became solidified as Korea's national Martial Art, but it has been a long time in development, through the contributions of many people, and is still evolving today.

Answer 2

The name of Taekwondo is aproximately 55 years old since it was first applied to the modern development of Korean Martial Art on April 11, 1955, but many of the components that make up what Taekwondo is, go back thousands of years into Korea's early native history.

Keep in mind that many novice of modern day "Martial Art" and Mixed Martial Art" classes only think of an Art as the written curriculum for tests, and believe that the origin starts when it was first named. This is a very superficial understanding. Taekwondo is a way of life, and a philosophy of cultural characteristics, moral and ethical Codes of Conduct, and a warrior's spirit of combat that has been handed down for generations in Korea. The name of "Taekwondo" is relatively new, but the art itself, and what brought it into existence is very old.

Many of the core technical concepts, tactics, cultural and philosophical influences are a part of Korea's long history. Taekwondo was created by Koreans who relied heavily on ancient ways of life that made the Korean culture unique. They built their modern day Martial Art on the perseverance of a country who relied many times on the training of their warriors to fend of aggression from larger, foreign enemies.

Stemming from the time Koreans first migrated onto the peninsula (circa 5000 BC), and later established the first kingdom of Goguryeo (57 B.C.), the Koreans began to develop their own approach to unarmed combat training. These methods were not known to be a precise curriculum, and specific techniques were not handed down in an unbroken chain, but the ways of hand strikes and grappling existed in ancient subak, and kicking was unique to Korea's native Tae kkyeon ("kicking method"). These basic principles were revived in 1944 in the first official Korean Kwan (school) called Chung Do Kwan, founded by Won Kuk Lee.

When the various Kwans operating in Korea merged to form the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA), the art became solidified as Korea's national Martial Art, but it has been a long time in development, through the contributions of many people, and is still evolving today.

Answer 3

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