Taekwondo has been developing with 5000 year long history of Korea, being called by several names in the past. Back in the B.C. era, Taekwondo began as a defense martial art which was called, "Subak" or "Taekkyon" and it was basically an art of combat under Packje (18 B.C.). Later under Koguryo 37 (B.C.) and Shilla 57 (B.C.) dynasties a collective youth's education system called "Seonbae" & "Hwarang" developed which also included Martial Art and its extensive training programs.
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Traditionnal Taekwon Do originates from South Korea. It was created in the 1950 as a military dicipline. Later, Taekwon Do was divined into two styles: ITF style (international Taekwon Do Federation) and WTF style (World Taekwon Do federation). WTF is more widely spread an it is event an olmypic event.