Taekwondo


 * Taekwondo is a Korean martial art the focuses on powerful kicks and punches that utilize the power within your wrist.**
 * **Traditional taekwondo" typically refers to the martial art as it was established in the 1950s and 1960s in the**
 * **South Korean military; in particular, the names and symbolism of the traditional patterns often refer to elements of Korean history.**
 * **"Sport taekwondo" has evolved in the decades since then and has a somewhat different focus, especially in terms of its emphasis on speed and competition (as in Olympic sparring). Sport taekwondo is in turn subdivided into two main styles; One derives from Kukkiwon, the source of the sparring system sihap gyeorugi which is now an event at the summer Olympic Games and which is governed by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). The other comes from the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF).**