When developing the patterns, General Choi wanted to establish Taekwondo as a uniquely Korean martial art, to distinguish it from Karate and the
Japanese arts, from which it was developed. He therefore named the
patterns after heroic and patriotic figures from Korea’s history, as well as
some of the key events in his nation’s development.
As GrandMaster Pablo Traijtenberg quoted during the ITF Convention 2017 in Benidorm (Spain), there are many hip injuries amongst Taekwon-Do practitioners all over the world, so I decided to write a thesis about this phenomenon and the possible solutions after research.
Teaching Taekwon-Do to Gen Z Thesis for VII Dan Christine Young-Jasberg, New Zealand In this thesis I will share some insights from my observations from the past 13 years of teaching classes predominantly filled with…
Game theory and Taekwondo
People talk in terms like ‘tactics’ or ‘strategy’ every day. Most of the
time they mean different things using these terms. What all those who use these terms have in common is to express something successful.
As GrandMaster Pablo Traijtenberg quoted during the ITF Convention 2017 in Benidorm (Spain), there are many hip injuries amongst Taekwon-Do practitioners all over the world, so I decided to write a thesis about this phenomenon and the possible solutions after research.
“What is Taekwon-Do, fundamentally? What is its nature and substance, its
reason for being?” Marcus Aurelius, the great Roman philosopher and emperor, might ask such a question of General Choi Hong Hi, founder of Taekwon-Do, in the hereafter.
General Choi Hong Hi founded Taekwon-Do including the Tenets, meant as a guide for all serious students of the art. These tenets have guided all of us through the decades, years and days and are very important for the way we train, teach, inter-act and live. The way to interpret and implement them is sometimes obvious but at other times a rather complex task. Furthermore, the way to interpret them can differ from each individual due to personality and/ or philosophy but also depending on what role a person has. I would like to compare the interpretation and view of these tenets based on input I have gathered from some different “stakeholders”: