What I explained to the father of Taekwon-Do at that time was that I had not invented a single new technique, but that what was involved was to take into account the age and integral development of the children when teaching.His answer echoes in my head to this day, almost 30 years later: ”When I developed Taekwon-Do, I thought on soldiers, not children.”
Moral Aspects . ITF – Taekwon-Do in our Western Society Thesis for lVth Dan by Eddy Van Damme, Belgium What is the cement that links the concepts ’morality’, ’martial art’ and ’Western society’ together? It…
Taekwon-Do was developed in the 1940’s as a method of hand to hand combat training for soldiers, all of whom were male, so it is somewhat understandable that it has an overall male focus. However, since most schools have female students as well as male, it is important for us, as instructors, and for the ITF as an organization, to acknowledge where bias exists in our martial art and take steps to address it.
The idea of this work is to reflect and be able to think about certain individual and group psychic processes that occur during the transmission of our art. We will not only look at it from the point of view of transmitting our martial art based on its principles and philosophy, from the appropriate teaching methodology, but also from the effects that the practice of Taekwon-Do produces in terms of boosting self-esteem and the relationship this has with the management and control of aggressiveness.
Women@ITF Taekwon-Do Thesis for VII Dan by Annick Van Driessche, Belgium When I started practising Taekwon-Do, doing grading for Master VII°degree was not something I had in mind. At first I just wanted to practise…
The theory of power, Taekwon-Do training secrets and breaking techniques Thesis Jack de Smit The Encyclopedia written by Founder General Choi Hong Hi provides an explanation of the key skills required to apply 100% of…
When I started practicing Taekwon-Do in 1986 as a police officer complying with the rules and regulations of the Ethiopian Police Force, I did not expect to reach the 7th Degree or Master’s degree that I am currently competing for. But as much as I understood the art of Taekwon-Do, I had a strong desire and vision to reach the heights of the art in my country – Ethiopia. So, with all the effort and sacrifice required to master the art, I was able to complete my training time and practice better alongside my regular work.