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Taekwondo Olympics! Unforgettable moments of life

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Taekwondo is national sports of Korea and is a type of martial arts. It literally means “Break or strike with foot”. In this game, the opponents use both fists and feet to strike against each other. This is very interesting and defensive game in which more emphasize is on defense side, when you are unarmed. This game has gained so much popularity that it is now a very charming event in Olympic Games and known as Taekwondo Olympics.
Taekwondo is national sports of Korea and is a type of martial arts. It literally means “Break or strike with foot”. In this game, the opponents use both fists and feet to strike against each other. This is very interesting and defensive game in which more emphasize is on defense side, when you are unarmed. This game has gained so much popularity that it is now a very charming event in Olympic Games and known as Taekwondo Olympics.
Traditionally, this game originated in the Korean army in late 50s and early 60s of twentieth century. Actually, this art is combination of three kingdoms of Korea having political differences including Baekje, Goguryeo and Silla. During the time, young people who were interested in that game, trained for strength and surviving skills of Taekwondo. There are several interesting techniques for different types of attacks. Subak is the most popular segment of all the techniques of Taekwondo.
Taekwondo is a complete exercise program in which flexibility and stretching is of prime importance. Additionally, aerobic exercises are also there to increase the stamina of the body. In the beginning of taekwondo classes, warm up is necessary. For that purpose, pushups and trunk rotation initial exercises. After those, jumping jacks, squat kicks and stretching of legs at different angles make the body more prepared in a normal class of taekwondo.
There are several different types of movements in taekwondo, which have different impact on the body. These movements first learned in theory and then practice makes people perfect in these movements. There are more than 20 movements in taekwondo including high block, front kick right punch, right kick left punch, high block front kick and many more. It takes time to familiarize your body to each movement, and after that, long term determination along with practice makes perfection and speed in these movements.
Taekwondo is a favorite sport of many sports loving people because it is a multidimensional game. It gives you opportunity to learn defensive strategies. It also gives strength and tolerance to the human body. Moreover, exercises in this martial art enhance the psychological and intuitional capabilities with a great piece of mind. In the beginning, it might look difficult because several muscles of your body will not accept it easily and muscle fatigue along with lack of stamina can hinder your progression towards permanent exercises. Assistance in shape of moral and psychological help is essential in the start of exercises and then when body becomes use to it then you can continue it easily. A sudden stop can bring you to the initial stages and then you have to start everything from the scratch. Therefore, consistency is must to learn it and determination is essential to continue it.
Conclusively, I may say that taekwondo games are a very healthy sport. It is really a great fun to watch taekwondo Olympics, and you can imagine how much pleasure the players will be experiencing during the game. This is healthy and mind recreational activity, which everybody should benefit from.


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