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Freely translated, Taekwondo<\/a> means \u2018the art of kicking and punching.\u2019\u00a0 Literally it means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tae<\/em><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nPushing, jumping, or striking with the foot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kwon<\/em><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nHitting or striking with fist or hand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Do<\/em><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nThe way, the story, the art<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\"Korean

Korean Characters for Taekwondo<\/p><\/div>\n

Taekwondo<\/a> is a form of unarmed self-defence<\/a> which uses both hands and feet to evade or deflect an opponents attack or to stage a quick counter attack.\u00a0 In addition to being a martial art, Taekwondo is also an Olympic sport.\u00a0 Types of competition include patterns, one-step, sparring, technical breaking, and power breaking and start with kids as young as five right through to veterans divisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Freely translated, Taekwondo means \u2018the art of kicking and punching.\u2019\u00a0 Literally it means: Tae \u00a0 Pushing, jumping, or striking with the foot Kwon \u00a0 Hitting or striking with fist or hand Do \u00a0 The way, the story, the art Taekwondo is a form of unarmed self-defence which uses both hands and feet to evade or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-taekwondo","category-theory"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is Taekwondo? | Brisbane Martial Arts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brisbanemartialarts.com.au\/what-is-taekwondo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Taekwondo? 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