Who is the founder of Taekwondo? In which country is the birthplace?

The founders of Taekwondo are numerous Korean nations devoted to fighting skills, but the hero who officially unified the name and promoted it is Cui Hongxi. Originated from the Korean peninsula (now North Korea and South Korea).

Taekwondo originated in the Korean Peninsula, and evolved from Taekwondo and Hualang Road in the Three Kingdoms Period in Korea, which is a popular martial art in Korea.

Before p>1955, there was no word Taekwondo in Korea, and the martial arts in Korea were mainly karate, Tang Shoudao and Taekwondo heel of a few people. During the Japanese occupation, a large number of young Korean students went to Japan to study, where they received systematic karate training in Songtao Pavilion. After returning home, they began to establish Daoguan to teach students. After Japan's defeat, South Korea gained national independence, and a large number of karate and Tang Shoudao gymnasiums sprang up. Early Korean karate communicators combined the traditional national martial arts Taekwondo with karate, which was called Tang Shoudao. And the first batch of Korean Daoguan appeared, which was the later Nine Avenue Pavilion.

The word "Taekwondo" was named by General Cui Hongxi of South Korea in 1955. When General Cui Hongxi was studying in Japan in his early years, he learned karate in Songtao Hall of Japan, and integrated it with traditional Korean martial arts, such as Taekwondo and hand wrestling. In a word, modern Taekwondo is one of the martial arts movements originated in South Korea, which combines the skills of contemporary East Asian martial arts.

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art developed by East Asian culture, based on the martial spirit of "starting with ceremony and ending with ceremony". Its footwork accounts for 7%. There are 25 sets of taekwondo routines; In addition, there are weapons, grasping, locking, self-defense of dismantling and more than 1 kinds of basic kung fu.

Taekwondo was a demonstration event at the 1988 Olympic Games; It started as a pilot event at the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992. By the year 2, the Sydney Olympic Games will become an official event.

taekwondo organizations in the world are mainly divided into two systems, namely, the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) and the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). The Olympic Games adopted WTF system.