TAEKWONDO HOSTORY AND DEELOPMENT

Taekwondo is one type of martial arts originating from South Korea. Since a few years back, the popularity of this martial art more and more in demand by the people of Indonesia. Less perfect when it has many who follow this martial arts but do not know the history and origins of this martial art itself. Therefore, here we present the origin and history of one of the greatest martial arts in the world.

ORIGIN US TAEKWONDO NAME

As mentioned at the beginning of the paragraph, Taekwondo is one of the martial arts branches originating from Ginseng Country, South Korea. Therefore, of course the origin of Taekwondo is also derived from Korean, the meaning is:

Tae: Legs.
Kwon: Punch by hand.
Do: System / art.

So the overall meaning of Taekwondo is more or less: Art uses the feet or hands as a weapon to defend itself.

PERKEMBANGAN DAN PENYEBARANNYA

History records, Taekwondo began appearing in the year 37M during the Kogooryo dynasty in Korea. At that time, the public called this martial art with several different names, including Subak, Taekkyon and Taeyon. From that time to the beginning of the 20th century, Taekwondo was still used for cultural events and martial arts for knights in dynasties.

At the time of the Japanese colonial period to Korea, the development of martial arts was strongly suppressed along with other traditional cultures. Until the time Korea was independent in 1945, the Korean people just started to develop and teach their children with this Taekwondo martial art.

In 1973, a Taekwondo master named Kim Un Yong founded an International Taekwondo Federation (World Taekwondo Federation) headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Since then, Taekwondo has become known by the outside world and more than 180 defense divisions from different countries use this art as an official martial art for their police and army units.

THE RESOLUTION THAT HAPPENED IN TAEKWONDO

Not long after the formation of the Word Taekwondo Federation, apparently there are groups that are still different from different views and theories with the group led by Kim Un Yong earlier. So the different groups created their own organization headquartered in Canada named International Taekwondo Federation. Kubu is also led by a master Taekwondo named Chong Hi.

This alleged division is caused by differences in flow, philosophy and methods in teaching.

ENTERTAINING TAEKWONDO TO INDONESIA

The year 1973 was the first year of the world-class Taekwondo championship. This championship is very much attention to various countries, including Indonesia. Thus, in 1975 entered this martial art to Indonesia. At that time, there were two Taekwondo organizations in Indonesia that were in charge of both international streams. The ITF flow is represented by PTI (Persatuan Taekwondo Indonesia) led by Lt. Gen. Leo Lopulisa, while the WTF flow is represented by FTI (Federation of Taekwondo Indonesia) led by Marshal Sugiri.

But this split did not last long. 5 years ago, which is around the 80s, KONI open sport opportunities for Taekwondo as its members but on condition there is only one container Taekwondo in Indonesia. Thus, in 1981 the two organizations held a national deliberation that resulted in the decision of the unification of the two organizations in a new organization named Taekwondo Indonesia led by Lt. Gen. Leo Lupolisa as chairman.

TAEKWONDO BELT PHILOSOPHY

The belt attached to Taekwondo participants (taekwondoin) with various colors is not a belt without meaning. This is the meaning of the belt that exists at every Taekwondo level:

White   : Symbolizes the beginning or basis of all colors. At this level the taekwondoons learn the basic technique (gibon) 1.
Yellow  : Symbolize the earth. At this level began to be taught the basics of Taekwondo (TKD) strongly by studying gibon 2 and 3.
Green   : Symbolize the trees. At this level, these basic techniques begin to be developed by learning taeguk 2.
Blue     : Symbolize the blue of the sky that enveloped the earth that means that taekwondoin must begin to know the meaning of what has been learned, by understanding the lesson taeguk 4.
Red      : Symbolize the sun meaning taekwondoin should have to be a guide for people and can control the attitude, by learning taeguk 6.
Black    : It symbolizes darkness, depth, maturity in practice and self-control. In this belt, there are still levels 1-9 that still have to be lived.

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