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In 1955, General Choi Hong-Hi, known as the “father of modern taekwondo,” unveiled the art of taekwondo to the Korean public. Ge ...

North Korean regime, it is impossible to tell at the present time the popu- larity and development of the art in this region. Ta ...

ing, as it is successful kicks that will give a competitor the most points and help to achieve a knockout. Taekwondo kicks can b ...

power the heel alone can be used. Thus, the spinning motion of the body and the snapping motion of the leg combine to create the ...

plexus, and ribs; and groin protectors. Although the amount of protection is extensive, knockouts and injuries still occur in Ol ...

score a technique wins. As in Olympic-style competition, running out of the ring is not allowed. In some forms of non-Olympic co ...

emphasis is placed on tournament fighting, especially kicking. Whether this new development will prove successful is as yet unkn ...

traced to the seventeenth century. Written texts attributed to the eighteenth century, discovered in a salt shop in the nineteen ...

Tang Hao (1897–1959), after research in the 1930s, determined that Chen Wangting of Chen Village created much of what we know no ...

(push-hands, a type of sparring using light touch and redirection of force, developing greater efficiency and sensitivity). This ...

Yang Chengfu made the form smooth, large, and broad, popularizing it for young and old. It is his style of performance that is m ...

schools have changed training methods and are now using simplified shorter forms first, to encourage beginners’ progress. Some h ...

powerful larger, sweeping, striking movements. The spear is a poking, stab- bing, long-distance weapon, the major weapon of the ...

Taijiquan is composed of a wide range of styles, and many variations are evident even within each particular style. Yang Chengfu ...

tablished. The earth’s energy/force is then transmitted up through a point in the center bottom of the foot just behind the ball ...

myriad of manifestations in creation, that is, the realm of all possibilities. In taijiquan the other action energies and applic ...

Choreographed two-person sets are also considered a form of stepping push-hands. Some taiji schools include an intricate eighty- ...

mon sight for visitors to China, and one that is slowly becoming more com- mon in the West, and not just in Chinatowns. The stri ...

———. 1983. T’ai-Chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions. Brooklyn: Sweet Chi Press. Wu, Peter. 2001. “Peng Force.” Tai ...

the beginning of the twentieth century among the Wa and well into the mid-twentieth century among the Kachin.) Others were Buddh ...