About Taekwondo Martial Art

About Taekwondo Martial Art

What is Taekwondo?

Taekwondo  is one of the most systematic

and scientific Korean Traditional Martial Art

of self-defence that teaches  more than physical

fighting skills.It is a discipline that shows ways of

enhancing   our spirit and life  through training

our body and mind. Taekwondo is characterized

by fast, high, jumping, spinning kicks and quick

foot work. It is an all-aroundprogram that offers

self-defence training, physical exercise, and

artistic expression; all taught by an experienced

professional instructor. Today, Taekwondo has

become one of the most practiced martial arts in

the world, its popularity is mainly due to its

spectacular  techniques and its being fun. It has

also become Global sport that has gained an

international reputation and stands among the

official games in the Olympics.

Taekwondo is known as the oldest self defence

System in the world. It is distinct from Chinese

Kungfu and Japanese Karate. Taekwondo is

distinguished from other Martial Arts in its high

degree of sophistication, technical efficiency as

well as the over all fitness developed in its students

It is known for its deadly knock out kicks. Although

it inculcates most of the karate and Kungfu techniques

but it is very different   from many such Oriental martial

arts. First, physically it is   very dynamic with active

movements that include a mirage of foot skills; second,

the principle physical movements are in simpatico with

that of the mind and life as a whole. Third it possesses

dynamic poses from another perspective.

Taekwondo is a physical expression of the human

will for survival and  activity to fulfil the spiritual desire

of a man. Basically all the actions in Taekwondo are

developed from the human instinct for self defence

Reinforced with positive elements as needs arise

and ultimately reach the absolute state to overcome

ego and arrive at the moment of perfection, thus

giving the sport a philosophical dimension.

   

     

 

Taekwondo is an overall sport for the whole

physical system, generating energy in every

organ of the body, developing the muscles and

stimulating the brain and thus developing the

will to action, because in it one has to move all

the muscles and joints of the human body.

Taekwondo is a sport that responds rationally to

survival needs those for physical survival in the

human habitat and also those to harmonise with

inner demands for preservation and balance and

also maintains an orderly system uniformly related

to the inner or outer environments of the human

being.

Taekwondo is a complex of highly related 

postures of systematic, scientific acts to move

all parts of the body, therefore , Taekwondo

has become an essential element to prescribe

and maintain the order of  human functions.

The human body is not free of physical rules

and it is in a way a machine that grows,

develops and moves. This human machine

works for various effects by transforming

postures into suitable shape, spiritually it thinks as

enlightened and imagines in the process of mental

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Punjab Taekwondo Asssociation

PUNJAB TAEKWONDO ASSOCIATION

c/o Guru Nanak VBT Polytechnic, C-4, Indl. Area

  Phase -1, SAS Nagar, Mohali, Punjab (India) - 160055
   Contact Master Er. Satpal Singh Rehal:     9988663350

Punjab Taekwondo Association Promotes & Develops Taekwondo Martial Art
in the Region of Punjab by  providing recognition to different District  
Taekwondo Associations, Training Centers / Academies / Schools / 
Colleges / Institutions / Universities and also conducts various 
 Seminars/ Camps / Competitions / Championships etc.

Punjab Taekwondo Association 

  affiliated to

 Taekwondo Federation of India*

*TAEKWONDO FEDERATION OF INDIA  - HISTORY :

In the year 1975, Taekwondo was introduced in India by Grand Master Jimmy R.

Jagtiani. On 2nd Aug. 1976, the Taekwondo Federation of India (TFI) was formed

and established as a National Body of Taekwondo in India. On 2nd August 1977,

*(The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) accorded affiliation to the
Taekwondo Federation of India in 1978, the Asian Taekwondo Union
(ATU) in 1982, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in 1985 and the
South Asian Taekwondo Federation (SATF) in 1994 respectively. The
Department of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India also granted 
recognition to the Taekwondo Federation of India as an apex judicial and 
autonomous Nationalbody of Taekwondo in India in 1988. The art of 
Taekwondo was introduced for the firsttime in the National Games 
held at New Delhi in the year 1985)



Welcome to a new Family of  Korean  Martial Art

'Taekwondo'

for self-defence, Total Fitness, Meditation Techniques, Pranayama,

Co-ordinated Breathings & Olympic Game

Benefits of Taekwondo

 l Taekwondo was originally developed to preserve

ife and for self-defence, but today, adults and

children have many reasons for wanting to train

in Taekwondo. Some want to learn self-defense,

others want to fight in tournaments, some seek

to become physically fit, some seek the social

interaction, while others just want to have fun.

Modern Taekwondo has developed proven teaching

methods that not only help people learn Taekwondo

quickly and easily, but also provide a wide range of

benefits for students of all ages.