Taekwondo is a Korean martial art with a heavy emphasis on
kicks. Taekwondo was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by various Korean
martial artists as a blend of the indigenous Korean fighting styles of
taekkyeon, gwonbeop, and subak, with influence from foreign martial arts, such
as karate and Chinese martial arts.
The oldest governing body for Taekwondo is the Korea
Taekwondo Association (KTA), formed in 1959 by a collaborative effort by
representatives from the nine original kwans, or martial arts schools, in
Korea. The main international organizational bodies for Taekwondo today are the
International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), founded by General Choi Hong Hi in
1966, and the World TaeKwonDo Federation (WTF), founded in 1973 by the KTA.
Gyeorugi, a type of full-contact sparring, has been an Olympic event since
1992. The body known for taekwondo in the Olympics is the World TaeKwonDo
Federation.
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