Basics (Kibon)

At the beginning, taekwondo training was like karate and exercise consisted of the traditional items, blocks and kicks. Today, the traditional techniques are not paid a lot of time in most schools have them replace the exercise of the bag and whit targets. Basics are divided into: the views, blocks, hand strokes and leg strokes. The aim of learning is the basis for the development of appropriate techniques, use of the whole body, and the preservation of taekwondo tradition.

Forms (Poomsae)

Form is the fight against imaginary opponents, which consists of the 16-30 movement. Movements consist of impacts and hold the hand and foot. Learning form the foundation of any real martial arts, and so taekwondo. Forms help the development of movement and technique. They are still called Poomse or Hjong.
Forms have choreography the fight against imaginary attackers sportsman that I perform in order to develop balance and development of basic techniques. Most athletes today exercise Taekwondo Kukkiwon form or forms of ITF (or combination).
Kukki-Taekwondo contains eight student forms for lower belts (taeguek poomsae) and nine master for a black belt (yudanja poomsae). Some clubs still teaching palgwae forms, which are developed at the same time as the master form, but a great majority of clubs use the newer and more modern forms of taeguek.
Performance form is international sport, and most countries have the technical teams that compete in performance form.

Self-defence (Hosinsul)

Although the TaeKwonDo Olympic sport, and most clubs are training primarily as a sport, can not forget the original origin and purpose of TaeKwonDo as a martial arts. The main motive of making each of the struggle is primarily an expression of the human drive for maintaining and defending the enemy, and includes self-defense of all catches, attenuation, beam, knife, stick, and two more attackers and so on.
Another sport that pulling its roots from the ancient martial art Korea Hapkido is the skills, skills in which attention is primarily given the speed and efficiency techniques, and real Self, and not sport.

Infraction (Kyokpa)

Strength test, or test break, is a method that measures the power and speed of stroke, as well as mental concentration of students. Is done by a lot of Taekwondo techniques applied to the boards, bricks or other solid material. Usually thump, bride palm, fifth and risom feet. Techniques can be run with the land or in the jump, one or more consecutive.
Kyupka (or Kyukpa) is the highest method of checking the power, speed and focus stroke and students provides a strong motivation for deeper understanding and improvement of these skills. Mandatory part of the laying of more belts.

Combat (Kyorugi)

Last and most important part of taekvondo is the fight. This category can be divided roughly agreed on the Fight (fight in one, two or three steps, and military exercises with or without a visor and a free fight (with or without remedies). Taekwondo is used in the struggles of the punch and kick techniques , but not throw, cleaning or attenuation.
The most popular aspect of taekwondo is certainly free fight. In the case of Olympic battle by WTF rules, it is about the fight by the rules-ful contact with the protectors and the international sport that is represented on the Olympic Games. Exercise is only when the student reaches a sufficient range knowledge (blue belt), so that the injury reduced to a minimum (less than in football, basketball, etc.).

Olympic Taekwondo

Taekwondo is the first time appear as olympic sport on the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988. And again in Barcelona in 1992. Of Sydney in 2000., Taekwondo is a standard part of the Olympic Games. Olympic competition applies only to fight by the rules of the WTF.

Fight by WTF rules and consists of 3 rounds of 2 minutes, according to the rules of full contact. Fight ends knockout, tradition, disqualification or count points at the end of match. In the case of unresolved results, place additional round on the principle of the golden points. If the result at the end of extra rounds still even, the judge determines the winner of the superiority of the decision.
Allowed techniques are the wounds of the hand in the body and the wounds of feet above the belt. Blow in the body is worth one point, shot in the head, two points.
For unauthorized actions it is a warning (kyongo), two reminders are negative point (gamjeom). In the case of serious violation, the judge can automatically assign a negative point. The four negative points bring disqualification.

WTF provides the following safety equipment in combat sports:

• Body guard;
• Head protector (helmet);
• Remedies for the forearm and lower leg,
• The groin protector (jockstrap);
• Protective rubber for the teeth;
• Gloves.