Taekwondo, Tae Kwon Do or Taekwon-Do is a Korean martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. The literal translation for tae kwon do is "kicking", "punching", and "the art or way of". They are a kind of martial arts in which one attacks or defends with hands and feet anytime or anywhere, with occasional use of weapons. The physical training undertaken in Taekwondo is purposeful and fosters strength of mind through mental armament.
World Taekwondo, called the World Taekwondo Federation until June 2017, is an international federation governing the sport of taekwondo and is a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF).
The 2010 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships is the 3rd edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held at Xinjiang Sports Center in Urumqi, China from July 17 to July 20, 2010.
The 2012 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships is the 4th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held at Centro Deportivo Betico Croes in Santa Cruz, Aruba from November 23 to November 25, 2012.
The 2014 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was the 6th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held in Querétaro, Mexico from December 6 to December 7, 2014.
The 2015 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was the 7th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held in Mexico City, Mexico from December 8 to December 9, 2014.
Hatice Kübra İlgün is a Turkish taekwondo practitioner. She has won a silver medal at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in the featherweight division.
Para Taekwondo is an adaptation of Taekwondo for disabled athletes. The sport's main governing body is World Taekwondo (WT). New disciplines such as kyorugi and poomsae, both martial arts forms, have been developed for para-athletes. On January 31, 2017, Para Taekwondo was confirmed as a sport for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) General Assembly the same year the WT became a full member of the IPC.
The 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 1st edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series.
This article lists the 12 different combat sports and their results for 2018.
Iran competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1948, Iranian athletes have attended every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 which they boycotted.
Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) is Singapore's national governing body for taekwondo. It is affiliated to World Taekwondo (WT) and Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC). In May 2019, the STF was suspended from both organisations.
The World Taekwondo Gala Awards are an annual award ceremony hosted by World Taekwondo. The first edition was on 5 December 2014 in Querétaro, Mexico.
The 2016 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was the 8th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from December 12 to December 13, 2016.
The 2018 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships was the 10th edition of the World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships, and was held in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates from November 24 to November 25, 2018.
Samer Kamal is a Jordanian taekwondo practitioner. He competed in the men's featherweight at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Badri Asadi is a Taekwondo practitioner and member of national team in Iran. At the first presence of women Team in the World championships in Turkey (2008) Asadi received first world individual women silver medal from Iran in this competition, she received second place in the world championships in Egypt 2009 as well.
Kabiraj Negi Lama is a former Nepalese taekwondo athlete, National Para Taekwondo Team Coach and 2020 Summer Paralympics Coach, who participated in different taekwondo competitions. He is the grandson of former minister Tilak Bahadur Negi Lama.
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