The University of Surrey conducted a study on 240 children between the ages of seven and 11 to determine if practicing Taekwondo can help improve their self-regulation. The study found that after attending Taekwondo classes for 11 weeks, the students showed stronger emotional control, improved cognition, and better overall behavior. The researchers also found that…
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The inception of Taekwon-Do as a modern martial art can be traced back to the post-liberation period of Korea, specifically to the year 1946. At this time, a young man named Choi Hong-Hi, who had just graduated from the 1st Military Academy, was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and deployed to KwangJu. Choi kept a…
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Success of a martial arts school depends on the number of students enrolled for training. A well-equipped facility and highly skilled Taekwondo instructors are important, but it’s the students’ interest that really matters. Keeping the student enrollment numbers high is a challenge faced by many schools, but there are effective ways to tackle it. Here…
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Eui-min Ko, a renowned Taekwondo Supreme Grand Master and former chairman of the World Taekwondo Federation (WT) Technical Committee, passed away on the evening of January 21st at the age of 81. Born in Onyang, Chungcheongnam-do in 1942, Mr. Ko graduated from Kyung Hee University’s Department of Physical Education. He was well-known for his leadership…
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