Happy Birthday Taekwondo World
– On the 11th of April 1955 a board, consisting of ministers and army officers was convened by Gen. Choi in order to officially name this art that he had researched into and invented. Taekwon-Do was the name submitted by the General and accepted thereby becoming the name of the most powerful Martial Art the…
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Life lessons from anime and martial arts: Japanese intuitive learning teaches that relying on experience is what counts
Aikido founder Morihei Ueshiba, standing, gives a demonstration in Tokyo in 1967. The author’s experiences in learning the martial art in Japan were very different than they were in the U.S. © Getty Images There is a scene in the hit Japanese anime TV series “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ” in which the…
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