Taekwondo is Korean martial art and combat sport.
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The oldest
governing body for taekwondo is the Korea Taekwondo
Association (KTA), formed in 1959 through a collaborative effort by
representatives from the nine original kwans, or martial arts schools, in Korea.
The main international organisational bodies for taekwondo today are various
branches of the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), originally
founded by Choi Hong-hi in 1966, and the partnership of
the Kukkiwon and World Taekwondo (WT, formerly World
Taekwondo Federation or WTF), founded in 1972 and 1973 respectively by
the Korea Taekwondo Association. Gyeorugi ([kjʌɾuɡi]), a type
of full-contact sparring, has been an Olympic event since 2000.
In 2018, the South Korean government officially designated taekwondo
as Korea's national martial art.
The
governing body for taekwondo in
the Olympics and Paralympics is World Taekwondo.#
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