User:NNU-01-05100114/About taekwondo---a popular martial art

About taekwondo---a popular martial art new article content Taekwondo gets its name from the Korean words. Tae means foot or kick. Kwon means fist or punch and do means art or ways of doing something . Thus, taekwondo literally means the art of fist or foot. There are two main styles of Taekwondo.One is now an event at the summer Olympic Games and which is governed by the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). The other comes from the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF).ITF was founded earlier than WTF The ranking system of Taekwondo is devided into ten levels which including white, yellow , green ,blue , red ,blank and so on .。White belt represents blank ,practitioners whitout any taekwondo foundation and everyting starts from zero.. Yellow belt is the color of earth ,like plants in the mud and learn the earth generous spirit .Green belt is a color of plant ,representing practitioners’ taekwondo techniques begin to grow. Blue belt is the color of the sky,representing the learners ability like the tree growing to the sky. Red belt is dangerous color and practitioners have had enough attack ability and they must pay attention to the self-discipline and control. Black belt represents that practitions through long -time hardship their technical ability is quite mature ahd also it is a color of darkness and fear. The spiri of taekwondo includes respect,courage,courtesy, humility integrity ,perseverance, and self-control. Respect means that you should learn how to consider for others and show your good manners. Courage means that you should be brave enough to face the difficulties you face. Courtesy means that you should be polite to others . Humility means that you must show your modesty . Integrity can be considered to be honest and have your own principles . Perseverance means that you can continue learning even if it is very hard and sometimes may be painful .Self-control is used to control youself in order not to hurt others Taekwondo also has a lot of terms like side kick(侧踢)，turning kick（横踢），back kick（后踢），double chop kick（双飞踢），downward kick（下劈），reverse kick（后旋踢），knife hand (手刀)，reverse knife hand（反手刀）and so on . Taekkwondo has been developing very quickly since it appeared. Many people enjot it and regard it as a way of exercising.

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