Taekwondo is a branch of karate. It became an official part of the Olympics and entered the global arena in the year 2000. In taekwondo, there is a belt ranking system. The colors of the belts go in ...

Learn about the rules used for Olympic taekwondo, including how to win a match, ahead of the 2024 Paris Games.

There is no wax-on, wax-off for Fred Simmons, no walking on rice paper. He’s no Mr. Miyagi or Master Po. As the doughy, chinless and mustached “Master Instructor” at the Concord Tae Kwon Do Studio, ...

Taekwondo is a form of martial arts that originated in Korea. It involves various punching, blocking, and kicking moves that are organized into choreographed patterns and used in combat and ...

I was fourteen years old when I received my second-degree black belt. It was a culmination of daily practices, grit and countless other hours of preparation over the course of six years. Walking up to ...

Master Chungsik Choi of Johnson City is a leader by occupation: He has run a tae kwon do studio in Vestal since the 1980s. But he is also a leader in a broader sense, someone who shares his experience ...

McGraw, 13, won gold at regional contest last spring in Oregon, again in July at U.S. championships in Florida Award-winning brewery opens new Pleasant Hill taproom Teen teaches taekwondo to fight ...

We stood at attention and bowed facing each other as commanded. I looked at my opponents, two men with red belts (one level below black). We were in full sparring gear: hogus (chest protectors), ...

A Palm Bay teen finished her Olympics debut with a bronze medal in taekwondo on Friday. First Round Kristina Teachout, an 18-year-old from France, began her Paris Olympics journey by competing against ...