October’s Newsletter

Hello CTC Family,

I wanted to speak about the one of our disciplines we offer at Coronado Training Center. “Tae Kwon Do” is a Traditional Art.

Tae Kwon Do – Early Koreans developed unique martial art forms for unarmed self defense to compliment their skills with weapons. The first recorded evidence of what was to become modern Tae Kwon Do is found over 2,000 years ago. A mural painting depicted martial art techniques on the wall. The early forms of Tae Kwon do were called different names from many dynasty’s. Taekyon was the the dominate Korean Martial art form until the Japanese invasion and occupation in 1909. From 1909 – 1945 the Japanese suppressed Korean culture and martial arts, and introduced Japanese culture and martial arts.

The modern period of Tae Kwon Do began with the defeat of the Japanese and the liberation of Korea in 1945. Korean martial arts masters wanted to eliminate the Japanese influences. They began discussions on how to return to the traditional Taekyon based Korean martial arts and on how to unite the various martial arts schools (or Kwans) and styles into a single style and national sport. After several years of discussions, the name “Taekwondo” was chosen in April 1955 by the board of masters of the various Kwans, and the kwans started to unify through the late 1950s.

1985- Taekwondo adopted as a demonstration sport for the 1988 Olympic Games

Today- Tae Kwon Do is by far the most widely practiced marital art in the world.

Sincerely,
Sa Bom Nim/Coach – Dan Boyle