What is Tae Kwon Do & who are the T.A.G.B.

TAE KWON DO is the Korean Art of self-defence and means ‘Art of Hand and Foot Fighting’. It is a version of an ancient form of unarmed combat practised for many centuries in the Orient. Tae Kwon Do came to be perfected in its present form in Korea. Translated from Korean, Tae literally means to jump, kick or smash with the foot. ‘Kwon’ denotes a fist, chiefly to punch or destroy with the hand or fist. ‘Do’ means art, way or method. Tae Kwon Do indicates the technique of unarmed combat for self-defence, involving the skilled application of punches, kicks, blocks, dodges and interception with the hand, arms and feet to the rapid destruction of the opponent.

To the Korean people Tae Kwon Do is more than a mere physical use of skilled movements. It also implies a way of thinking and life, particularly in instilling concept and spirit of strict self-imposed discipline and an ideal of noble moral rearmament.

In these days of violence and intimidation, which seem to plague our modern societies, Tae Kwon Do enables the weak to possess a fine weapon to defend himself or herself and defeat the opponent as well. When wrongly applied it can be a lethal weapon.

Even if Tae Kwon Do is practised for exercise alone, the enjoyment derived will justify the time invested and spent. As an exercise it is equally suitable for old as for the young, for men and for women.