Hall's Taekwondo where centuries of tradition excites the modern person
If you were excited by our success at the 2000 Olympic Games when Lauren Burns won Gold, imagine the buzz you'd get if you were a member at Hall's Taekwondo, participating in the Sport! It's such a good feeling being part of an art that is steeped in tradition and fires you up to cope with the complexities of modern life.
History and Philosophy
Taekwondo commenced more than 2000 years ago in Korea. It is important to understand Taekwondo s history and philosophy to fully appreciate the complexities and excitement of the sport.
We encourage you to go direct to the site of the World Taekwondo Federation and click on Kukkiwon, the World Taekwondo Headquarters.
History is in 4 main sections: ancient times, middle ages, modern times, and present day Taekwondo.
Philosophy is in 2 sections: original thought of Taekwondo spirit, philosophical backgrounds of traditional national thought and Taekwondo spirit.
The following short excerpt from the philosophical section draws relevance to understanding the history.
The Taekwondo spirit, which has been directly influenced by the national traditional thoughts, is infused with the common experiences of joy, anger, sorrow and pleasure throughout the ages.
It can be more easily identified by Silla's hwarangdo spirit, which was based on the Korean people's basic thought of seon philosophy as well as buddhist thoughts of national safeguards, confucian thoughts of loyalty and filial piety and taoistic thoughts of tacit performance. After all, the hwarangdo spirit combined with Taekwondo spirit of martial art enabled Silla to unify the three kingdoms.
Therefore, the Korean's traditional martial art of Taekwondo aims not only to acquire power and skill for self-defense but to perfect oneself with the character of devoting one's life to the safeguard of justice, of respecting the responsibilities and of embodying the thought of universal equality.
Now the Taekwondo spirit can be better summarized by the philosophy of hongik-ingan, peace-loving spirit, spirit of integrity with which to protect rightousness and a strong sense of responsibility.
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