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    Hwang Kyung Seon (KOR) Wins Taekwondo -67kg Gold - London 2012 Olympics
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    Hwang Kyung Seon (KOR) Wins Taekwondo -67kg Gold – London 2012 Olympics



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    Korea’s Hwang Kyung Seon defeats Turkey’s Nur Tatar to win the gold medal in the women’s taekwondo -67kg event at the London 2012 Olympic Games (10 August 2012).

    Taekwondo is a traditional Korean martial art, which means “the way of kicking and punching”. In taekwondo, hands and feet can be used to overcome an opponent, but the trademark of the sport is its combination of kick movements. Taekwondo is one of the two Asian martial arts included on the Olympic programme. Taekwondo made its debut as a demonstration Olympic sport at the 1988 Seoul Games, and became an official medal sport at the 2000 Sydney Games.

    Find more about Taekwondo at http://www.olympic.org/taekwondo
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    10. Kloofog ! on

      im a first degree black belt in tae kwon do ._. im only 11 ive been doing it since i was 7…It took me 4 years to get my black belt T^T its fun tho

    17. Rich X on

      Question to all:

      In a TKD match, when the fighters get to close, they wait for the ref to seperate them. Is it illegal to throw body punches? I think that if I were check to check I would throw shots to the body with my fists.

    19. InYoPie on

      Turkey didn't deserve the first 3 points. Korea landed a head hit first cause turkey missed and hit the shoulder moments after Korea landed a direct head hit and the turkey slides down the shoulder to the head.

    25. Gilbert Manson on

      Oh my god I've seen this types of comments in karate kumite videos as well. All these guys saying taekwondo or karate is not useful in a real life situation need to shut up because they don't know what they're talking about. I'm pretty sure they never trained in taekwondo or karate and even if they say they did, they're probably lying or haven't been in this martial art for a long time. First of all, you guys need to know the things that are taught in taekwondo and karate classes to have the rights to talk about it. In taekwondo and karate grading, three aspects are evaluated to determine wether the practitioner is worthy to recieve a belt promotion. These three aspects are kyorugi for tkd or kumite for karate or sparring, poomsae, kata or forms and lastly, self defense. There three aspects are the building blocks of these two martial art. Out of these 3, only two of them are competed which are sparring and forms. Self defense is not competed for obvious reason although it still can be seen in hanmadang or demonstration competition. And in kata competition bunkai is mandatory for the finals. Sparring is merely a showcase of techniques to get points and is not a representation of a real fight. That is why there exist the self defense aspect of taekwondo and karate. Just because the athletes do what they do in their sparring match, that does not mean they'll do the same in a life threatening situation. That does not mean they will not use their arm. That does not mean they will not attack effective target area like the groin, kneecap, eyes, nose, solar plexus and all that. That does not mean they do not know and are absolutely clueless on how to defend themselves in real life situation. Poomsae and kata are not just sets of moves in certain order but contains self defense moves like punches, kicks, elbow and knee, handstrike like knifehand and ridgehand strikes, joint locks and takedowns. Yes, taekwondo does have all that. They don't just kick ya know. The application of these moves called haesul in taekwondo or bunkai in karate is where the practitioner learns to use the technique learned as a mean of self defense. You cannot, i repeat, you cannot assume a certain martial art effectiveness in a real fight just because you see their sparring. Sparring have rules. You break the rules, you lose. The rules prevents the competitors the use technique that are deemed to be too dangerous to include in the sport. These techniques include self defense moves that i have mentioned. Self defense is an aspect of taekwondo that is just as essential and intergral as sparring and forms. In the official curriculum for taekwondo grading ( check the WT or Kukkiwon official website), one step and three step technique are taught during green belt and self defense is taught during blue belt. So it make sense to have all these newcomers that are allegedly disappointed with tkd because their training is not what they expected and they only train sparring that they think is useless. Of course they're different. It's not in your curriculum yet. Be patient and lower your ego. And there are these people that are self-claimed martial artist that say they took a kick from taekwondo fighters when they spar and it doesn't hurt and says that it's weak. You're either lying or the taekwondo practitioner is holding back because you're having a light sparring session. Believe me, kicks hurt. They hurt so much. I remember holding air bags for my seniors during practice and their kicks are powerful. Taekwondo lack punching? Nope. Completely wrong. ITF and WT taekwondo both include punches in their scoring system. You just see it less in WT taekwondo because only punches to the hogu is allowed. And ITF fighters have good boxing skills as well. Obviously not as good as professional boxers as only straight punches are allowed. Kind of like karate. All in all, you guys need to shut your mouth when you want to talk about taekwondo karate or and point based sparring martial art because you guys clearly doesn't know what you're talking about. I respect people's opinion and i support free speech. It's just that your statement mus have merit and not just like a 5-year-old's opinion upon something after watching a fight on tv. This type of behaviour is giving tkd a bad name and incline people who read these comment to come to dislike tkd or karate as a martial art. Think about it. If karate and taekwondo proven and deemed to be useless, why are there still people practicing it to learn self defense to this very day? Heck, if tkd is useless, the korean army would not last long in war. In conclusion, no martial art is perfect and no martial art is superior than the other. Respect every single one of them instead of glorifying your own. The first thing taught when starting martial art is discipline and respect. We're all martial artists at the end of the day. Enjoy your wonderful day, gentlemen. ๐Ÿ™‚

    30. Arctic Falcon on

      Those who say Taekwondo is ridiculous obviously have no idea how quick a player has to be with their leg and wit to be able to land a kick at their opponent's head while falling and it shows

    32. Joshua Nelsen on

      That head kick by the Turkish girl barley grazed the head gear when the Korean girl turned away. This is part of the reason TKD is losing its appeal, because athletes and their coaches would rather have points give to them instead of making substantial contact. Did the Turkish girl contact, yes. Did she deserve the points, no.

    35. futasupastah on

      It's not as interesting as other competitions because it's all about the points here… but, it's obvious you have to be a great athlete to move like that.

    38. Maximo Biarrieta on

      The one who scored must remain standing up. That represents stamina, training, and athlete. It's cheating hit and fall, hit and fall…. not cheating, just ugly, those are the rules. They must change.

      Even the referees dont know their rules, they dont know what to do o_O

    45. Mohamed Farhan Hakeem on

      Turkey is the best ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทโค๏ธ salam

    46. Elviejitoloco Zilean on

      Esto es como la esgrima pero con los pies?. Creo que deberia ser mejor un deporte olimpico con mas contacto usando las manos igual. Pero bueno que se yo. En todo caso impresionante lo rapido que mueven las piernas.

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