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At that times people learned techniques from their experiences of fighting against the beasts whose defensive and offensive motions were also the subject of analysis. It is believed that this was exactly the true grounding of today's Taekwondo. Whose names have descended from "subak","Taekkyon", "takkyon" and so on.
Later in the latter part of ancient times on the Korean peninsula, three kingdoms came into existence always rivaling among them for the hegemony. They were Koguryo, Paekje and Silla all indulged in growing national strength with trained warriors. Therefore, the Korean history tells that there were military personalities among the well-known prominent national leaders of the three kingdoms, which proves the military tendency of ruling hierarchy.
As a result, youth warrior's corps were organized, such as "hwarangdo" in Silla and "chouisonin" in Koguryo, which both adopted the martial art training as one of the important subjects of learning. A renowned martial art book of the days, called "muyedobotongji"said "Taekwondo(the art of
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hand-to-hand fight) is the basis of martial art, enabling one to build strength by means of suing the hand and foot freely and training arms and legs as well as the body to be adaptable to any critical situations, which means Taekwondo was already prevalent in that age. Thus, it can be easily assumed that Taekwondo was originated from the days of tribal communities on the Korean peninsula. Silla was a kingdom founded in B.C. 57 on the southeastern part of Korea and Koguryo founded in B. C. 37 on the northern part of Korea along the Yalu river, both making great efforts to raise their youngsters into strong warriors called "hwarang" and " sonbae" respectively, certainly with Taekwondo as one of the principal subjects of physical training. |
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