Udo Moenig

Taekwondo (eBook, ePUB)

From a Martial Art to a Martial Sport

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the historical, political, and technical evolution of taekwondo. Many of the supposedly 'traditional' and 'ancient' Korean cultural elements attached to taekwondo are, in fact, remnants of East Asia's modernization drive, and largely inherited from the Japanese martial arts. It debunks nationalistic mythology surrounding taekwondo to provide a reinterpretation of taekwondo's evolution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317557326
• Artikelnr.: 42644007

Autorenporträt

Udo Moenig, Lecturer, Department of Taekwondo, Youngsan University, South Korea.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Early Korean martial arts and t'aekky¿n 2. The relationship of taekwondo
to karate 3. The significance of forms 4. The origins of full-contact
sparring 5. The origins of taekwondo competition rules 6. The evolution of
sparring technique 7. The philosophical roots of taekwondo 8. Forms versus
sparring 9. Conclusion: the incomplete transformation of taekwondo from a
'martial art' to a 'martial sport'