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‖ tae kwon do|teː kwon doː; teɪ-, tɑɪ ˈkwɒndəʊ| Also Tae Kwon Do, taekwondo, etc. [Korean: see quot. 1967.] A Korean system of unarmed combat resembling karate.
1967Karate & Oriental Arts Sept./Oct. 2 Taekwondo, which is just starting in this country..will be open to the same abuse as karate. Ibid. 27/1 Breaking the word Taekwondo down into its three parts we get: Tae—kick, Kwon—fist, Do—art, way, method. 1969Melbourne Truth 12 July 9/4 Rozinsky gained his Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do at the Jidokwan, Seoul, South Korea. 1972Sunday Times (Kuala Lumpur) 18 June 16/7 To unwind and also to keep fit, he sweats it out at tae-kwon-do classes. 1972C. Weston Poor, Poor Ophelia (1973) xvi. 94 The newcomers to whom Tae Kwon Do seemed an impossible skill. 1976Eastern Even. News (Norwich) 9 Dec. 2/6 Teakwondo (Korean karate) training, Duke Street Centre. 1979Sci. Amer. Apr. 110/1 Karate is just one of a wide variety of martial arts that have evolved in the Orient, including tae kwon do, kempo and kung fu. |