Throughout our Taekwondo Skills & Drills series, we’ve introduced kicks, hand Techniques, forms & sparring concepts, and other Taekwondo fundamentals. This will be is the last video of this series, and my goal for this session is to connect what we’ve done together with the history of this incredible martial art. Although we’re only going to skim the surface of Taekwondo’s long history of tradition and culture, I believe it’s important for every Taekwondo student to know the roots of this art form.
Brief History
The earliest evidence of what is now known as Taekwondo dates back over 2000 years ago in ancient Korea. Early on, there were many different forms of Taekwondo, each with its own u...