SPORTS TAEKWONDO

WHAT IS SPORTS TAEKWONDO

SPARRING
Taekwondo first appeared as a demonstration sport at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games and the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. On September 4, 1994 during the 103rd IOC Session in Paris, Taekwondo was accepted as an official medal sports for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Taekwondo was then included in the official programme at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

K-Tigers Sparring Team, under Head Instructor Master In Dong Kim, focuses on:

FUNDATION

SKILL

DEVELOPMENT

INTEGRATION

OF OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE SKILLS

TECHNICAL

PERFECTION

DISTANCE

CONTROL

COORDINATION

AND

TIMING

POOMSAE

Forms or Poomse are an important part in almost every Martial Arts. They are in effect formalised shadow boxing in which you defend against and counter-attack multiple opponents on all sides.

There are two main aspects to consider in the practice of Poomse these are the physical and the mental aspects of the forms. The mental aspect refer to the state of mind that the students maintains while doing the physical techniques. The physical aspect refer to how you perform the several techniques, your endurance, strength, speed, balance. Both aspects should be balance in order to benefits from the practice of Poomse.

K-Tigers Poomse Team, under Master Kim, works hard to perfect movements for competitions, with focus on:

PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF MOVEMENTS

COORDINATION

AND

TIMING

TECHNICAL PERFECTION

MOVEMENT

CONTROL