Tae Kwon Do

The first recorded confirmation of what we now know as the modern day Tae Kwon Do was found around two thousand years ago in the history of Korea. A mural painting belonging to the Koguryu kingdom (37 B.C to 66 A.D.) was discovered in a tomb that is believed to have been built around 3 to 427 A.D. Figures practicing martial arts techniques are depicted in this mural. .

11th April 1955 saw the recognition of Tae Kwon Do as a Korean millitary martial art in its current from. General Choi Hong Hi is the man who recognized it as its leading force and who taught the art to his soldiers after his release from a Japanese prison camp around 1945.

General Choi went on to refine the techniques from the traditional Korean martial art of Tae Kyon modern techniques were incorporated in to it. By itself Tae Kyon can be traced to the Silla Dynasty of 6th century A.D. where a band of warriors called the Hwa Rangdo practiced hand and foot fighting.

Taekwondo entered its modern phase with the defeat of the Japanese and the liberation of Korea in 1945. The Korean martial arts masters were interested in eliminating the Japanese influences so they initiated discussions on how to return to the traditional Taekyon based Korean martial arts and on a way to unite the various martial arts schools or Kwans and styles into one single style and national sport. The name "Taekwondo" was chosen in April 1955 by the board of masters of the various Kwans after many years of discussion and the Kwans started the unification process through the late 1950’s .

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