Taekwondo means "the way of fist and foot fighting". Although an ancient and once secret
Korean Art of weaponless self defense, it is now a Korean sport in which either two persons
practice methods of unarmed fighting or one person can exercise for both physical fitness
and self defense. Still primarily a defense art of self protection, Taekwondo has in the past
two decades also rapidly developed as an injury free international competitive sport that
resembles a composite of the French foot fighting known as Savate and boxing. Technically,
it is a unique style of Oriental martial arts combining Korean foot techniques with Chinese
hand techniques.