taekwondo

UK/ˌtaɪkwɒnˈdəʊ/US/ˌtaɪkwɑnˈdoʊ/

nounB1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans written

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art known for high kicks. Train in taekwondo.

The name means roughly the way of the foot and fist. Taekwondo is scored electronically in competition, with sensors in the body armour.

Definitions of taekwondo

1nountaekwondoA Korean martial art known for high kicks.B1
“Taekwondo gave her a flexibility nothing else had.”

taekwondo is a sport.

Where it comes from

Korean
태권도(跆拳道)
English, today
taekwondo

Borrowed from Korean 태권도(跆拳道).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Sports & Games Played

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taekwondo in the wild

In 2018, the South Korean government officially designated taekwondo as Korea's national martial art.
Taekwondo
At the Olympic and Paralympic level, taekwondo is governed by World Taekwondo.
Taekwondo
World Taekwondo (WT), formerly the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), is an international federation governing the sport of taekwondo and para taekwondo.
World Taekwondo
World Taekwondo was recognized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) on October 16, 2013, and the IPC later included taekwondo in the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics.
World Taekwondo
The opening ceremony featured a mass demonstration of taekwondo, with hundreds of adults and children performing moves in unison.
Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics

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