Taekwon-Do

A Full-colour Guide to the Initial Steps of the Korean Martial Art

Jason Corder (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2001
Carlton Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84222-129-7 (ISBN)

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Though its origins go back to ancient times in China and India, Taekwon-Do as we know it today was initiated by the Korean General Hong-Hi Choi who led the way in Korea to develop martial arts generally in a modern style. Taekwon-Do offers both mental and physical benefits and appeals to people of all ages as well as all abilities. It helps develop strength, flexibility and endurance and helps to concentrate the mind and focus on what you do. In fact, one of the tenets of Taekwon-Do is that you should finish whatever task you start be it great or small. Taekwon-Do aims to explain the background to the subject and show readers the basic movements which will lead the beginner through the first steps of Taekwon-Do towards the first coloured belt - that of yellow. Illustrated with approximately 400 colour photographs shown in step-by-step sequences, this book will prove an invaluable aid to those beginning Taekwon-Do.

Jason Corder is a Second Dan Black Belt in Taekwon-Do and holds regular classes near his home on the West Sussex coast.

Introduction - What it is, where it originates from, grading - belts, etc; Chapter 1 - Getting started, etiquette, belts - how to tie, clothing, finding a teacher, warming up, something about terminology, origins of names of moves, etc; Chapter 2 - Basic stances; Chapter 3 - Basic hand strikes/punches; Chapter 4 - Intermediate hand strikes/punches; Chapter 5 - Basic blocks; Chapter 6 - Intermediate blocks; Chapter 7 - Kicking exercises; Chapter 8 - Sparring; Chapter 9 - Knife punches; Chapter 10 - Further kicking exercises; Chapter 11 - Further sparring; Chapter 12 - Relaxing after a session (meditation etc), Getting graded, general information about moving up grades and how it is done; Further Information; Glossary; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.3.2001
Zusatzinfo	400 colour and b&w illustrations
Sprache	englisch
Maße	194 x 260 mm
Gewicht	386 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10	1-84222-129-9 / 1842221299
ISBN-13	978-1-84222-129-7 / 9781842221297
Zustand	Neuware