Taekwondo is one of the most systematic and scientific Korean traditional Martial Arts, that teaches more than physical fighting skills. It is a discipline that shows ways of enhancing our spirit and life through training our body and mind.

Today, it has become a global sport that has gained an international reputation, and stands among the official games in the Olympics.

Taekwondo is composition of three words of Korean languages:-

“TAE” Means leg action such as, kick or smash by the foot.
( A system of foot techniques )

“KWON” Means to block strike or smash with fists,
( A system of hand techniques )

“DO” Means an Art.
( A system of foot, fist and fighting techniques ).

Thus Taekwondo is the art of striking with kick and supported by hand techniques and a way of life. It is the philosophy of body and mind which covert limbs into weapon against armed or unarmed attacks. It serves the purpose of Self-defense, Physical Fitness, Martial Art, Discipline & Sport.

Taekwondo transforms a commoner into a rugged fighting machine, its turn most parts of the body into weapon. The fist turn to hammer, the fingertips turn to sharp spearhead, the edge of the palm to the knife blade and the foot can produce effect of steel contact, Taekwondo generates self confidence and Martial spirit in a person and develops capacity to handle advance situation single handed without calling for help.

The Art of Taekwondo was known in the past as “TAEKKYON”, “SUBAK’, “KONGSOODO” and later TAESOODO” etc, comprising of electrifying Leg & Hand techniques sufficient to immobilize any attacker evolved by Great Grand Masters of the Korean Peninsula. The final name “Tae” “Kwon” “Do” was adopted in the consensus of the Grand Masters of Modern times, when Korea was free from more than hundreds years old Japanese occupation in 1945.

It will not be out of place to mentioned here that the Grand Masters of Modern Times and Present Times had named Taekwondo in such a wonderful way, that each and every words of
“T” “A” “E” “K” “W” “O” “N” “D” “O”
has got its own meaning. The general interpretation of these three concepts can be respectively simplified as under:-

Concept No. One of T-A-E-K-W-O-N-D-O.

Is focused on practical part, connected with the necessity of Self Defense, Fight for the ultimate safety, target and aiming to attain the stage of beauty in the Art.

Master Jimmy R. Jagtiani, Founder of "Taekwondo in India".