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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Martial Art Profile: Taekkyeon (택견)



As everyone knows, I practice Tae Kwon Do (태권도). I have studied it for a little over 3 yrs. and have since became a 1st Degree Black Belt (1 단). I just wanted to show you a Martial Art that has indirectly inflenced modern Tae Kwon Do. This Martial Art is Taekkyeon. This is the Martial Art that was practiced in Korea long ago and has sinced evolved into Tae Kwon Do (Although it is still practiced as it's own Martial Art. It reminds me of a Korean version of Kung-Fu. It looks a little like dancing to me, however, it is a very graceful Martial Art that can still be dangerous. Here is a link to a little more reading on Taekkyeon:



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