Taekwondo is the most popular and widely-practiced form of dynamic Martial Arts in the world. Due to this enormous popularity Taekwondo became an extremely Popular Olympic Sport with millions of participants and spectators around the world.
The name Taekwondo is derived from the Korean word “Tae” meaning foot, “Kwon” meaning fist and “Do” meaning way of. So, literally Taekwondo means “the way of the foot and fist”. The name Taekwondo, however, has only been used since 1955 while the arts’ roots began 2,300 years ago in Korea. Taekwondo is the most practiced type of Martial Arts world-wide, it is dynamic, fast, exciting with great life benefits for kids as young as 3, teens, adults, males and females. Taekwondo became an official Olympic sport in 2000, 207 countries practise Taekwondo now.
Pinnacle Taekwondo is a leader in the traditional Martial Art side of Taekwondo and the popular modern Olympic sport of Taekwondo.
Taekwondo is unique because it’s a type of Martial Art and an Olympic sport. Practitioners can either learn this dynamic form of Martial Arts to get fit, self-defence or as a sport competing at local, State, National, international and Olympic levels.