General Information Flashcards
(44 cards)
Define Tae:
Jump, Kick or Smash with the Foot
Define Kwon:
Fist
Define Do:
Art, way or method
What are the 5 Tenents of Tae Kwon-Do?
- Courtesy
- Integrity
- Perseverance
- Self control
- Indomitable spirit
Define courtesy:
- polite to everyone
- courteous to instructors, seniors and fellow students
Define integrity:
- honest with yourself
- define difference from right and wrong
Define perseverance:
- achieve a goal
- never stop trying
Define self control:
- control of your actions
- live, train and work within you capabilities
Define indomitable spirit:
-courage when you and your principles are pitted against overwhelming odds
Who found Tae Kwon Do:
-Major General Choi Hong Hi
What black belt was Major General Choi Hi?
9th degree black belt
When was Tae Kwon Do founded?
11th April 1955
When was Tae Kwon Do introduced to the UK?
1967
What does TAGB stand for?
Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britain
What are the six colours of belts?
- white
- yellow
- green
- blue
- red
- black
What does white signify?
- innocence
- beginning student with no previous knowledge
What does yellow belt signify?
- Earth
- Plants sprouts and takes root as taekwondo is being laid
What does green belt signify?
- Plants growth
- skills begin to develop
What does blue belt signify?
- Heaven
- Plant matures in to a towering tree as training progresses
What does red belt signify?
- Danger
- casting the student to exercise control and warning the opponent to stay away
What does black belt signify?
- Opposite to white
- maturity and proficiency
- wearers imperviousness to darkness and fear
How to become a good student? (10 points)
- Never tire of learning
- Willing to sacrifice for his art and instructor
- Set a good example to lower ranking students
- Loyal and never criticise the instructor/teaching or teaching methods
- Practice and utilise techniques
- Students conduct outside Dojang reflects on art/instructor
- Discard any technique that current instructor disapproves of
- Never be disrespectful
- Arrive before lesson starts and regularly
- Never break a trust
What areas are considered high sections?
- Eyes
- Philltrum
- Jaw Point
- Jaw Hinge
- Side of Neck
- Throat
- Base of Skull
- Bergma
- Temple
What areas are considered mid-section?
- Solar Plexus
- Heart
- Kidney
- Spinal Cord
- Stomach
- Armpit
- Ribs
- Collar Bone
- Between Shoulder Blades
