Taekwondo Blackburn
Blackburn Taekwondo (BB1): Introduced during the 1940's in Korea, Taekwondo is a martial art that has grown dramatically in popularity in recent times. Recognized as a way to bolster your self-esteem, boost your confidence, learn some self-defence moves and develop your body and mind, it's been adopted by tens of millions of fitness enthusiasts around the globe.
It needs to be asserted that Taekwondo can be fairly demanding physically, which might intimidate the older and less agile folks in Blackburn from taking this up. To be fair, the most common people participating in Taekwondo classes are kids and younger people, but obviously older individuals who are in decent physical health can easily participate and benefit from this sport.
The name Taekwondo has only been used since the 1950's, although the discipline started life in Korea in 1945. A group of Korean martial arts fanatics in Seoul established some new schools called "kwans", where they practiced a combination of martial arts techniques. The emphasis of Taekwondo, as it eventually became known, is on kicking manoeuvres, especially turning/jumping kicks, head-height kicks and fast kicking methods.
Since the Sydney Olympic Games in the year 2000, Taekwondo has been a competitive Olympic sport. This has made it even more popular throughout the world with some 60 million people or more regularly participating in classes. And it's by enrolling in a Taekwondo class or club that you are able to begin your quest of learning this fascinating activity.
In these days of increasing violence, it's little surprise that individuals in areas like Blackburn are enrolling in self-defence classes such as Taekwondo to help them feel safer and more secure in their local environment. The self-defence aspect is one of the key factors of Taekwondo but at the same time it also promotes self-restraint and a deep respect for other people, which are qualities that are largely lacking in this modern age.
With luck, outside your local Taekwondo club environment, you will never need to apply your newly perfected skills to defend yourself.
Your First Lesson
If you have made up your mind to learn Taekwondo and are heading to your first lesson, you will be wondering what will happen. This may vary depending on which Blackburn school you go to, but will usually involve the following. A fifteen to twenty minute warm up to increase heart rate and loosen muscles, a bit of technical training which will involve learning some stances, blocking techniques, hand attacks and kicks, an introduction to some forms (Poomse), a look at sparring including good movement, timing and attack targeting, and lastly a warm down to relax and stretch muscles.
If you want to sign up to a Taekwondo club in Blackburn, you will also have to become a member of the sport's official governing body, namely British Taekwondo. By exploring British Taekwondo's website you can read details about equality and safeguarding, news, events, coaching courses, clubs and members, health and safety, first aid, coaches and competition referees, establishing a new Taekwondo club, and a lot more Taekwondo related issues.
Tournaments and Competitions
A standard Taekwondo competition features patterns, breaking and sparring, where the Olympics is concerned only sparring is included. That being said there can also be some unique events in certain competitions such as self-defence and team demonstrations. World Taekwondo contests are purely soft-contact affairs, whilst ITF competitions permit some hand attacks to be aimed at the head. There are also some multi-discipline competitions.
Taekwondo Information and Advice
To join the world of Taekwondo visit a Taekwondo forum, discussion topics include things like "Taekwondo Patterns", "General Discussion", "Taekwondo Sparring", "The Instructors Room", "Health and Fitness" and "Self Defense". See an in depth YouTube guide on Taekwondo techniques here. To order gum shields, shin protectors, mats, fighting gloves, belts, foot socks, body defenders, leg stretchers, Taekwondo garments, sparring gloves, foot guards, chest protectors, forearm protectors, doboks, head guards and men's and women's groin guards, pop along to Playwell. To see what's happening regarding Taekwondo on social media check this out. To read more about the facts about Taekwondo for youngsters, check this out You can pay a visit to the Wikipedia webpage to read info about styles and organisations, competitions and tournaments, vocabulary, promotion, ranking and belts, patterns (forms), the philosophies of Taekwondo, historical influences, facilities and equipment and the history of Taekwondo.
Main Benefits of Taekwondo
- Lower stress using advanced breath control
- Grow in your confidence by helping you to succeed and to take control of your life
- Develop discipline and willpower by extensively training your body and mind in the principles and techniques of Taekwondo
- Strengthen your mind and body through enhanced physical coordination and mental discipline
- Increase your self-esteem by maximizing both physical and mental fitness
- Increase flexibility, stamina and agility by way of strenuous cardiovascular work-outs
- Learn self-defence by training you to realize scenarios in which self-defence may be needed, and allowing you to control such circumstances in your favour
Blackburn Taekwondo instructors can usually help you with fitness and sparring, Taekwondo patterns, Taekwondo moves, Taekwondo for self-defence, Taekwondo taster sessions, Taekwondo for the disabled, Taekwondo instruction, Taekwondo for the elderly, Taekwondo for kids, Taekwondo scoring, Taekwondo etiquette, Taekwondo forms and other martial arts stuff in Blackburn, Lancashire.
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Taekwondo Services Blackburn
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- Blackburn Private Taekwondo Lessons
Blackburn Taekwondo classes are not just intended for folks in Blackburn itself but also for students from Great Harwood, Shadsworth, Ewood, Mill Hill, Hoddlesden, Whitebirk, Oswaldtwistle, Brownhill, Mellor, Rishton, Darwen, Balderstone, Pleasington, Intack and other nearby locations.
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Taekwondo classes in other UK regions: Bishop Auckland, Derby, Ware, Southsea, Cottingham, Wombourne, Whitby, Borehamwood, Totton, Portsmouth, Shepshed, Biggleswade, Daventry, Hemel Hempstead, Darlaston, Longbenton, Barnet, Kirkby, Finchampstead, Frome, Bewdley, Ripley, Tunbridge Wells, Swanscombe, Banbury, Cheshunt.
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(This taekwondo Blackburn page was reviewed and updated on 07-10-2022)