Gnosall Taekwondo (ST20): If you have been thinking about taking up a hobby to achieve some specific goals such as to develop your mind and body, learn some self-defence moves, boost your confidence and bolster your self-esteem, Taekwondo could be just the thing for you. This more modern martial art has quickly grown in popularity since being developed in the 1940's in Korea.
Taekwondo is quite physically demanding, which means it may be considered more suitable for the younger rather than the older generation in Gnosall. Its teachings of self-discipline and respect for others make it particularly good for children. Older adults trying Taekwondo for the first time often find it too taxing, unless they have kept themselves active. Carrying their Taekwondo experience through into older adulthood should not however be a problem for those who start when they are younger. If you are less agile you could always try something a bit softer such as Tai Chi or Yoga.
Taekwondo is a martial art that primarily features high-kicking manoeuvres, most notably head-height kicks, fast kicking methods and jumping/spinning kicks. It began in Seoul, in southern Korea in the 1940's, when a number of martial arts enthusiasts established schools known as "kwans", which combined a number of martial arts practices.
Taekwondo now has over 60 million practitioners worldwide and has become very popular in Gnosall and throughout the UK. Joining a local Gnosall Taekwondo club or class is a good way to get involved in this sport which has even featured in the Olympic Games since the Sydney Games of 2000. While the chances of you getting to Olympic standard are pretty slim, there is no reason at all why you cannot master this thrilling martial art.
Of all the many benefits of doing this sport, it is the self-defence aspect of Taekwondo that the people of Gnosall find most appealing. You should not be surprised by this, when you take into account the high incidence of violence seen in today's town and city centres. In fact one of the key principles of Taekwondo is learning to defend yourself whilst exercising self-restraint and a respect for others.
Even though you'll spend a lot of time learning these vital self-defence skills, with luck you won't ever need to apply them apart from within your local Taekwondo club environment.
Your First Lesson
If you elect to register for a Taekwondo class in Gnosall, the first thing you will need to know is what will occur on the initial lesson and what exactly will the coach expect to see from you. Different Taekwondo masters in Gnosall will develop differing routines for this initial introductory lesson but you can count on performing a 15-20 minute warm-up to get the blood coursing and loosen your muscles, learn some simple Poomse (forms, go through some technical training (blocking techniques, hand attacks, stances and kicks), do a small amount of sparring, and last but not least, warm-down.
Everyone who's a member of a Taekwondo class in Gnosall or any place else in Great Britain, is also required to join British Taekwondo, which is the official governing body of the sport. By exploring the British Taekwondo website you can obtain information about equality and safeguarding, first aid, coaches and referees, coaching courses, news, clubs and members, establishing a new club, health and safety, events, and lots more Taekwondo related facts.
Gnosall Taekwondo classes are not solely for the people of Gnosall itself but also for martial arts fans from Allimore Green, Bromstead Heath, Cotonwood, Ranton Green, Alstone, Norbury Junction, Outwoods, Moreton, Audmore, Norbury, Long Compton, Wood Eaton, Beffcote, Haughton, Gnosall Heath, Shut Heath, Church Eaton and other nearby places and postcodes such as ST20 0FF, ST20 0RR, ST20 0JN, ST20 0BY, ST20 0LU, ST20 0JP, ST20 0ES, ST20 0JH, ST20 0EQ, ST20 0LZ. Checking this out can confirm that you access local providers of Taekwondo. Gnosall residents will be able to benefit from these and lots of other comparable classes.
Taekwondo Tournaments and Competitions
A typical Taekwondo tournament incorporates breaking, sparring and patterns, in the Olympics only sparring is included. That being said there may also be a few extraordinary categories in particular tournaments such as self-defence and team demonstrations. WT contests are purely soft-contact affairs, while International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) tournaments permit some hand attacks to the head. There are additionally some multi-discipline contests.
Taekwondo Belts (Rank)
In Tae kwon do there is not really any uniformity when it comes to ranking and belts. It's all determined by what style you are reviewing, because there are so many different Taekwondo styles. However, they're generally split into two groupings "junior (colour) belts and "senior" (black) belts. The colour/junior rankings range from white to red, with from 8 to 12 grades, whilst the black/senior belts usually have 9 grades.
In the UK Taekwondo has a sequence of ranks that are known as "Kup", these ranks range from Tenth (lowest) to First (highest). As with many of the martial arts, the Taekwondo belt order is indicated by a range of different colours, so that the ranks can be easily identified. These colours are white, yellow, green, blue and red, with transitional belts with stripes in-between, specifically - white with a yellow stripe, yellow with a green stripe, green with a blue stripe, blue with a red stripe and red with a black stripe. Students in Gnosall getting started in Taekwondo will begin with the White Belt (10th Kup), and advance through the coloured belts until they accomplish the Red Belt With a Black Stripe (1st Kup).
Taekwondo trainees in Gnosall are called "black belt candidates" once they have succeeded with this challenge, and they will then have to move through yet another 9 ranks (called Dans) if they plan to achieve the consummate accolade of "Black Belt" in Taekwondo. Therefore, Junior, Senior and Black Belts are the three main classifications in the Taekwondo belt order in the UK. The Taekwondo Belts in the Junior group are; 10th (White), 9th (White With Yellow Stripe), 8th (Yellow), and 7th (Yellow With Green Stripe). The Taekwondo Belts in the Senior division are; 6th (Green), 5th (Green With Blue Stripe), 4th (Blue), 3rd ( Blue With Red Stripe), 2nd (Red), and 1st (Red With Black Stripe). The Taekwondo Belts in the Black group go from 1st to 9th Dan, a qualification process which will take a number of years.
Taekwondo Books
Bibliography: Ch'ang Hon Taekwon-Do Hae Sul: Real Applications to the ITF Patterns by Stuart Anslow, Taekwon-Do Patterns: From Beginner to Black Belt (Jim Hogan), Traditional Taekwondo: Core Techniques, History and Philosophy (Doug Cook), Taekwondo Techniques & Tactics, Taekwondo Step Sparring (Sang Kim), Taekwondo: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Korean Art of Self-Defense by Kevin Hornsey, Taekwondo: The Essential Introduction (Marc Tedeschi).
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