TKD

Taekwondo History
According to the World Taekwondo Federation,
"In the latter part of ancient times on the Korean
peninsula, three kingdoms were rivaling among
them for the hegemony. They were Koguryo,
Paekje and Shilla all indulged in growing national
strength with trained warriors. Therefore, the
Korean history tells that there were military
personalities among the well-known prominent
national leaders of the three kingdoms, which
proves the military tendency of ruling hierarchy.
As a result, youth warriors were organized, such
as "Hwarangdo" in Shilla and "Chouisonin" in
Koguryo, which both adopted martial art training
as one of the important subjects of learning. A
known martial art book of the days, called
"Muyedobo-Tongji" wrote "Taekwondo is the
basis of martial art, enabling one to build
strength by using the hand and foot freely and
training arms and legs as well as the body to
adaptable to any critical situations," which
means Taekwondo was already prevalent in that
age. Thus, it can be easily assumed that
Taekwondo was originated from the days of
tribal communities on the Korean peninsula."
In this day and age, there are reportedly over 70
types of Taekwondo. However, they all originated
from the following five types of Taekwondo:
Song Moo Kwan
Chung Do Kwan
Moo Duk Kwan
Chang Moo Kwan
Yun Mu Kwan