Taekwondo techniques changing throughout time and a little past

2. DID YOU NOTICE ANY OF THESE CHANGES?
People, Friends, Habits
“What we call chaos is just patterns we
haven’t recognized. What we call
random is just patterns we can’t
decipher.” – Chuck Palahniuk
(tinybuddha.com)

3. TAEKWONDO CHANGED A LOT SINCE THE OLYMPICS
But wait! Let’s talk a little bit about it’s beginning.
HwaRang- Warriors- SooBak
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Origin
Spears
Swords
Bows
Created No
Weapon Martial
Arts called SooBak
“A Brief History of Taekwondo” by Ronald
A. Southwick (msu.edu)

4. 1955 – THE BIRTH OF TAEKWONDO
Up to 1955 there were a variety of martial arts styles in Korea such as
“ KongSooDo, Tae Kyon, SooBakDo, TangSooDo, KwonPup”. In 1955
they all coordinated and formed the martial arts that we know today as
Taekwondo. (msu.edu)
1. On May 28, 1973, Kukkiwon
formed the World Taekwondo
Federation.(msu.edu)
2. In 1975, AAU accepted
Taekwondo as an official sport.
In 1980 the WTF became an
IOC (International Olympic
Committee), which introduced
Taekwondo in its first Olympic in
Seoul at 1988.

5. RULE CHANGES THROUGHOUT TIME
Original rules of Taekwondo started with 1 point for body and face. And was
scored by hand on paper or scoreboard.
Then, 2 points for face and 1 point for body scored electronically by
referees and started the first electric chest protector (LaJust).
Then, 3 points for face and 1 point for body, spinning kick added one more
point and scores were now scored automatically with electric chest
protector.
Then, 3 points for face, 2 points for body, and 1 point added if the technique
was spinning, scored by electric chest protector. (worldtaekwondo.org)

6. KICKS USED DURING ORIGINAL RULES
1 point body
1 point face
Scored by hand on paper or scoreboard based on accuracy of kick to chest
protector and power
Example: 1988 apprx.
Kicks used to score: Round house, double/triples, axe kicks, backside and
turning motion kicks, fast kicks, counters
Style: Huge variety of kicks and styles.

7. KICKS USED IN 2ND GENERATION
1 point for body
2 point for
Scored electronically by referees and started the first electric chest
protector (LaJust) and then Daedo came at the end of the generation
Kicks used to score: Huge variety including the first new electric chest
protector.
Style: All sorts of styles were used. However power was a little more
important than accuracy due to the referees scoring a little more easily
even when blocked someiimes . Most of the times the only kicks with
bottoms of feet that scored were backside kick.

8. KICKS USED IN 3RD GENERATION
1 point for body
3 points for face
Spinning kicks added 1 more point
Scored by Daedo/KP&P electric chest protectors and sometimes electric
helmets
Kicks used to score: Due to the new chest protector being a lot more easy
to score and doesn’t require power, cut kick becomes the king.
Currently at this time cut kick is not restricted.
Style: Most of the best athletes use cut kick and mostly nothing else.
Hugely favored taller athletes due to range benefits and low risk of
being kicked in the head.

9. CURRENTLY 4TH GENERATION
2 points for body
3 points for face
Spinning kicks add 1 point, ½ point warnings are now replaced with 1 point
deduction for penalties, cut kick is nerfed (No cuts under legs, No
holding leg up for more than 3 seconds)
Scored by Daedo or KP&P electric chest protector.
Kicks used to score: Mostly cut kicks, some turning kicks, etc.
Styles used: Most people still uses cut kick predominantly, with a few more
traditional kick. Due to so many rules, referees doesn’t seem to able to
catch up. However, smaller athletes now aren’t completely doomed with
the rebalancing of points for body to head ratio. But issue still remains.

10. TAEKWONDO CHANGES QUICKLY
There are hints that Taekwondo will try to force athletes more and more to
use traditional kicks. So practice the meta (Currently used by pros)
mostly and don’t forget all the other kicks.