This document provides an introduction to Taekwondo as a form of martial arts and self-defense. It discusses the history and origins of Taekwondo in Korea and its introduction to the Philippines. The core values and techniques of Taekwondo are outlined, including various blocks, kicks, forms, and the belt ranking system. Rules for sparring competitions and key terminology are also defined. The document seeks to educate readers on Taekwondo while dispelling common myths about the nature of real violence and limitations of most martial arts training.

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Module One
Martial
Arts
Self-defense
TAEKWONDO
Submitted by: (BSED-MATH2A)
Seludo,Carlyn V.
Submitted to:
Jonas P. Fabillar

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Table of Contents
I. Title/Cover
II. Table of Contents
III. Introduction
IV. Chapter Discussion
a. Learning Objectives
b. Discussion/Supplementary
i. Activities/Exercises
V. Summary
VI. Exercises/Evaluation
VII. References

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III. INTRODUCTION
SELF-DEFENSE
Not all acts constitutes crimes. A person who is defending himself, family or property
cannot be held criminally liable. Article 11 of the Revised Penal Code provides for
justifying circumstances whereby a person is said to be acting in accordance with law
as self-defense.
Article 11 Justifying Circumstances
The following do not incur any criminal liability:
1. Anyone who acts in defense of his person of rights, provided that the following
circumstances concur:
First. Unlawful regression.
Second. Reasonable necessity of the means employed to prevent or repel it
Third. Lack of sufficient provocation on the part of the person defending himself.
2. Anyone who acts in defense of the person of rights of his spouse, descendants,
ascendants, or legitimate, natural or adopted brothers or sisters, of his relatives by
affinity in the same degrees and those consanguinity within the fourth civil degree,
provided that the first and second requisites prescribed in the next preceding
circumstances are present, and the further requisite, in case the provocation was given
by the person attacked that the one making defense had no part in them.
3. Anyone who acts in defense of the person or rights of a stranger, provided that the
first and the second requisite mentioned in the first circumstances of this article are
present and that the person defending be not included by revenge, resentment, or other
evil motive.
Note that this includes defense of person or rights. It may also flrefer to defense of
chastity wherein a woman is justified in hitting a man who placed his hand on a
woman's upper thigh. There may also be defense of property or home such that a
person is within his legal right to protect himself from trespassers to his property.
In order to invoke self-defense, certain conditions must be met such as unlawful
aggression, reasonable necessity of the means employed to prevent or repel it, and lack
of sufficient provocation on the part of the person defending himself.
There is unlawful aggression once there is peril to one's life or person. There must be
an actual and imminent physical force or actual use of weapon. A mere push or shove,
not followed by other acts is NOT unlawful aggression. A playful kick at the foot by way

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of greeting, although it may hurt is again NOT unlawful aggression. Further there is no
unlawful regression by mere threatening attitude as when someone is hurting insults
when holding a knife.
If there is an agreement to fight, then there either party CANNOT claim self-defense.
However, it must be emphasized that the challenge must be accepted. The nature of
weapons will also be considered. If the person was advancing towards the accused with
a bolo, the accused was justified by shooting a man. However, the use of bayonet
aga8nst a cane is not considered as reasonable. Furthermore, the physical condition
and size of the aggressor will also be considered. If the aggressor was large, strong and
violet t in character, then the smaller man was justified in stabbing the aggressor with a
bolo even if the larger man was just using fist blows.
Lastly, there must lack of provocation on the part of the person defending himself. This
element simply means that the one defending himself must not have given cause for
aggression by his conduct of by inciting assailant.
IV. CHAPTER DISCUSSION
a. Learning Objectives:
At the end of the discussion, the students should be able to:
i. Define and understand self-defense and taekwondo.
ii. Execute the basics of Taekwondo
iii. Conduct a seminar regarding Taekwondo
b. Discussion / Supplementary
BRIEF HISTORY OF TAEKWONDO
Etymologically, TAE means "FOOT", KWON means "FIST" and DO means
"WAY OF EXECUTION". It can be traced back to 1955 and the roots began at
around 2,300 years ago in Korea. Taekwondo is a form of Martial Art, a way of life
and it was a result of historical development in Korea.
The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) was officially established by DR.
UN YON KIM. WTF is the governing body that preserves and upholds the roots and
development, testing, study and promotion of taekwondo all over the world.

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After gaining popularity all over the world, taekwondo then was introduced to
the Philippines by KIM BOK MAN and YOUNG MAN PARK during the time of
President Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970's. The Philippine Taekwondo Association
(PTA) the official regulating body in the Philippines was then established by Grand
Master Sung Chong Hong. Now the PTA headquarters is located at the Rizal
Memorial Sports Complex.
STUDENTS OATH
 I shall observe the tenets of taekwondo.
 I shall respect instructors and seniors.
 I shall never misuse taekwondo.
 I shall be a champion of freedom and justice.
 I shall build a more peaceful world.
CORE VALUES OF TAEKWONDO
COURTESY. Students of taekwondo must show courtesy inside and even outside
the premises by using the command "Kyongre" which means "bow".
INTEGRITY. Students of taekwondo must be able to differentiate right from wrong
but must also stand for what is right.
PERSEVERANCE. Students of taekwondo must be willing to continue training and
struggle against all odds in order to reach his/her goals.
SELF-CONTROL. Students of taekwondo must have control over his/her thoughts,
emotions and more importantly his/her actions.
INDOMITABLE SPIRIT. Students of taekwondo must have the courage to stand to
his/her principles and/or beliefs and to stay standing no matter who or what he/she
is facing ahead.
BASIC BLOCKING
1. Downward Block
2. Middle Block
3. Upper Block

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BASIC KICKING
1. Forty-five kick
2. Out-in
3. In-out
4. Punch kick
5. Front kick
6. Full moon
7. Bullet kick
8. Side kick
9. Turning side
Foundation Form or Basic Form Number 1
 Following a capital letter "I" motion. Starting to the right, then left, 3 more forward,
then left, right, 3 more forward, to the left and to the right.
1. Downward Block
2. Middle Punch
Belt Division / Color of Belts
1. White belt
2. Yellow belt
3. Blue belt
4. Red belt
5. Brown belt
6. Black belt
KYORUGI (SPARRING) BASIC RULES AND REGULATION
1. A match consisting of three-two minute rounds, the third round will only be
conducted unless both players have the same scores after the first two rounds. At
this point, whoever lands a clear hit will be the winner, this is called sudden death.
2. Body shots. A clear shots to the body is one-point but once incorporated with spin,
jump or turn one point is added.
3. Head kicks. Kicks to the head will be scored 3 points unless combined with spin,
jump, or turn and an extra point is added.
4. Penalties. Players will be given penalties once they withdraw from a fight, went out
of bounds, inactive for 10 seconds, a fall to the ground even if it's a result of being
kicked, grabbing, kicking the ground area or below the belt. Referees are given
leeway as to how they are going to give penalties.
5. 12 Point-gap. Automatically, a match will be stopped of one player gains a 12 point
lead regardless if it is first or second round. And shall become the winner and will
move to the next round.
6. Petition. Petition is allowed but it comes with a fee depending on the organizing
committee.
BASIC TAEKWONDO COMMANDS AND TERMINOLOGIES
Cha Ryeot - attention
Joon Bi - ready
Kyong Ye / Kyong Re - bow
Bah Ro - return to starting position

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Dorah - Turn
Anja - Sit
Yeosoh - stand
Shiuh - relax
Kalyeo - stop
Kae sok - continue
Sijak - begin
Ti- belt
Poomsae - forms
Sabomnim - Instructor
Dojang - school
Sonbaenim - student
Chagi - kick
Kyorugi - sparring
Kihap - yell
Kyunggo - warning
Nang sim - groin
Son mok - wrist
Hong - red
Chong - blue
Gang Jeom - one point deduction
Conceptions/Misconceptions of Violence
There are many misconceptions about physical violence, and the purpose of this
chapter is to help shed light on the nature of serious ad common problems in physical
self-defense and martial arts training. If you follow my advice on prevention, this
material should be largely unnecessary. But it you don’t follow that advice, if you find
yourself in an unfavorable physical conflict, or if you’re simply interested in being able to
physically defend yourself even if the chance you’ll need to is low, the following material
will be valuable.
The Nature of Physical Violence
Real attack real violence is fast, dynamic, and chaotic. At least one person in the
encounter will be trying to injure another, and neither person will know what the other
will do next. It’s not what you see in most movies or learn about in most martial arts
classes.
Martial Arts Myths
The vast majority of martial arts today do not prepare practitioners for real
assaults. They don’t address avoidance, awareness, and prevention, don’t have
effective strategies for dealing with an assault or training methods that work, the
techniques are for art or sport rather than for doing maximum damage, and they fail to
address weapon use and defense and multiple opponents. All training takes place in
well-lit rooms, on clean, flat surfaces with nothing to trip over or run into, and in clothing
that’s easiest for moving around in. Mock attacks are generally done with “proper form”.
They’re single attacks or easy to identify techniques one after another, and the “bad
guy” doesn’t fight back after his initial attack is blocked.

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Acting Tough is For Losers
Accurately writing about violence is a challenge. At one hand, it’s important to
explain the nature of violence and the problems with most martial arts and self-defense
training. On the other hand, scary and tough talk can be damaging and
counterproductive. Violence is negative and destructive, and becoming paranoid or
obsessing about crime will decrease your quality of life. You can avoid or prevent an
attack or physically defend yourself without becoming obsessed with violence, wearing
camouflage pants, and carrying three knives to the bathroom.
i. Activities / Exercises
GROUP ACTIVITY:
What to do:
1. Form a group with 5-8 members
2. Prepare a taekwondo presentation involving the execution
Taekwondo Fundamental Forms and the basic blocks and Kicks
with the commands.
3. Be ready to perform your presentation to the class.
V. SUMMARY
Self-defense is an act of defending oneself, one’s property, or a close relative in
accordance with the law. Article 11 of the Revised Penal Code provides for justifying
circumstances whereby a person who is defending himself, family or property cannot be
held criminally liable.
One form of self-defense is Taekwondo where etymologically, TAE mean
“Foot”, KWON means “Fist”, and DO means “WAY OF EXECUTION” and its roots
began in Korea. DR. UN YON KIM established a governing body that preserves and
upholds the roots and development, testing, study and promotion of taekwondo all over
the world, the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF). Later on in 1970’s under the
Presidency of President Ferdinand Marcos taekwondo was introduced to the Philippines
by KIM BOK MAN and YOUNG MAN PARK. Grand Master Sung Chong Hong
established then the official regulating body in the Philippines, The Philippine
Taekwondo Association (PTA) which the PTA headquarters is currently located at the
Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
Taekwondo has Students Oath and Core Values. It has different kinds of basic
blocking and basic kicking and foundation forms. Mastery level is determined by the belt

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division: white belt, yellow belt, blue belt, red belt, brown belt, black belt. During a
Kyorugi (Sparring) there are basic rules and regulations to be followed.
VI. EXERCISES/ EVALUATION
Direction: Write the correct answer on the space provided before the number.
___________________1. Etymologically, what does TAE means in the word
Taekwondo?
___________________2. What belt is for beginners in Taekwondo?
___________________3. What is KYORUGI in English?
___________________4. It is allowed but it comes with a fee depending on the
organizing committee.
___________________5. What is Kick in Korean language?
___________________6. The basic forms of taekwondo follows what letter?
___________________7. How many point will be scored if it is kicks in the head?
___________________8. What article provides for justifying circumstances whereby a
person who is defending himself, family or property cannot be held criminally liable?
___________________9. Students of taekwondo must be willing to continue training
and struggle against all odds in order to reach his/her goals.
___________________10. A Kyorugi match is consist of how many two-minute rounds?
VII. REFERENCES
http://www.functionalselfdefense.org/violence
TheTruthAboutViolence/FunctionalSelfDefense.org
Find out why most martial arts and self-defense classes don’t prepare students to deal
with violence and what you need to know functional self-defense.org