Get a Kick Out of Spare Time
<Tab/>Since I was very young, I had a strange fascination with martial arts. I would see actors in movies or on television doing something amazing, and want to be just like them. Three years ago, I decided to look into joining a martial arts class, so I asked around and found out that there were two different choices within a reasonable distance from my home, and that they both taught different versions of the same art. After much deliberation, I chose to attend the closer of the two classes because I knew a few people who were involved there.
<Tab/>Taekwondo (TKD) is a Korean martial art that means "the way of the hand and foot." As it is known today, Taekwondo evolved from Tae Kyon, a style of martial arts that dates back to the first century B.C. The modern variation of Taekwondo became dominant in 1945 after World War II when Korean power was restored to what was Japanese occupied Korea. …
