Tae means foot, kwon means hand, and Do means art. Hence, Taekwondo is the art of self defense by use of both hands and feet. Taekwondo is considered the most modern of existing self defense arts.
Taekwondo is the art of‘foot and fist’. It is exactly a battle of kicks and punches. The opponents compete on a mat inside a eight-by-eight metre zone. There are three rounds of two minutes each. The aim is to land accurate kicks and punches on the scoring area of their opponent.
The name of the ground where Taekwondo is played is called as ‘Arena’. Its diameter is 8 × 8 m. The mat on which the opponents fight is prepared of 64 mats of 1 × 1 m. There are total 7 officials appointed in this game. One is the main judge, 1- timekeeper, 4-corner referees, and 1-center referee. Centre referee starts the bout. The decision of the main judge stands as the final decision. Corner referee gives the points to the team.
