Taekwondo supplies, taekwondo uniform and equipment
Taekwondo supplies include the kick paddle focus mitts and some weapons
like the staff and nunchaku.
The taekwondo uniform used now by most schools is the v neck style uniform,
although some schools prefer the cross over karate style uniform. The v-neck can
be white, black or red/black.
At the bottom of the page you can view some of the different taekwondo
uniforms and equipment.
A brief history of Taekwondo
Upon liberation of Korea from the Japanese
colonial rule after World War II, the Korean people began recovering the thought
of self-reliance and the traditional folkloric games which resumed their
popularity. Song Duk-Ki, afore-mentioned master of teakkyondo, presented a
demonstration of the martial art before the first Republic of Korea President
Syngman Rhee on the occasion of the latter's birth-day anniversary, thus clearly
distinguishing Taekwondo from the Japanese Karate which had been introduced by
the Japanese rulers.
Martial art experts began opening their Taekwondo gymnasiums all over the
country and after the end of Korean War (1950~1953) Taekwondo was popularized
among the Dan-grade black-belters within the country, also dispatching about
2,000 Taekwondo masters to more than 100 countries for foreigners' training.