Richard Neiper Grand Master Gerry Cook 2nd Degree Black Belt Paper June 3‚ 2013 History of Taekwondo Taekwondo is an empty-hand combat form that entails the use of the entire body. Tae means "to Kick" or "Smash with the feet‚" Kwon implies "punching" or "destroying with the hand or fist‚" and Do means "way" or "method." Taekwondo thus‚ is the technique of unarmed combat for self defense that involves the skillful application of techniques that include punching‚ kicks‚ blocks‚ dodges‚ parrying
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lasted three years and peace was only achieved when the use of the atomic bomb was threatened. The problem in Korea In 1945‚ Korea was split along the 38th parallel between a communist north led by Kim IL Sung‚ and a non-communist south led by Syngman Rhee. But communism was growing in the Far East. In 1949‚ the Communists had taken power in China. The US developed the ’domino theory’ - the idea that‚ if one country fell to communism‚ others would follow like a row of dominoes. Then‚ in 1950‚ a
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Before I get into the history of Taekwondo‚ I would like to define what it means. I read the definition from many books and the one that I like best comes from the book Comprehensive Asian Fighting Arts written by Donn F. Draeger and Robert W. Smith. "Taekwondo is an empty-hand combat form that entails the use of the whole body. Tae means "to Kick" or "Smash with the feet‚" Kwon implies "punching" or "destroying with the hand or fist‚" and Do means "way" or "method." Taekwondo thus‚ is
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has a communist regime‚ later ceding influence to China‚ while the South has a capitalist system‚ modeled after the USA. Kim Il Sung was the leader of the Provisional Communist Government established in North Korea with the Soviets’ support and Syngman Rhee was elected as the first President of South Korea‚ with support from USA. Both the leaders tried to gain control of the whole Peninsula through violence. Kim made several trips to USSR and manage to successfully convince Stalin to provide military
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What caused the Korean War? The Korean War started in 1950 and took place in a time that was very known to war. The war ending in a peace treaty singing between USA and North Korea‚ the South Koreans never actually signed for peace. This is often said by the North Koreans as an excuse to carry on the so called war by having army troops all along the border. This may not be a surprise to many due to North Koreas well known extremism and overall lack of connection the rest of the world. This is an
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Hot Conflict in the Cold War: The Korean War David Moore POLS 263 Instructor Morehouse December 13‚ 2012 The 1950’s were an unstable time in world history. The world had been divided by two opposing schools of thought: Capitalism and Communism. The Cold War was started after the Allied Powers victory in World War II. Not long after‚ the Soviet Union began nuclear testing and became the second super power to have atomic weapons. The threat of global annihilation was at an all-time high
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WHY AND WITH WHAT CONSEQUENCES DID WAR BREAKOUT IN KOREA IN 1950? The division between North Korea and South Korea forever leaves a mark of the Korean War which happened on the 25th June 1950 and lasted until the armistice agreement signed on 27th July 1953. During the war‚ both antagonists attempted to re-unify the country under their own regimes and ideology. The Korean War has also brought several major powers in the conflict‚ including the United States‚ the UN forces‚ the People’s
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While the end of World War II brought peace and prosperity to most Americans‚ it also created a heightened state of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. Fearing that the Soviet Union intended to "export" communism to other nations‚ America centered its foreign policy on the "containment" of communism‚ both at home and abroad. Although formulation of the Truman Doctrine‚ Marshall Plan‚ and the Berlin Airlift suggested that the United States had a particular concern with the spread
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Soviets occupied north‚ americans south Division 1948 north korea announces its independence‚ ‘democratic’ USSR left arms with communist Kim Il Sung South Korea (ROK) South korea announced independence as Republic of Korea ROK led by Syngman Rhee (anti-communist); allied to USA War June 25th‚ 1950 North Korea crossed 38th parallel invaded south korea and seized seoul and pushed south to surround Pusan by September 14th Truman and UN Truman took issue to UN SecurityCouncil USSR
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Iya Akin Korean Conflict 4.15.2013 HIST105-1301D-01 U.S. History I took an instered in the Korean conflict because I really like Korean history and they people so I deciced to choose this topic. So in the begin the Korean war began when some 75‚000 soilders from the north Korean people’s Army poured across the 39th parallel‚ the bounf In 1950 the Korea Peninsula was divided between a Soviet-backed government in the north and an American-backed government in the south. The division of
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