CONTACT GAMES – TAEKWONDO
Definition of Contact Games
Contact games are sports that emphasize or require physical contact between players. Examples are martial arts, rugby and football which require tackling.
Basic Techniques in Taekwondo
(i) Rising kick to the head with leg fully extended.
(ii) Heel kick (kakato geri).
(iii) Back kick(Uchiro geri).
(iv) Roundhouse knee kick (Mawashi hiza geri).
(v) Front kick (mae geri).
(vi) Law front kick (kingeri).
(vii) Knee kick (hiza geri).
(viii) Side kick (Yoko kiage).
Origin of Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean National sport. Taekwondo is founded by Koreans in the 20th Century.
Taek means to kick or to destroy with foot; kwon means to punch with the fist and do means way or art. It was exposed to Japanese between 1910 and 1945.
History of Taekwondo in Nigeria
Taekwondo was introduced into Nigeria by the Ivorian Master Aikpa Aime in 1975 and was embraced by many people, two associations later evolved in Nigeria – the NNTA and the UNTA.
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