South Koreans outraged after Canadian sports channel labels taekwondo ‘ninja training’

The mislabelling touched a nerve in South Korea, where conflating Korean and Japanese cultural symbols is often viewed as ...
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USFK personnel kicks Taekwondo training into high gear

MUJU, South Korea- Repetitive punches and high-kicks between two nations were a part of a cultural exchange event honoring South Korea's martial art known as Taekwondo. The Republic of Korea (ROK), ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Another world record falls at kick-a-thon

This year’s annual PRO TKD Martial Arts Center Kick-a-Thon in Carbondale continued to raise the bar. In 2010, Nicole Cerdenola kicked 1,779 times in 15 minutes, and the following year she beat that ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Is that a kick? Taekwondo fighters devise new ways to score

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Taekwondo may be best known for its flashy and acrobatic kicks, but the electronic scoring system used at the Olympics apparently doesn’t care whether or not fighters use the ...
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West Fargo siblings kick their way to podium with 6 combined world taekwondo titles

WEST FARGO — When other kids their age were at the pool taking full advantage of summer break, Marian and Jacob Guerrero were at home, training for a world championship. At 8 and 12 years old, the ...