All About TKD
This is the country that Tae Kwon Do comes from.
What is Korea?
Korea is a very mountainous country, causing the people there to develop very strong legs. This is why the foundation of Tae Kwon Do is this type of movement.
This type of technique is a strike used against another strike.
What is a block?
This is the striking surface for my punch.
What are the first 2 knuckles?
This muscle is the prime mover in most of your kicking techniques.
What are the quadriceps?
Translation of "The Way of Kicking and Punching" into Korean.
What is Tae Kwon Do?
This is the striking surface for front kick.
What is the ball of the foot?
4 of the 5 blocks we have learned so far in class use this bone.
What is the ulna?
This is the striking surface for my palm heel.
What is the heel of the palm?
This muscle must stretch during kicking and is therefore most likely to be injured.
What are the hamstrings?
This is the year Korea was liberated from Japanese occupation.
What is 1945?
This is the striking surface for roundhouse kick.
What is the top of the foot/base of the shin?
Of the blocks we have learned in class so far, this is the only one that uses the radius.
What is side block?
This is the striking surface for my hammer fist.
What is the knife edge of the hand?
This is the bone located in the thigh that supports both the hamstrings and the quadriceps.
What is the femur?
This man suggested the name Tae Kwon Do for the unified Korean martial art.
Who is General Choi Hong Hi?
This is the striking surface for side kick.
What is the heel?
If someone is going to hit me, chances are good they will aim where on my body?
What is the center line?
What is the wrist?
These are 2 bones in your forearm used for blocking.
What are the radius and the ulna?
Tae Kwon Do is believed to have originated from this martial art.
What is Subak?
This is the foot position for the crescent kick.
What is bladed?
These are the five blocks we have learned in class.
What are high, low, side, outside, and inside blocks?
This is the type of injury I am likely to get if I punch with the wrong knuckles.
What is a boxer's fracture?
This is the bone located in your lower leg that forms the front of your shin.
What is the tibia?