Tae-Kyon is a Korean form of martial arts characterized by its practitioners' dance-like movements. Kicks and jumps are the most commonly used maneuvers.

Tae-Kyon is a traditional Korean martial art that resembles dancing movements. Tae-Kyon contains all kinds of techniques, including hand and leg techniques as well as joint locks, head butts. The movements are very fluid and dance-like with the practitioners constantly moving. Thus, it resembles Capoeira and Shaolin Kung Fu.

The goal in competition is to defeat your opponent, most often in a best of three falls match.

When Taekkyon is practiced as a sport, it uses a limited subset of techniques, focusing on grappling and kicking only. Points are scored by throwing the opponent to the ground, pushing him out of the ring, or kicking him in the head. There are no hand strikes or head butts, and purposefully injuring your opponent is prohibited. Matches are sometimes decided by the best of three falls-the first fighter to score two points wins. However, different modern associations employ slightly different rules.

The first source mentioning Tae-Kyon is the book Manmulmo, written around 1790 by Lee, Sung-Ji. This form of martial arts never gained a widespread popularity. By the late 19th century, only one Taekkyon competition a year was held in all of Korea. At the height of its popularity, Tae-Kyon was practiced by many including the king and matches were a frequent occurrence. The sport art suffered a severe blow when Neo-Confucianism grew in popularity in Korea, and the Japanese occupation damaged the art even further. Tae-Kyon has had a slight resurgence in recent days, getting the classification of Important Intangible Cultural Asset on June 1, 1983; it is the only Korean martial art which possesses such a classification.

Training of Tae-Kyon involves learning of basic techniques fundamental to the practice. These include hand and leg techniques as well as joint locks, head butts, and the dance-like movements indicative of the sport. Practitioners use many sweeps with straight forward low kicks using the ball of the foot and the heel and flowing crescent-like high kicks. Low kicks, very frequent in Tae-Kyon, are used to disable an opponent's balance and knock him to the ground.

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