Tae kwon do is actually the Korean martial art. It is also known as the national sport from South Korea which means; the way of the foot and fist or the way of kicking and punching. However this Tae kwon do is not only teaching about self defense, sport or exercise but it also teach you about meditation, how to balance your emotion and the philosophy for not being arrogant with the power you have, down to earth, low profile and always use this ability for self defense or for protecting others and not for attacking people or enemy. In South Korea, this Tae kwon do is also given to military as a part of their training.
Actually there are two kinds of martial arts that are well known in Korea and they both were originally from Korea, one is Tae kwon do and the other is Judo. Both of them are still used until now and also well known in other countries. In Japan for example, there are a lot of Tae kwon do course and Judo course for children and for adult. Even women also like to take this course.
Anyway, If you are interested to learn martial art especially Tae kwon do but you have no time to attend the class due to your tight schedule, now you can just learn Tae kwon do online from Tae kwon do video guide! Are you surprised that this kind of course is exists? Well me too. But I think this is really a great innovation so that no matter how busy you are, you still have time to learn this Taek won do even though you stay at home. It is really a great advantage for people like you to have this.
This is really a great opportunity for those who really love martial art and want to learn about it. To get to know how this taekwondo online works, you could see many free video on Youtube or other video sharing site. Lots of people will gladly teach you more about taekwondo with no cost.
But, as you know that Youtube has many video, i find it’s little confusing for me to find the perfect video to learn Tae kwon do online. So I do a search on google and I find this good page about teaching Tae kwon do online. Take a look at this site:
http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_235_beginner-tae-kwon-do-techniques.html
This article has a complete video tutorial. Each part of the video would explain you about Tae kwon do movement and the function of it, for example like the Back L Stance, in Korea it is actually called Ninja Sogi this is a standard fighting which usually used to prepare kicking. Parallel stance or what they called Naranhi Sogi is the variety of Tae kwon do kicks and punches however this position is also often referred to as Ready Stance or Joombi sogi. Other position is Rear foot stance or what they called Dwit bal sogi or bum sogi this is like tiger stance in taekwondo. Then sitting stance or annun sogi or joo choom sogi is a neutral position. This position is also known as a horse stance. Another one is fighting stance or kyorugi joombi this is a simple stance that almost the same with back stance. Hand attacks are only used when you get a close distance with the opponent. Hand attacks has many positions such as forefist, hammer fist, backfist, knife hand, fingertips, thumb, palm heel, elbow strike and four knuckle strike. All of those stances you can find it at the Tae kwon do website.
There is many other tutorial in internet about how to learn Tae kwon do Online. All you have to do is going to your favorite search engine and do a search about learn Tae kwon do online.
