Taekyeon - South Korean Traditional Martial Art

Taekyeon is a Korean traditional martial art based on techniques using grappling, throwing and circular arm motions as well as kicking to confuse the attacker. The arm an leg movements are very much like dance unlike the rigid stances and bouncing for Taekwondo or Karate. The art has been listed as an Intangible Cultural No 76 by the Korean Government.

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[rAFiCoRe]

@MickyMo6 if you live near a big city you can find korean minorities living there... just look for either people that train any time of kma in the park or for people that teach korean dancing, it all developes the same type of timing as in fighting. it is important to get used to taekkyun movements before even training the art with a real teacher. i found myself very uncoordinated when trying the taekkyun footwork for the first time, now i use it in my daily kicking practice.

[wishmomichi]

this is great

[MickyMo6]

COol!! i love all korean traditional martial arts.! they all are so cooool XD makes me want to learn, but....sadly i live in a place where they dont teach anyting but taekwondo, which i also love. But i wished i lived in korea where i could have access to any of the martial arts. to me, they are just so influentially amazing and traditional.

[ilomoura]

Agreed.

[patveela]

looks cool should have put video, i would like to see