Martial Arts

Taekwondo

Commodore C64 - The way of the exploding fist

Level Up↑ and Step Down↓

-A military philosophy

0. Entry #level (entry #point)

1. Beginner #level (someone who is just starting at something, or has only recently started)

2. Novice #level (same as beginner, but one who is not yet very familiar or experienced in a particular subject)

Enthusiast #levels

3. Amateur #level (an unpaid semiprofessional)

4. Professional #level (a paid amateur)

The Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence of martial arts is one out of eight according to Howard Gardner.

Linguistic Intelligence
Logical-Mathematical Intelligence
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
Musical Intelligence
Visual-Spatial Intelligence
Interpersonal Intelligence
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Naturalistic Intelligence

The Oxholm Taekwondo Foundation

태 권 도

All religions in the world have a calendar in common.

They all emerged from four components:

The sun, the moon, the mountains and the stars.

South Korea raised and cultivated me.

-Korean tigers are said to inhabit the Taebaek Mountain range spanning over both North & South Korea,

but please no more tiger philosophy for me.

-I am Blue Panther, investigate your totemistic beliefs!

Original Club Badge

where I got my Koryo Tag

70,000,000 taekwondo practitioners worldwide are considered as a niche.

-There can be only one!

Modified Club Badge

by Tommy Oxholm Nielsen

Totemistic Beliefs

- If I was a crow, then I would see a raven in the #mirror

- If I was a cat, then I would see a tiger in the #mirror

- If I was a dog, then I would see a wolf in the #mirror

Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (Lyrics)

Bagua Octet Junior Belts Ranking

No Tags or Snippets

Entry level: A robust gi for close combat self-defense vs. a high-speed Dobok. Soft belts vs. Hard belts.

Short-legged karate trousers vs. long-legged taekwondo trousers.

Beginner: Short stance/Long stance → Yellow belt Sino-korean Kung-Fu class adaptation (sunrise)

Novice: Horse stance (prep warrior for hilly terrain endurance) → Orange belt Shaolin class (sunset)

Intermediate: Brown belt. Wood breaking. Tree Trunk (family tree vision)

Combat stance with fist blocks: The way of the hand (kwon push-ups, fist and spear-hand strike) → Green belt Warrior class (tree Crown)

Green belts qualify for military service

Combat stance with knife-hand (broken fist) blocks: The way of the foot (roundhouse kick, flying kicks) → Blue belt Ballerina class (heaven)

Indigo belt: The way of the foot, advanced kicks, scorpion kick, etc. (rainbow vision)

Tiger stance: Skill•|•consolidation (build up speed) → Red belt Tornado class (earth)

Martial Art Studio

Tang Soo Do - Advanced Kicks

Tradition

Visions

Originally, there was only the white belt. Not washing it reflected on your anciennity.

The vision of a colored belt system began with Japanese Judo, sporting

a six-grade colored kup system and a six dan degrees for a black belt system.

The Olympic committee decided that a 10 kup and 10 dan system amongst all martial arts should

standardize and replace all philosophy and traditions.

Basically, two #visions for a belt system emerged:

-A rainbow vision with an indigo belt

-A family tree vision with a brown belt

Trigrams

Yeon-Mu floor patterns

Trigrams originated as hexagrams in a Chinese Dynasty with the purpose to encrypt messages.

☰ Trigram for Heaven or Sky (乾 Qián)
☱ Trigram for Lake
☲ Trigram for Fire
☳ Trigram for Thunder
☴ Trigram for Wind
☵ Trigram for Water
☶ Trigram for Mountain
☷ Trigram for Earth

This belt designation is specific for the South Korean martial art Taekwondo. It represents the South Korean Flag.

The red color represents Earth, the three unbroken trigrams represent heaven.

This belt designation is also specific for the South Korean martial art Taekwondo. Both colors are represented in the center of the South Korean flag. It means something like Heaven and Earth are about to re-unite.