Taekwondo will be contested at the Paralympics for the first time in Tokyo World Taekwondo (WT), the sport’s governing body, began developing the kyorugi (sparring) discipline for Para athletes in ...

Taekkyon, meanwhile, is first mentioned in early 18th ... the Korean government started to promote taekwondo internationally as the country's main form of martial arts. However, many of the ...

In the men's -80kg final, Katoussi made history by becoming his country's first Olympic champion in taekwondo by beating Iran's Mehran Barkhordari 2-0 in the gold-medal contest. Italy's Simone ...