| Description |
xxi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Your intro to the do: Why would you want to do tae kwon do? -- Digging up the roots of the do -- Most important muscle: One between your ears -- Why tae kwon do beats little league, soaps, and bingo -- Kick-start your training: Finding the right school -- Big welcome mat -- Fright night: Your first class -- Looking the part: Your uniform -- Making the moves: Black and blue are for belts: Basic safety -- Getting taken to the principles -- Laying the foundation -- Striking out on your own -- Just for kicks -- Formulas for perfection -- Putting it all together: One step to practicality: One-step sparring -- Ready, set, free-spar! -- Defending your territory: Self-defense -- Climbing the ladder: Testing for promotions: Cruising down the beltway -- Your life as a white belt -- Truth about black belts -- Testing...one, two, three -- Testing for the big one -- Wide, wide world of competition: Be a sport: An intro to the world of competition -- Rules of the game -- T-Day: Day of the tournament -- Associations and federations -- Publications and sources. |
| Summary |
With easy-to-understand text and clear line drawings and photos scattered throughout, this layperson's book explains in simple terms the concepts of tae kwon do. 100 photos. Diagrams throughout. |
| Subject |
Tae kwon do.
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Tae kwon do -- Training.
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| Added Author |
Yates, Keith D.
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| ISBN |
0028623894 paperback |
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