Children of Asia
International committee

Taekwondo

Taekwondo

Korean martial art, created on the basis of Japanese karate, was included in the program of the III Games for the first time. Its main difference from karate is the large number of kicks. Competition rules in all versions of Taekwondo score a kick as higher than a punch, a jump kick as higher than a ground kick, a series of punches scores as one kick, while in a series of kicks each kick scores separately.