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# taekwondo

«taekwondo» in Mova's school dictionary: **a martial art and sport from Korea, famous for high, fast…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (taekwondo — uncountable; also tae kwon do)

### meaning for a pupil

Taekwondo is a martial art and sport from Korea, famous for high, fast kicks and jumping and spinning kicks. It is an Olympic sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taekwondo/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and after-school clubs children learn taekwondo for fitness, self-control and respect; they wear a white uniform called a dobok and coloured belts that show their level, up to black belt. Lessons include patterns (forms), sparring with protective gear and breaking boards. Phrases: "do taekwondo", "taekwondo class", "black belt in taekwondo".

### examples

- I go to taekwondo on Tuesdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taekwondo/#x1)
- My sister got her yellow belt in taekwondo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taekwondo/#x2)
- Taekwondo is famous for its spinning kicks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taekwondo/#x3)
- In taekwondo we bow to show respect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taekwondo/#x4)
- Taekwondo became an Olympic sport in 2000. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taekwondo/#x5)
- We wear head guards when we spar in taekwondo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taekwondo/#x6)
- The taekwondo master broke a board with one kick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taekwondo/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: "do taekwondo", not "a taekwondo". Korean word, roughly "the way of the foot and the fist", pronounced "TIE-kwon-DOH". Spelled as one word or "tae kwon do".

### In the corpora

- [Judo has been in the Olympics since 1964 and taekwondo since 2000.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/43-running-gymnastics-and-martial-arts/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «taekwondo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/taekwondo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.