Taekwondo

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Taekwondo is a Korean martial art with a relationship to ancient Korean martial arts, that is also cultural with philosophical underpinnings. Through the practice of a martial art, a person's spiritual and philosophical perspective may also be developed. It is this dual aspect of Taekwondo, and of martial arts in general, that is examined in relation to the human aging process and why, through routine practice of Taekwondo, an individual may also achieve various levels of improved performance, physical and mental, throughout the entire human aging process.

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"Taekwondo as a martial art consists of various components that make it attractive to all age groups and all ability levels: it is a group activity-providing socialization skills, it teaches self-defense skills as well as self-awareness skills, it provides an exciting outlet to competitive individuals as a way to measure themselves against other practitioners, and it has a spiritual and philosophical body of knowledge such as meditation, Confucian ideology, as well as a distinct Asian inclination towards Buddhism's ascetic sensibilities."

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