Taekwondo : From a Martial Art to a Martial Sport (Paperback)

1. Early Korean martial arts and t’aekky?n 2. The relationship of taekwondo to karate 3. The significance of forms 4. The origins of full-contact sparring 5. The origins of taekwondo competition rules 6. The evolution of sparring technique 7. The philosophical roots of taekwondo 8. Forms versus sparring 9. Conclusion: the incomplete transformation of taekwondo from a ‘martial art’ to a ‘martial sport’