Taekwondo (/ËtaÉªËkwÉnËdoÊ/) is a Korean martial art with a heavy emphasis on kicks. Taekwondo was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by various Korean martial artists, as a blend of the indigenous Korean fighting styles of taekkyeon, gwonbeop, and subak, with influence from foreign martial arts as well.he main international organizational bodies for Taekwondo today are the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF), founded by General Choi Hong Hi in 1966, and the World TaeKwonDo Federation (WTF), founded in 1973 by the KTA. Gyeorugi ([kjÊÉ¾uÉ¡i]), a type of full-contact sparring, has been an Olympic event since 1992.
Somerville, Texas. Somerville (/ËsÊmÉrvÉªl/ SUM-er-vill) is a city in Burleson County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,376 at the 2010 census. Somerville is 90 miles (140 km) north of Houston. Somerville is named for Albert Somerville the first president of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway.
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