Informative Speech
Taekwondo
Introduction Have you ever seen a martial arts demonstration, or hear of a demonstration team? Well, let me start off by telling you what a demonstration, or demo, team is and what they do. A demo team is a group of elite martial artists chosen to represent the school of martial arts to which they attend to the public during martial arts demonstrations. During these demonstrations they perform impressive feats that wow the audience such as, difficult board breaking techniques and impressive techniques learned through the study of the martial art they are representing. During my high school years I had the pleasure of being one of these elite martial artists. In the demonstrations I participated in I did
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II. So I bet your all wondering what the heck taekwondo means. Well, according to martialartsresource.com, "'Tae' means "foot" or "to strike with the feet". "Kwon" means "hand", or "to strike with the hand". "Do" means discipline, art, or way. Hence TaeKwonDo (foot-hand-way) means literally "the art of the feet and the hands" or "the art of kicking and punching"." A. Tae kwon do is a marital art that deals primarily with kicking. B. The focus on kicking is designed with the thought in mind that the leg is the longest most powerful weapon a martial artist has at his/her disposal. 1. This fact means that a martial artist that is very good with his legs can strike an opponent while he is still outside of his opponents range. 2. While remaining outside of your opponent's rang you can deal highly damaging blows without having to take any powerful blows from your opponent.
III. Tae kwon do customs differ slightly depending on where it is taught. A. Tae kwon do practitioners generally practice bare foot and in places like gymnasiums. B. The uniforms worn by practitioners used to be the kind that you fold over and tie together, but because of the sport-like nature of it these days they uniform style of the V-neck is becoming increasingly popular. C. Practitioners of taekwondo generally take part in sparring matches. 1. There's a lot of gear you
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Through my life I’ve had many special accomplishments, but the one that meant the most to me was the time when I got my second degree black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. I currently am a second degree black belt with 8 years of consistent training. My journey through this experience was not at all easy. In fact, I had to go through much dedication, time, and sacrifice. My training involved me going to practice 4 days a week, not including tournaments, weekend practices, and times when I went to practice when I wasn’t required to. All this training prepared me for tests that I had to earn in order to get my next belt; many people have failed, but I’ve never failed a single test. In my preparation for becoming a second degree, I’ve also had to assist
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II. As well as using your lower body, it is also essential to use your upper body in order to maximize the chance to score.
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The punching and kicking seemed too real and aggressive to me. For a few days, emulating Ralph Macchio seem impossible. Several weeks later, I decided to join. I learned a lot about myself while training. You see, at the end of each class, we would participate in an activity called huddle discussion. All the students, as well as the sensei would sit in a circle and discuss discipline, responsibility, respect, etc… These talks helped me become a better version of myself, which helped my get my beginning belts as soon as I could. But for me, the end goal was a black belt.