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    Taekwondo In North Korea

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    First off, the word Taekwondo means the Way of Hand and Foot. In addition, Tae means foot, Kwon means fist/hand, and do means way. Also, the roots of martial arts and Taekwondo have developed over 2,300 years ago, but Taekwondo has only recently been used in the past 100 years, in 1955. Over where North Korea and South Korea are located, in the 6th century A.D. there were 3 kingdoms that split up the area: Koguryo being the largest, Paekje, and Silla being the smallest. To add, in the tombs, documents

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    Taekwondo (태권도; 跆拳道; Korean pronunciation: [tʰɛkwʌndo])[a] is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. In Korean, tae (태, 跆) means "to strike or break with foot"; kwon (권, 拳) means "to strike or break with fist"; and do (도, 道) means "way," "method," or "art." Thus, taekwondo may be loosely translated as "the art of the foot and fist" or "the art of kicking and punching." In 1989, taekwondo was the world's most popular martial art, as measured by the number of practitioners.[1]

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    Magazine about the relationship between sports and nation branding and sportsmen and nation brands only weeks ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa is given below in brief. This presents an insight in to the nation branding as a whole and in to the Sports domain as a measure of enhancing the brand nation. Mr. Anholt, you are recognized

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    Summer Olymoics

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    2012 Summer Olympics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search "2012 Olympics" redirects here. For the Winter Youth Olympics, see 2012 Winter Youth Olympics. For the Paralympic Games, see 2012 Summer Paralympics. "London 2012" redirects here. For the video game, see London 2012 (video game). Games of the XXX Olympiad | This is the clear version of the official logo. There are four official base colours, and another version for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. For

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