Know more about Taekwondo!!! (By Isaac Ng)

Taekwondo (跆拳道) is a Korean martial art, which combines combat and self-defense techniques with sport and exercise.

If you have watched Olympics games, you will find that all judges are saying Korean when athletes are competing. So is the Korean terms in Taekwondo are lingua franca? I will answer YES!!!

Let’s check out some of the common terms in Taekwondo below!

Please be noted that given the Putonghua and English pronunciation are all translated from Korean.

Meaning in English	中文意思	普通話讀音	Pronunciation in English
Attention	立正	插六	Cha-Ryeo
Bow	敬禮	吭累	Kyung Ye
Turn left/right	向左/右轉	吵楊屋	Jjok Oen Oreun
Ready	準備	尊必	Joon-bi
Start	開始	希假	Si-jag
Stop	停止	枯慢	Geu-man
Separate	選手分開	楷六	Gal-rye-o
Continue	繼續	K授	Gye-sog
1 minute count	計時(1分鐘)	K西	Kye-si
Stop the timer	停止計時	習幹	Si-gang
Warning	警告	坑扣	Keong- go
Deduction	扣分	甘針	Keum- jeom
First	第1	哈娜	Ha-na
Second	第2	推	Dool
Third	第3	謝	Set
Fourth	第4	累	Net
Fifth	第5	他梳	Da-so
Sixth	第6	佑梳	Yeo-sut
Seventh	第7	亦構	Il-gob
Eighth	第8	幼多兒	Yeo-Dol
Ninth	第9	阿呵	A-hop
Tenth	第10	幼兒	Yeol

Now check the video out! Let see if you can pronounce 1to 10 in Korean correctly!

At last, I recommend you all to watch this video! It is awesome. 

Hope you will appreciate Taekwondo!!! :) 

Bye~~~