RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Taekwondo may be best known for its flashy and acrobatic kicks, but the electronic scoring system used at the Olympics apparently doesn’t care whether or not fighters use the ...

YONGSAN, South Korea --Taewondo is a much beloved form of traditional martial arts that combines acts of agility with incredible speed and powerful kicks. Since the year 2000, Taekwondo has become one ...

Taekwondo officials trying to take the sting out of the sport's deadliest kicks have come up with an interesting new rule: Don't bother kicking hard. To make the sport safer, officials recently ...

Taekwondo is a branch of karate. It became an official part of the Olympics and entered the global arena in the year 2000. In taekwondo, there is a belt ranking system. The colors of the belts go in ...

Wednesday night saw two different taekwondo events come to an end, as the women's 49-kilogram and men's 58-kilogram medal matches unfolded. In taekwondo, fighters are well-protected with guards for ...

1 Department of Physical Education, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea 2 Department of Physical Education, Dong-A University, Busan, Republic of Korea 3 Department of Physical Education, ...

Among the first-time Olympians for team USA is Jackie Galloway. The 20-year-old college student thinks she can take home gold in taekwondo. It takes a lot of talent and hard work to make the Olympic ...

After four days of competition, Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games from Rio de Janeiro came to a close on Saturday with the medal rounds of the men's 80-plus kg and women's 67-plus kg ...