tae kwon do
noun/ˌtaɪ ˌkwɒn ˈdəʊ/
/ˌtaɪ ˌkwɑːn ˈdəʊ/
[uncountable]- a Korean system of fighting without weapons, similar to karateTopics Sports: other sportsc1Word OriginKorean, literally ‘art of hand and foot fighting’, from tae ‘kick’ + kwon ‘fist’ + do ‘art, method’.
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