Taekwondo is a martial art. It was invented in korea 2000 years ago. They used it in battles, and it was a religius art. Today taekuondois an olimpic sport. There are two forms: combatan "poomsae". The "poomsae" is a self defense. When you compete in combat if you give your oponent a kick in the stomach they give you 1 point and if you give your opponent a kick in the head the give you 3 points . There are 3 stages and they last betwwen 1 and 2 minuts, you wear protection covering your body. When you compete in "poomsae" you have to do a "poomsae"and the judges give you points, and the person with the higest score wins. In taekwondo there are 11 belts, the colour of the belts are: white, white and yellow, yellow , yellow and orange, orange, orange and greeen, green, green and blue, blue, blue and brown, brown and the last belt is black. You move up in belts doing a practical test, if when you get to the black belt and you aren't over 16 you have to wear a red and black belt until you become 16 years old. I do taekwondo, now I'm red and black belt, I started to do taekwondo when i was 5, and when i was between 8 and 9 I started to compete, before that i did exhibitions in catral. I train 3 hours a week, but when I have a competition I usually train 4 or 5 hours.