Good reason to improve the self-training

2012 London Olympic memories still burn bright. There are 36 sports and all the people here can enjoy in Oxfordshire. This week, reporter Peter Hughes to get to grips with taekwondo

The Chinese people have a saying: When two tigers fight, one mold and other injuries.

The crux of the matter is that nobody wins.

"By training, taekwondo teacher Ciaran McDonald said," you should get a point, you are afraid to use your skills.

"When you enter the Dajang, an aura of respect and discipline instilled in you."

Taekwondo is a Korean forces Fangfa Ming in 1955, and became an Olympic event in 2000, but according to the ancient teachings of Confucius.

The core principles of courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit.

There are even some mysterious way and the Far East, he opened a new club in Abingdon, former university lecturer in English this year to talk about.

He said: "September is a good time, because this is when people take a new interest in hobbies, because we take interest in cloud computing."

Mr. McDonald, 40 years old, said: "You go, this is a journey, it is about self-improvement and make yourself a better person."
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His club, taekwondo Oxfordshire, has 120 members.

He said he had received a lot of interest in following the Olympics and added 10 additional people.

He began training in 2000, because he wanted to give up smoking, and it worked.

He said: "I have tried a variety of different ways, I think the only way is to change my life.

"All these people running, coughing, inspires me."

On the surface, the purpose of this exercise is to kick your opponent's head and body, kick score equal If you kick the person is unconscious, you win the game.

Judges used to assess whether the opponent made contact, but this is highly subjective opponents become more skilled, so the game becomes more like a fine game of chess, and a spectator sport.

World Taekwondo Federation in the head and feet of the body, which records involving electronic sensor to respond to such criticism.

Game also record video, and competitors can appeal against the hit.

If this happens, the fighting stopped, the judge watched the tape backup.

This in turn led to a tired opponent's strategic appeal to gain more time.

Mr. McDonald said: "people into art for different reasons: to lose weight, in order to protect themselves, victims of bullying people into to make friends, but the general reason, you start is not for this reason, you stay."