tae kwon do
noun
variants
often Tae Kwon do
: a Korean art of unarmed self-defense characterized especially by the extensive use of kicks
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At 12, Sauvie has earned a black belt in tae kwon do, danced competitively and plays the snare drum in her middle school band.
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For the final fight, Chan’s Wong Fei-hung squares off against the villain played by Ken Lo, a real-life tae kwon do champion and Chan’s former actual bodyguard.
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Emily Krauser, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Wearable sensors detect clean hits in a bout of fencing or a round of tae kwon do.
—Bree Iskandar, Scientific American, 25 July 2024
At 12, Sauvie has earned a black belt in tae kwon do, danced competitively and plays the snare drum in her middle school band.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 5 July 2024
For the final fight, Chan’s Wong Fei-hung squares off against the villain played by Ken Lo, a real-life tae kwon do champion and Chan’s former actual bodyguard.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Tae kwon do.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tae%20kwon%20do. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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tae kwon do
nounoften capitalized T&K&D
: a Korean art of self-defense resembling karate
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