8/30 Talk about the Korean martial arts taekwondo.

Korea has its own form of martial arts called taekwondo.
* martial arts: 무술
ex> People thank all forms of martial arts are the same, but this is not true.

Many are familiar with the cool-to-watch board-breaking routines.
ex> The gymnast completed her routine almost flawlessly. 
* gymnast: a person who performs gymnastics, especially in a competition.

Sparring in taekwondo is referred to as gyeorugi.
* sparring: 대결, 겨루기
ex> The teacher motioned the student to step forward to spar with him.

Pumsae is a sequence of moves that is memorized.
ex> The dancer went through her sequence of moves with ease.

You can tell which level a person is at by the color of his/her belt.
ex> I can't tell the difference of two.

First-timers will start with white belts and will try to work their way up to the top black belt level.
* first-timer: 초보자

Taekwondo is not just about physical strength and agility, but also mind control and mental strength.
* agility: able to move quickly and easily
ex> No matter how stressed out you get, you need to maintain mind control.

The sport was adopted as an official Olympic event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
* be adopted as: ~로 채택되다.


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1. I took a martial arts class for 3 years.
2. We all enjoyed his cool-to-watch performance.
3. I want to spar with a professional fighter someday.
4. You need to practice mind control.