Articles

This section will archive articles, essays and tutorials concerning the finer aspects of the martial arts and the sport of Taekwondo.

Taekwondo and Self Esteem: An research study done by ACT student Liz Brewer. When accounting for differences in males and females, it found that self esteem increased as students had completed more Taekwondo training.

Basics of Personal Finance - This Powerpoint presentation takes you through fundamental concepts that are important to understand in order to use the discipline you obtain in class to become financially stable.

Distance: The Donut of Danger

Basics of Taekwondo Physics

The full set of articles with pictures can be found in the KAT Handbook

Game Theory has applications in Olympic Taekwondo practice. However, the development of appropriate functions and matricies is difficult and requires copious observation of potential opponents. Here is some preliminary analysis of the technique.

Game Theory and Taekwondo Part 1. PhD Student Zak Kirk uses game theory to prove that two evenly matched players are likely to tie.

Game Theory and Taekwondo Part 2 PhD Student Zak returns to use a more complicated function to prove that a more skilled player is likely to defeat a less skilled one.

 

Don't forget to check out the biomechanics section.