Taekwondo is an approach to the martial arts, that teaches more than the physical skills of fighting. It is a discipline that Instills ways of enhancing our spirit and life through physcial training our body and mind. Taekwondo has become a worldwide sport that has assertained an international reputation, and is among one of the Olympic games.It's made up of three seperate parts "Tae-Kwon-Do", however, it is made up of only one word in Korean. "Tae" means "foot," "to step on," or "leg"; "Kwon" means "fight," or "fist"; and "Do" means the "way" or "discipline." If we put these three parts together, we can see a couple of important ideas within TaeKwonDo.