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Taekwondo is a modern martial art of Korean origin developed in the twentieth century by the Korean Grandmaster General Choi Hong Hi. It stands out for the variety of its techniques of defenses and attacks using the feet and hands without weapons, it is currently one of the best known martial arts.

There are two styles of Taekwondo:

ITF Taekwondo : Created in the 1950s by General Choi, when the kwans united in a martial art. 

WT(Olympic) Taekwondo : Created in the 1970s, when Korea wanted Taekwondo as an Olympic Sport.

In taekwondo, the colors of the belts indicate the levels or grades of instruction. In turn, these levels are divided into KUP (or GUP, depending on the country) grades, which are the most basic (those of beginners and initiates) and DAN grades (those of grandmasters).