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2009高考英语阅读理解模拟训练(五)
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Tae kwon do(跆拳道) is the Korean martial(军事的)art of hand-to-bat(战斗). Maybe that should really be body-to-bat because in tae kwon do the whole body must be trained to properly defend and are some similarities between tae kwon do and other martial arts.
For example,tae kwon do uses quick straight-line moves which can also be found in Japanese martial arts,but tae kwon do also uses flowing circular moves like the type of moves found in Chinese martial main difference between tae kwon do and other martial arts is the powerful kicking technique which tae kwon do is where the name tae kwon es Korean,tae means “to kick”,kwon means “to strike with the hand”,and do means “art”.Therefore,tae kwon do can be translated as “the art of kicking and punching”.
Paintings found on the walls and ceilings of ancient Korean tombs in-dicate that tae kwon do,or something similar to it,has been practiced in Korea since about 50 , records of a specially trained group of young warriors called Hwarang explain how these young men were taught taek kyon(an early form of tae kwon do)along with history,philosophy,ethics,archery,riding,and sword of the Hwarang were also encouraged to travel throughout Korea in order to learn about the people who lived in all regions of the helped spread the