Yesterday was Taekwon-Do's 50th anniversary. Taekwon-Do was originally started around 1950 for use by soldiers in the Korean and Viêt-Nam. It makes use of scientific principals from physics, particularly the sine wave, to generate pwoer. In 1955 the name Tae Kwon Do, which means "the way of feet and of the hands", was official chosen for the new art by a committee header by Taekwon-Do's founder General Choi Hong Hi. The International Taekwon-Do Federation(ITF) was then formed in 1966. The name was modified slightly in General Choi's 1968 book to Taekwon-Do instead of three seperate words. This was to "emphasize the need of balance between physical and moral or spiritual training (the Do)".

Even with such a short history, Taekwon-Do is already an olympic sport and has over 16 million active members worldwide. Rhodes University has a Taewkon-Do club, headed by Bo-Sabum Matt, and is affiliated to the South African ITF (SAITF).