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[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park]

◆Review of the History of Korean Taekwondo Research= A research book written to progressively and newly establish historical awareness of the origins and identity of Taekwondo. It examines various opinions and debates surrounding the origins of Taekwondo to establish the legitimacy of Taekwondo history. In particular, it objectively approaches the legitimacy and contradictions of the two perspectives of traditionalism and revisionism.

It not only chronologically examines martial arts that occurred on the Korean Peninsula from the Gojoseon period to the Joseon period, but also describes martial arts related to Taekwondo such as Taekkyeon, Ssireum, Subak, and Gwunbeop. Additionally, it organizes in chronological order how 'the characteristics, techniques, and competition rules of Taekwondo' changed from the 1950s to the 1990s in the modern era.

'Review of the History of Korean Taekwondo Research' was also selected as a '2020 Excellent Academic Book by the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea.' The Excellent Academic Book Selection Support Project is a program by the Ministry of Education and the National Academy of Sciences of Korea that has selected excellent academic books since 2002 to promote research and writing in basic academic fields and distribute them to universities. This year's excellent academic books were selected from 3,284 domestic first-edition publications submitted between March last year and February this year, with 271 titles chosen. By academic field, there are 66 in humanities, 96 in social sciences, 36 in Korean studies, and 73 in natural sciences. (Written by Jinseok Heo and Bangchul Kim / Geulnurim)

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