About Yongmoodo 

 

YongMooDo is a blend of 3 Syllables Yong, Moo & Do, Yong means Dragon; Moo means martial which refers to fighting or battles and fights including defense and strategic, physical, mental, and physiology aspects and Do means a way of training/life.

It goes under many names like Yongmudo, Yongmoodo or Yong Moo Do.

YongMooDo was developed in 1953 in Yong-In university (South Korea) and was practiced and it was formally announced as a new form of Martial Art in Year 1998 and the World YongMooDo Federation was formed in 1999.

YongMooDo is an hybrid form of Korean Martial art which adopts different Korean forms like Taekwondo, Hapkido, Judo, Ssireum as well as Boxing and Wrestling.

It a practical self-defense art which has combination of offensive and defensive techniques like throwing, grappling, ground technique, kicking, striking, thrusting, punching, and blocking and joint locking to name a few and all these techniques are integrated by carefully reviewing the various Martial Arts.

The techniques and movements of YongMooDo are beautiful and dynamic, with a balance of speed, power, and accuracy.

A study about the effects of yongmoodo exercises confirmed that “the functional balance mat for Yongmoodo exercise program could improve the posture alignment pursuant and gait abilities of body imbalance of obese elementary students.”

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