For your consideration, here’s an excellent copy of Taekwon-do:A Text Book for basic and Advanced Students, originally written by Gen. Choi Hong Hi. This is a fifth edition, printed in 1983 by the Everbest Printing Co., Ltd., in Hong Kong. and published by the International Taekwon-Do Federation. This copy has been stored in it’s original sleeve and has the original dust jacket. The jacket has rub marks on it from the sleeve and the sleeve shows some wear as seen in the photos. Overall this is an excellent copy with only slight wear to the bottom edge of the cover from rubbing on the sleeve. Note that the original purchase price on the lower left inside of the dust jacket was cut out by the original owner.

Gen. Choi Hong Hi, was widely acknowledged as the founder of Taekwon-do, a martial art that began in Korea and spread rapidly to community centers and storefronts around the United States. He died on June 15, 2002 in Pyongyang, North Korea. Taekwon-do was developed by General Choi in the 1940's as a combination of a Korean form, taek kyon, and the Japanese discipline karate. It is a method of unarmed combat intended for self-defense that engages the mind and the body. Taekwon-do was recognized as a medal sport at the Olympics for the first time at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

This book contains an amazing amount of detail and literally thousands of photos covering stances, blocks, punches, and kicks for both defensive and attacking use. There’s also photos of how to properly fold the Dobok and how to tie the belt along with an Explanation of the Tenents and the Definition of Taekwon-do. It’s an extensive work written by the founder of the sport. You can see from the Table of Contents in the photos how comprehensive this book is. If you’re a practitioner this has to be part of your reference library.

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