Taekwondo At The 2013 Mediterranean Games – Men's 68 Kg
The men's 68 kg competition of the taekwondo events at the 2013 Mediterranean Games took place on the 23 of June at the Edip Buran Arena. Schedule All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3). Results ;Legend *PTG — Won by Points Gap *SUP — Won by Superiority *OT — Won on over time (Golden Point) Main bracket References

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Taekwondo
Taekwondo (; ; ) is a Korean martial art and combat sport involving primarily kicking techniques and punching. "Taekwondo" can be translated as ''tae'' ("strike with foot"), ''kwon'' ("strike with hand"), and ''do'' ("the art or way"). In addition to its five tenets of courtesy, integrity, perseverance, self-control and indomitable spirit, the sport requires three physical skills: ''poomsae'' (, Form), ''kyorugi'' (, Sparring) and ''gyeokpa'' (, Breaking Technique). Poomsae are patterns that demonstrate a range of kicking, punching and blocking techniques, kyorugi involves the kind of sparring seen in the Olympics, and gyeokpa is the art of breaking wooden boards. Taekwondo also sometimes involves the use of weapons such as swords and nunchucks (nunchaku). Taekwondo practitioners wear a uniform known as a . Taekwondo is a combat sport which was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by Korean martial artists with experience in martial arts such as karate and Chinese martial ar ...
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