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The name "tae kwon do" comes from the Korean words for "foot," "fist" and "discipline" and suggests using the body to stop fights and encourage peace.
Thousand Oaks Acorn 2009
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DS1 was doing tae kwon do. .which is near DS2's daycare. .the only hitch is 3 days a week tae kwon do is at 4: 30 which means I have to leave work no later then 3: 15. .which also means I'd have to be to work by 7am. .daycare doesn't open until 7am and we can't get onto the school campus until 7am.
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He earned his black belt in tae kwon do before he turned to acting and discovered the television show while filming Millionaire.
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The good guy: Noah Ringer, 12, already had the look of Aang, an Avatar who can manipulate weather, because he usually shaves his head to keep him cool for tae kwon do (he has a black belt).
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"It keeps me cool when I'm doing tae kwon do," says Ringer, a Texas native with a black belt who landed the role after sending a homemade DVD of him practicing the sport.
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So have the karate and tae kwon do academies that seem to be in every town in America, trying to teach our kids some discipline.
Hollywood's New Kick Don Steinberg 2011
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The depth or the duration of his woe. admin Uncategorized charlotte turner smith, elegiac sonnets, jennifer kwon dobbs, sonnet lxx
2009 » January 2009
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* Previously: Nike tae kwon do boots are designed to be as loud as possible.
Quick-draining boots designed for Navy SEALs (link roundup) 2010
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The depth or the duration of his woe. admin Uncategorized charlotte turner smith, elegiac sonnets, jennifer kwon dobbs, sonnet lxx
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs reads “Sonnet LXX” from Elegiac Sonnets by Charlotte Turner Smith 2009
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He'd done kung fu and tae kwon do, so he was used to physical contact, and he was drawn to the intensity of a boxing workout.
A Fortysomething Punches Up Fitness Routine Tom Flynn 2011
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