Pioneered by Billy Blanks, an Ameri

Pioneered by Billy Blanks, an American taekwondo instructor, this new fitness trend combined taekwondo and boxing to create movements designed to promote fitness and work every area of the body. The name of the practice even came from an inspirational backronym:

· Total commitment to whatever you do
· Awareness of yourself and the world
· Excellence, the truest goal in anything you do
· (the) Body as a force for total change
· Obedience to your will and your true desire for change

After trademarking the name of his new form of exercise, Billy Blanks brought Tae Bo to the public with the release of countless video workouts. Gyms soon followed suit, offering kickboxing-based cardio classes that paved the way for many of the workouts we love today.


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