Taekwondo is the Korean martial art of hand-to-hand combat. Perhaps that should really be body-to-body combat,because in taekwondo the whole body must be trained to properly defend and attack. There are some similarities between teakwondo and other martial art, such as karate and judo, but there are several important differences. For example, teakwondo uses quick, straight-line moves, like those which can also be found in Japanese martial arts, but teakwondo also uses flowing circular moves like the type of moves found in Chinese martial arts. The main difference between teakwondo uses, and which gives teakondo its name. In Korean, tae manes "to kick," know means "to strike with the hand," and do means ''art.''Therefore, teakwondo can be translated as ''the art of kicking and punching.''