National leadership deliberately focused on short-track speed skating as an area of focus to do well in the Olympics and thus encouraged a culture of skating. Ice skating is also a very popular sport which sees kids even as young as 5 years old starting to compete and getting private coaching on a daily basis. A huge number of tiny amateur football gatherings are active and immensely popular. The K-League is the oldest domestic professional football league in Asia. Also in 2010, the country's under-17 women's team won the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago, claiming South Korea's first-ever title in worldwide FIFA competition. South Korea, which competes internationally under the name of "Korea Republic", has qualified for eleven FIFA World Cups including the most recent 2022 tournament (Asian record), and co-hosted the 2002 World Cup, finishing in 4th place. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, South Korea won the Bronze Medal for football. The Korea Republic national team (as it is known) has qualified for every World Cup since Mexico 1986, and has broken out of the group stage thrice: first in 2002, then in 2010, when it was defeated by eventual semi-finalist Uruguay in the Round of 16, and in 2022, where it was defeated by eventual quarter-finalist Brazil. The national football team became the first team in the Asian Football Confederation to reach the FIFA World Cup semi-finals in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, jointly hosted by South Korea and Japan. The people of Pyungyang used it to demonstrate their modernity and to resist the centralizing power of Gyungsung. It also became a symbol for the rivalry between Pyongyang and Gyungsung (Seoul) at the time. In the early 1900s, football became an integral piece of Korean nationalism. However, the polling did not indicate the extent to which respondents follow both sports. A 2021 poll showed that a plurality of 25% of South Korean sports fans identified football as their favorite sport, with baseball ranked 2nd at 18.8% of respondents. When that martial art was invented in the 1960s, the name was borrowed from an ancient group ( do) consisting mainly of the children of the gentry class ( yangban) for learning military tactics, leadership, and fighting skills.įootball and Baseball have traditionally been regarded as the most popular sports in Korea. This could lead to some confusion since although the " do" in Taekwondo and Hapkido means " way" (as in Karate-do and Aikido), the historical meaning in Hwarangdo is different from the modern usage (also "way" like the others). Unlike Japanese martial arts which often use "- do" at a name's end (meaning "way"), traditional Korean martial arts were called "Mu Sool" or "Mu Yea". Although they are not as popular as Taekwondo, they each uniquely represent the Korean martial spirit which dates back to antiquity. Styles such as Hapkido, Kuk Sool, Hwarangdo, Han Moo Do, Yudo, Kumdo, Goog-sool, and many others arose quickly out of an independent Korea and have spread to countries around the world. Although both disciplines start with the sound "tae" in English, there is no relationship.Īlthough there is much controversy regarding the historical origins of many martial disciplines in South Korea, there is little question that, Koreanized or traditional in origin, Korean martial arts and sports have enjoyed considerable success. The motions are smoother and more curvilinear than in Taekwondo. Taekkyon uses hands and feet as well as any part of the body though only open feet and open hands are allowed during competitions. This may be a way to help legitimize the sport's connection to the traditional practice called Taekkyon, which originated in Korea during the Goguryeo period in the 4th century. The name "Taekwondo" literally means way of foot and fist, although the modern emphasis lies on the kicks. Formalized rules were established in 1961 and in 1988 the sport became an Olympic event. The sport rose to prominence following the end of Japanese occupation with the end of WWII. However, such historical claims are difficult to empirically verify and separate from the influences of neighboring counties. Taekwondo, a popular martial sport is often claimed to have historical origins on the Korean peninsula with origins said to have been traced as far back as the 1st century BCE. South Korea has traditional sports of its own, as well as sports from different cultures and countries.
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