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  Hwang Kyung-Seon First Woman To Win Three Olympic Taekwondo Medals Hwang Kyung-Seon  ( born May 21, 1986), also spelled   Hwang Kyung-sun , is a female   South Korean   Taekwondo   practitioner. She is a two-time Olympic Champion from  the  2008   and   2012 Summer Olympics . Career In 2008, she won the gold medal in the -67kg category at the Beijing Olympic Games, beating 2007 world lightweight (-63 kg) champion Karine Sergerie of Canada in the final. In 2012, she won the gold medal in the -67kg category at the London Olympic Games, beating the 2012 European Champion (-67 kg) Nur Tatar of Turkey in the final. She became the first Korean female athlete (and the second Korean) to defend an individual title in the Summer Olympics and to win an Olympic individual medal in a particular event in three consecutive Olympic Games, Jin Jong-oh in shooting having achieved the same feats for men's 50 m pistol earlier in the 2012 Summer Olympics. At 26, she became the youngest Korean to achi

  Jade Jones Bast Taekwondo Female Player 2020 & 2021 Jade Jones   OBE (Born 21 March 1993) is a welsh taekwondo athlete. She is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medallist in the women's 57 kg category, and the 2019 World champion, 2016,2018, and 2020 European Games champion at the same weight. In 2012, she won Britain's first taekwondo Olympic Gold medal in this category. Jones was at the time the reigning Youth Olympic in the girl's 55 kg category, Winning Gold for Great Britain in 2010 Jones was born Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire, Wales. She Attended Flint High School leaving age 16 to take up Taekwondo Full-time. As of 2012, Jones is 1.69 meters (5 ft 7 in) tall and weighs 57 kilograms (126 lb). She Competes as part of the GB Taekwondo Academy, Which is Based in Manchester.       Personal information Nickname(s) The Headhunter Nationality British Born 21 March 1993  (age 27) Bodelwyddan, Wales, UK Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Weight 57 kg (126 lb) Sport Country   Great Brit

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Stretches For SplitsPractice These 9 Yoga Poses to Help YouGet Into Full Splits Hanumanasana, a.k.a. Monkey Pose or “The Splits,” is a challenging yoga pose. It requires flexibility in the hips, hamstrings, glutes, and quads, but this does not mean that this pose is out of reach! These 9 stretches for splits will prepare your body for Full Splits Pose. Our hamstrings are commonly tight because we often sit down for the majority of the day. This can cause low back pain and tight hamstrings, and your hamstring flexibility plays a huge factor in practicing Full Splits Pose. Note that for most of our stretches for splits, you are welcome to use yoga blocks or a yoga strap to make the postures less intense. This will help you to slowly gain flexibility in the areas we’re stretching!   Pro Tip Before We Start Be sure that you ease yourself into each of these poses, as they deeply stretch commonly tight areas of the body. Trying to force your body into these poses before you are fully ready c

  The Rules Of Taekwondo The ancient martial art of taekwondo has its fair share of rules which may seem  confusing to the white belt beginner. Here's our quick guide to the  basic rules for those Kup graders just starting out. General taekwondo points and rules The aim of taekwondo is to land as many kicks and blows as you can on  your opponent in the allowed target areas. A taekwondo contest comprises three rounds of two minutes each – with a one-minute break between each round. The whole taekwondo contest area is a 10m square mat. Victory in a taekwondo bout can be achieved by knockout, by scoring the most points, or by default if the opponent is disqualified. Scoring in taekwondo In taekwondo, one point is scored for each legitimate strike on the body,  and two points are given for kicks to the face. Competitors get an additional point for a knockdown. One referee and three judges oversee the contest, and a point is awarded only when two or more judges register a hit at the sam