Highest governing body | International Yongmoodo Federation |
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First played | Korea, 1950s |
Characteristics | |
Contact | Yes |
Mixed-sex | Yes |
Type | Martial art |
Presence | |
Country or region | Worldwide |
World Championships | Masterships (2019) |
Also known as | Yongmoodo, Yong Moo Do |
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Focus | Striking, kicking, throwing |
Hardness | Full-contact (WT), Light and medium-contact (ITF, GTF, ATA, TI, TAGB) |
Country of origin | Korea |
Creator | Yong-In University |
Parenthood | taekwondo, hapkido, judo, and ssireum |
Yongmudo | |
Hangul | 용무도 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yongmudo |
McCune–Reischauer | Yongmudo |
Yongmudo, Yongmoodo or Yong Moo Do (Korean: 용무도) is a modern hybrid Korean martial art which combines different techniques from taekwondo, hapkido, judo, and ssireum as well as boxing and wrestling.[1]