tae kwon do

noun
🔊/ˌtaɪ ˌkwɒn ˈdəʊ/
🔊/ˌtaɪ ˌkwɑːn ˈdəʊ/
[uncountable]
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  1. a Korean system of fighting without weapons, similar to karate跆拳道Topics Sports: other sportsc1
    Word OriginKorean, literally ‘art of hand and foot fighting’, from tae ‘kick’ + kwon ‘fist’ + do ‘art, method’.