How to Use tae kwon do in a Sentence
tae kwon do
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Nine-year-old Minari star Alan Kim can act, do tae kwon do, and take care of his pets.
— Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2021 -
Much of the action takes place while Disney tries to get to her tae kwon do competition to earn her black belt.
— Diane Bellcolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2022 -
He’s also earned a black belt in tae kwon do and dominated at CrossFit.
— Kevin Swan, Men's Health, 14 Nov. 2022 -
These are Brazilian jiu-jitsu, judo, Muay Thai, tae kwon do, and kickboxing.
— Women's Health, 21 Feb. 2023 -
Muay Thai, tae kwon do and kickboxing; doing heavy weight training and challenging her body.
— Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 19 Nov. 2021 -
The chili-cook-off teams were mostly local business owners or the parents of students at the dojo; one was a group of moms who had started taking their kids to tae kwon do.
— Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2021 -
Her course blended techniques from karate, kung fu, and tae kwon do to help women overpower would-be attackers.
— Pauline Nyambura, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Sep. 2020 -
Today, Corey Lewis sits in his tae kwon do studio in nearby Arcata, about a 20-minute drive from the waters where his oldest son presumably drowned.
— Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2022 -
Instilling in his students the techniques of tae kwon do, but, above all, values and respect, is one of Camacho's objectives.
— AZCentral.com, 26 June 2022 -
One of the nuns (the fraternity has both nuns and priests), Sister Marie Chantel, trained in the martial arts (judo and tae kwon do), and many of her fellow nuns also practiced self-defense, albeit mostly for sport.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 June 2020 -
Prosecutors allege Mackai met the girl, who is under 16, as part of his duties as a tae kwon do instructor at a now-shuttered studio.
— oregonlive.com, 7 June 2019 -
His mom’s solution was to keep him busy with physical activities such as tae kwon do and basketball.
— Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2021 -
Get to know dominant Quenton Nelson (and his history with tae kwon do) before the Notre Dame product becomes one of the highest drafted guards in recent memory with this film breakdown.
— Jacob Feldman, SI.com, 28 Feb. 2018 -
Saturday’s medal events include archery, fencing, judo, shooting, skateboarding, tae kwon do, and weightlifting.
— Cydney Lee, Vulture, 23 July 2021 -
Sunday’s medal events include archery, cycling, diving, fencing, judo, shooting, skateboarding, swimming, tae kwon do, and weightlifting.
— Cydney Lee, Vulture, 23 July 2021 -
The decisions to strip him both of his titles as honorary president and ambassador of the International Judo Federation and of his honorary black belt in tae kwon do are particularly personal blows.
— Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2022
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