History:

Taekwon-Do's roots are, historically speaking, in ancient Korea. More specifically, Taekwon-Do comes from the three ancient Korean kingdoms of Paekche, Kogoryo and Silla. In all of these three kingdoms different martial art forms were practiced - Taek Kyon, which was a form of primitiv boxing and wrestling, and Hwarang-Do, which was a more comprehensive style of fighting. Taekwon-Do got its name after these two martial arts - freely translated Taekwon-Do literally means "the art of hand- and foot-fighting".

Ranking system:

The more common ranking system used by Taekwon-Do practitioners, use the following progression: white, yellow, green, blue, red, black. Between each whole-colored belt there is a half-colored belt that also is a rank, i.e. white with yellow stripe, yellow, yellow with green stripe and so on.

Philosophy:

Taekwon-Do is put together in order to cover the widest possible spectrum of techniques, so that a practitioner of the martial art ideally cannot be put in a situation where the practitioner does not have any relevant techniques. Even so, Taekwon-Do is nevertheless best known for its plentiful, diverse and sometimes areal, but always spectacular kicks. Taekwon-Do is almost as known for its powerful shouts in combat, made to stun and confuse the opponent.

This is not an attempt to make a deep simulation of Taekwon-Do or its many different forms - this is primarily a try to make a Street Fighter-compatible style useful to at least capture the flavor of Taekwon-Do.

Taekwon-Do
Punch:
Knife Hand Strike	3
Spinning Back Fist	1
Kick:
Air Hurricane Kick	1
Ax Kick	3
Double Dread Kick	4
Double-Hit Kick	1
Flying Side Kick	4
Flying Thrust Kick	3
Foot Sweep	1
Hurricane Kick	4
Jumping Side Kick	2
Lightning Leg	4
Reverse Frontal Kick	2
Scissor Kick	4
Block:
Maka Wara	4
Grab:
Athletics:
Displacement	3
Drunken Monkey Roll	2
Flying Heel Stomp	3
Focus:
Balance	2
Kiap	3
Stunning Shout	1

Changes in maneuvers:

Displacement: In place of a quick punch, a Taekwon-Do practitioner will use a quick kick. The damage of the maneuver will therefore be calculated from Kick technique instead of Punch technique. Otherwise, this Special Maneuver is not altered.

New maneuvers:

Kiap:
Prerequisites: Punch ll, Kick ll, Focus ll
Power Points: Shotokan Karate, Tae Kwon Do 3; Wu Shu, Kung Fu 4; Any 5

The Taekwon-Do practitioner make a short, powerful cry as she is unleashing the technique to focus the chi in the technique better, thereby giving the technique more power. This maneuver can be used together with any kick or punch basic maneuver, in a manner akin to the flaming fist Special Maneuver (Player's Guide).

Cost: 1 Chi
Speed: per maneuver
Damage: +2
Move: per maneuver

The practitioner must be able to at least run two hexes in a given direction to gain speed, so that the practitioner can jump into the air, and attack the opponent with a powerful kick. This is an Aerial maneuver.

The opponent will, if the maneuver inflicts any damage, be subject to a Knockdown. The attack must be along a straight hex line, as per for instance the Cartwheel Kick. This technique, which is incredibly powerful, is more or less a certain mark that the martial artist is an accomplished Taekwon-Do practitioner.

Cost: 2 Willpower
Speed: +0
Damage: +6
Move: +3

A less destructive technique than the flying side kick, but still a powerful kick. This is also a relatively common kick among "classic" martial arts, but is not seen among newer or some of the more exotic styles (Capoeira, Special Forces, Kabaddi and so on). The practitioner jumps into the air, and delivers a powerful kick against the head or chest of the opponent. This is an Aerial maneuver.

Speed: +1
Damage: +2
Move: -1

It isn't very difficult to find a school in Taekwon-Do. Actually, this is a rather common form of martial arts, and few cities are without their own dojang. There is a certain amount of rivalry between the various schools, and even moreso between the various Taekwon-Do Federations, something which is rather typical between different styles of the same core martial art.

There are good dojangs (places where Taekwon-Do is taught, like a dojo but with a Korean word) in Korea, where the martial art originated, but there are excellent dojangs in places like Trondheim, Norway and Glasgow, Scotland. A good dojang in for instance Los Angeles is the dojang of Master Pak (fictional, detailed below), but this one is usually closed to novices.

Master Pak Sung Hee, a Tae Kwon Do Master

As it is more or less tradition to introduce a new NPC of World Warrior quality with each new style, I have tried to make a sabumnim (sensei) for Taekwon-Do. His name is (Master) Pak, and though not qualifying for Master title as per the books, he's pretty darn tough.

Master Pak was born in Pyongjang (Korea) 56 years ago, and is still not dead according to himself. He is a small Korean which time hasn't been gracious with - he looks as if he is positively ancient. He is usually clad in a formal dobok (pajamas) with a black belt (of course). This uniform has seen a lot of wear and tear, and is threadbare at the edges, but Master Pak nevertheless insists to wear it.

Master Pak has trained Taekwon-Do in many years now, and is generally regarded as a true master of the style. He will only accept personal students now, as he feels he is getting too old to teach regular classes. He is a phlegmatic man, and is a great lover of the ancient Japanese art of haiku. He has been a great many times to Japan to study it.

In Japan he came in touch with other martial arts, and has taken some elements from those martial arts into the form of Taekwon-Do he is teaching. Unusual among these new elements are classes in Kendo (swordfighting) for his more advanced students.

Name	Master Pak Sung Hee	Style	Taekwon-Do	Team	None
Player	NPC	School	Pak's Dojang in Los Angeles	Concept	Master
Chronicle	N/A	Stable	None	Signature	Sighs and shakes head
Attributes
Strength	lll	Dexterity	lllll	Stamina	llll
Charisma	lll	Manipulation	lll	Appearance	ll
Perception	lllll	Intelligence	lll	Wits	lllll
Abilities			Backgrounds
Alertness		lllll	Allies		llll
Intimidation		lll	Arena		ll
Insight		lllll	Fame		l
Blind Fighting		lll	Resources		lll
Leadership		llll
Stealth		lll	Techniques
Survival		llll	Punch		llll
Arena (Traditional)		llll	Kick		lllll l
Medicine		llll	Block		llll
Mysteries		lllll	Grab		lll
Style Lore		lllll	Athletics		lllll
Instruction		lllll	Focus		llll
Kendo		lllll
Haiku		lll
Glory	lll		Honor		lllll ll
Willpower	lllll lllll		Chi		lllll lll
Health			lllll lllll llll

Type	Speed	Damage	Move	Notes
Jab	7	6	5
Strong Punch	5	8	5
Fierce Punch	4	10	5
Short Kick	6	9	5
Forward Kick	5	11	5
Roundhouse Kick	3	13	4
Grab	5	6	1
Block	9	-	-	+4 Soak
Movement	8	-	8
Jump	8	-	5	Aerial
Knife Hand Strike	6	6	4	Unless blocking, only half Stamina
Spinning Backfist	5	9	6
Ax Kick	4	13	4	Hits Crouching; must land in hex
Double Dread Kick	3	8/13	6	1 Willpower
Double Hit Kick	3	8	4	Two damage tests
Flying Thrust Kick	5	15	4	1 Willpower
Foot Sweep	3	12	3	Crouching; KD on opponent
Lightning Leg	3	10	-	Three damage tests
Reverse Frontal Kick	4	12	4
Scissor Kick	5	12	9	1 Willpower, two damage tests
Maka Wara	-	-	-	5 dice in damage test
Disengage	6	-	3	May break SH; Dex instead of Str
Sleeper	4	8	1	1 Willpower first turn
Displacement	7	8	6	1 Willpower
Drunken Monkey Roll	8	-	7	Crouching maneuver
Flying Side Kick	5	15	9	2 Willpower
Jumping Side Kick	6	11	5
Balance	-	-	-	+1 move to all aerial attacks
Kiap	-	+2	-	1 Chi;
Stunning Shout	7	-	3	1 Chi; Willpower vs. Willpower

Combos

Block to Jumping Side Kick

Block to Spinning Back Fist

Block to Forward Kick to Kiap Jumping Roundhouse Kick (dizzy)

Block to Sleeper

Crouching Block to Ax Kick

Crouching Block to Flying Thrust Kick

Disengage to Scissor Kick

Disengage to Kiap Jab Punch to Kiap Strong Punch (dizzy)

Drunken Monkey Roll to Flying Side Kick

Jumping Kiap Short Kick to Reverse Frontal Kick

Jumping Kiap Short Kick to Jumping Side Kick (dizzy)

Jump to Jumping Side Kick

Kiap Jab to Kiap Forward Kick (dizzy)

Stunning Shout to Flying Side Kick