Table of Contents:
Vocabulary Practice
Exercise 1: Test Yourself
- There were high numbers on scorecards.
- Taekwondo teaches students to be humble.
- perseverance
- A direct punch to the groin is also called a low blow.
- Fearlessness is one of the goals of taekwondo.
- To improve flexibility you must do tough stretching exercises.
- sweep
- gentle
- flexibility
- outwardly
- Taekwondo calls for restraint of irrational behaviour.
- Pressing the attack is seen as a virtue in kendo.
- wrestling
- Jack is a considerably more skilled grappler.
- A rabbit punch is a blow to the neck, usually illegal.
- You should be receptive towards your instructor.
- self-perfection
- purge
- Self-perfection is one of the goals in taekwondo.
- Taekwondo tries to root out indecisiveness.
- sucker punch
- stamina
- low blow
- rabbit punch
- Taekwondo requires a lot of perseverance.
- indecisiveness
- fearlessness
- considerably
- My friend is a lifelong adherent of kendo.
- adherent
- Victory through dishonour is despised in taekwondo.
- restraint
- Sweep is a form of take-down making use of the legs.
- inwardly
- A sucker punch is a punch made without warning.
- scorecard
- receptive
- humble
- kidney punch
- dishonour
- The taekwondo fighter is inwardly activated and outwardly calm.
- They may look gentle, but they are in fact black belt holders.
- In martial arts one needs speed and stamina.
- A kidney punch is a punch to the lower back.
- Taekwondo teaches students to purge themselves from evil thoughts.
- virtue