Prevalence of Taekwondo Injuries in the Modern World

         Believe it or not, Taekwondo is a world renowned sport. There have been studies conducted all over the world that examine the injuries the athletes sustain while practicing or competing in Taekwondo.

         In Greece, 118 Taekwondo practitioners were surveyed over a span of three years. The following table shows the number of injuries, ranging in severity from mild to severe, incurred by these athletes.
 

	No cases (%)	Injuries	Injuries in training (cases)		Injuries in competition (cases)
Athletes	118 (100%)	260	212	48
Male	64 (54.2%)	182	151		31
Female	54 (45.8%)	78	61		17

Table 1: Injury during Taekwondo training and competition (Pieter, W., 2005) 

As you can tell from the chart above, Taekwondo athletes sustain an outstanding amount of injuries. These Greek athletes sustained 260 total injuries within a span of three years. There are simple ways in which this can be prevented, read further and find out how!