5-Volumes Set (English) The textbooks are a completely revised edition after its first publication in November 1987 in commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the opening of Kukkiwon, and its supplementary edition in September 2005. Compared to the previous supplementary edition (a single volume with 789 pages in total), the newly issued textbooks have been greatly increased to 5 volumes with 1,076 pages in total covering overall theories and techniques related to Taekwondo (Volume 1: Understanding of Taekwondo (247 pages), Volume 2: Basics (196 pages), Volume 3: Poomsae (280 pages), Volume 4: Gyeorugi (Sparring) (171 pages), and Volume 5: Gyeokpa (Breaking) and Demonstration (182 pages)). The textbooks specify the history and spirit of Taekwondo more concretely in the theoretical aspect, and systemize the principles of the Taekwondo movement, Gyeorugi, Gyeokpa, and demonstration techniques in the technical aspect.
