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The other common experience after the first class in taekwondo is to wake up the next day very, very sore. Taekwondo is a cardioaerobic-based system of self-defense that will cause you to exercise in a method you have not previously experienced. It will also cause you to use muscles that previously were dormant. As a result, when you cultivate these undeveloped muscles, there will definitely be a sense of soreness. Again, this is nothing to be worried about, and it will pass after a few days of training.

It is essential to understand at the outset of your training that there are two distinct levels of taekwondo instruction. The first is that of self-defense. Tae-kwondo is a highly refined system of self-defense that teaches its practitioners to rapidly and effectively defend themselves if they are ever physically attacked. The second level of taekwondo training involves tournament competition. Many of the taekwondo techniques taught as a means of self-defense cannot be used in tournament competition, as they are too physically debilitating to the opponent and would violate tournament rules and policies.