Competition

Taekwondo competition typically involves sparring, breaking, patterns, and self defense (hosinsul). In Olympic taekwondo competition, however, only sparring (using WTF competition rules) is performed.There are two kinds of competition sparring point sparring, in which all strikes are light contact and the clock is stopped when a point is scored; and Olympic sparring, where all strikes are full contact and the clock continues when points are scored.