Here is our selection of the best Taekwondo books. These are our favorite books and cover Taekwondo techniques, forms & patterns, philosophy and much more. For other popular martial arts books (i.e. Krav Maga or BJJ), please visit Black Belt Wiki’s main Martial Arts Books section.
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Popular & Highly-Rated Taekwondo Books – Our favorites!
- Black Belt Tae Kwon Do: The Ultimate Reference Guide to the World’s Most Popular Black Belt Martial Art – This book has over 700 pictures illustrating Taekwondo techniques, forms, etc.
- Complete Taekwondo Poomsae: The Official Taegeuk, Palgwae and Black Belt Forms of Taekwondo – This highly rated book has instructions for WTF Taekwondo forms.
- The Encyclopedia of Taekwon-Do Patterns – This excellent Taekwondo book is focused on ITF patterns.
- Modern Taekwondo: The Official Training Manual – This Taekwondo book examines Taekwondo’s history, philosophy, breaking, sparring and much more.
- Tae Kwon Do: The Ultimate Reference Guide to the World’s Most Popular Martial Art – This book focuses on WTF Taekwondo.
- Ultimate Flexibility – In order to excel at Taekwondo, you need to be very flexible (esp. for high or spinning kicks). This extremely popular stretching & flexibility book was written by a well-known Taekwondo instructor.
Best Taekwondo Form & Patterns Books
- Complete Taekwondo Poomsae: The Official Taegeuk, Palgwae and Black Belt Forms of Taekwondo – This highly rated book has instructions for WTF Taekwondo forms.
- The Encyclopedia of Taekwon-Do Patterns – This excellent Taekwondo book is focused on ITF patterns.
- This Is Taekwon-Do, Book + DVD-ROM, ITF Colourbelt Syllabus with First Grand Master Rhee Ki Ha – Book & DVD set focused on ITF Taekwondo.
- Taekwondo: Complete ITF Patterns – Popular book for ITF patterns.
Taekwondo Sparring Books
- Advanced Taekwondo: Sparring and Hapkido Techniques
- Competitive Taekwondo – This book provides information on Taekwondo sparring techniques, tactics and conditioning programs.
- Effective Taekwon-Do Sparring
- Kyorugi: Olympic Style Sparring – This Taekwondo book focuses on sparring skills and drills. It looks at “Footwork, kicks, hand target drills, heavy bag workouts, coaching, combinations, strategy, professional training, opponent analysis, conditioning, weight control, competition tips” & more.
- Taekwondo Step Sparring
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