Taekwon-Do and impact on the hips

Thesis for Dan VIII
by Master Frank Vanberghen , Belgium

There are many hip injuries amongst Taekwon-Do practitioners all over the world, so I decided to write a thesis about this phenomenon and the
possible solutions after research. Already after my Master grading in 2004 I decided to write an article for the ITF website about my ‘resurfacing hip surgery’ and the result. After my article was published on the ITF website and in Taekwon-Do Generation, I
was contacted by persons from around the world about the Birmingham ‘resurfacing
hip’ BHR. Previously I didn’t know that so many Taekwon-Do practitioners suffer from
hip injuries because of various reasons

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