a Korean martial art, a particularly aggressive form of karate, that utilizes punches, jabs, chops, blocking and choking moves, and especially powerful, leaping kicks.
Also, taekwondo.
Origin: 1965–70; < Korean t’aekwŏndo, equiv. to t’ae- trample (< MChin, akin to Chin tái) + kwŏn fist (< MChin, akin to Chin quán) + -do, comb. form of to way (< MChin, akin to Chin dào)
[tahy kwon doh] 
