광복 이후 태권도시범의 변천에 관한 고찰

This study is intended to present historical materials about what triggers and processes have made Taekwondo demonstration change since the restoration of independence to Korea until now. And the results of study are as follows. First, in formative period, Taekwondo demonstration played a role of medium letting the rest of world know about Taekwondo and Korea besides showing off Taekwondo hall and practitioner’s skills. and it was ‘power smashing’ in order to emphasize the practic avlalue of Taekwondo based on the spirit of a martial art and the Changheon-ryu frame, one of Taekwondo basic frames created by Hong-hee Choi. Second, in growth and development period, it was transformed fromc ontents focused on ‘smashing’ which was mainly about showing off a practitioner’s ability to those focused on ‘sparring’ and ‘kicking’ in order to publicize the character of Taekwondo as a sport event. And a new official Poomsae developed by Korea Taekwondo Association was substituted, not conventional Changheon-ryu frame. Third, in take-off period, the ‘sparring’ demonstration was introduced so as to clearly display the spo rfteatures of Taekwondo. And the Taekwondo demonstration performed in the opening ceremony of international sport events showed that it had artistic merit. Fourth, in the settling period, Taekwondo demonstration format was standardized, and Taekwondo demonstration techniques became systematic. And private commercial demonstration team evolved the demonstration into aesthetic performance art by grafting the elements of a performing art so as to provide various things to see. Fifth, in prosperous period, a competitive atmosphere brought by the quantitative increase in demonstration team led to the development of a new demonstration program. And the demonstration evolved into a theatrical art in combination with various tools and theatrical art techniques, and became the Korea’s representative cultural product.