Taekwon-do is our passion and a part of our lives for many years. It is an amazing martial art, which helps not only to gain self defense skills, but also shapes our attitude towards the world and other people. It teaches respect, endurance and rewards us for overcoming our weaknesses. We carry over Taekwon-do's rules from training halls to our private lives, becoming more determined and self-confident thanks to it. That is why we decided to create a textbook to help people practicing this martial art develop and improve their qualifications.

We realize that the beginning is the most difficult part of training Taekwon-do. This sport requires a way of teaching which is based on very specific, predetermined rules and principles (standing in lines, no talking in the training hall, exercise only on trainer's command, opening ceremony, ending ceremony, etc.). Additionally, there is the foreign nomenclature - commands, positions, moves and names are often pronounced in Korean language. The book, which you are now holding in your hands, will offer you help. After reading first few chapters it will be easier to understand what is happening during trainings. Perfect mastery over the basics is the key In training Taekwon-do. Only the solid foundation, the knowledge gained during first months of learning, will allow you to pass to much more difficult and effective techniques. Proper mastery over two positions will allow you to execute 80% of first three patterns and 50% of next three ones. We hope that this publication will help you master both easy and much more advanced techniques, as well as leading you to your dream black belt.

Being aware that this work does not wear out the subject, we sincerely hope that as the white belt is the beginning of the road to black belt, just like black belt will become the beginning of the road to complete understanding of richness of such amazing art like Taekwon-do.

Authors would like to thank Master Tadeusz Łoboda and Master Jerzy Jedut for their crucial remarks, which explained and systematized technical complicity, as well as allowing us to preserve correctness of techniques featured on photos. Separate thanks belong to Doctor Zbigniew Bujak for his suggestions and advice, which allowed us to ultimately shape this book.