Dru Forrester, left, and Fe Brinkley, both of Lawrence, earned world champion honors at a recent tae kwon do competition ... The two recently practiced some kicks at the academy.

In the case of turning kicks to the trunk protector or head ... their opponent is automatically declared the winner of that round. Because Olympic taekwondo matches have moved to a best-of-three ...

Republic of Korea Objective The objective of this study was to assess the effect of taekwondo kicks and peak foot velocity (FVEL) on resultant head linear acceleration (RLA), head injury criterion ...