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Despite being taught techniques which may seriously injure an opponent, research has shown that children, adolescents, and young adults who practice traditional Taekwondo regularly have a decrease in their aggression. Traditional Taekwondo training not only emphasizes fighting strategies, such as free-sparring and self-defense, but also emphasizes patterns, step sparring, meditation, relaxation, and basic skills that tend to decrease aggression. When the emphasis is mainly on the fighting aspects, students actually exhibit increases in aggression. With the growth of sport Taekwondo, research needs to be done to find if sport Taekwondo students are more aggressive than traditional Taekwondo students.

Some have suggested that, due to the positive mental attributes to be gained from martial arts training, that such training may be of use in improving the mental health of individuals at risk. In fact, one study has shown that adolescents identified as juvenile delinquents may benefit from traditional Taekwondo training, showing less aggression, less anxiety, increased self-esteem, increased social adroitness , such as improved social skills, and an increase in value orthodoxy, such as a greater awareness of moral and social obligation.

Although  there have been numerous studies investigating other aspects of mental health derived from training in other martial arts, psychological research literature devoted solely to Taekwondo is minimal,  For those so inclined, there is ample opportunity for research into the benefits of Taekwondo.

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