Injuries related to taekwondo training - short report based on experiences from Primary School No. 31 with sports championship classes in Bydgoszcz (Poland)

Wąs Sławomir, Siedlecki Zygmunt. Injuries related to taekwondo training - short report based on experiences from Primary School No. 31 with sports championship classes in Bydgoszcz (Poland). Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2022;12(7):99-104. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.07.010 https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2022.12.07.010 https://zenodo.org/record/6551343 The journal has had 40 points in Ministry of Education and Science of Poland parametric evaluation. Annex to the announcement of the Minister of Education and Science of December 21, 2021. No. 32343. Has a Journal's Unique Identifier: 201159. Scientific disciplines assigned: Physical Culture Sciences (Field of Medical sciences and health sciences); Health Sciences (Field of Medical Sciences and Health Sciences). Punkty Ministerialne z 2019 - aktualny rok 40 punktów. Załącznik do komunikatu Ministra Edukacji i Nauki z dnia 21 grudnia 2021 r. Lp. 32343. Posiada Unikatowy Identyfikator Czasopisma: 201159. Przypisane dyscypliny naukowe: Nauki o kulturze fizycznej (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu); Nauki o zdrowiu (Dziedzina nauk medycznych i nauk o zdrowiu). © The Authors 2022; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 29.04.2022. Revised: 10.05.2022. Accepted: 15.05.2022. Injuries related to taekwondo training - short report based on experiences from Primary School No. 31 with sports championship classes in Bydgoszcz (Poland) Wąs Sławomir Primary School No. 31 with sports championship classes in Bydgoszcz (Poland) Siedlecki Zygmunt https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1584-2027 Department of Neurosurgery, Neurotraumatology and Pediatric Neurosurgery, The Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, The Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Corresponding address: Mgr Wąs Sławomir Primary School No. 31 with sports championship classes in Bydgoszcz (Poland) Mieczysława Karłowicza 2 Street 85-092 Bydgoszcz Poland tel.: + 48 606 361 203 e-mail: slawomir_was@op.pl Abstract Taekwondo has become a very popular sport in Poland and around the world, and training in this martial art begins with young children. Taekwondo trainings are organized in kindergartens and schools, clubs and master classes are organized in sports schools, and children take part in competitions. Taekwondo, like any martial art, carries a potential risk of injury. According to the literature, lower limb injuries are the most common, as in taekwondo the lower limbs are mainly used. Head and spine injuries as a result of falls are also described. The author emphasizes that despite the injuries described in the literature and the frequency of occurrence defined as about 2.5 - 8%, injuries in the sports school in Bydgoszcz are significantly less frequent. The author also points out that there are also injuries (fractures) of the upper limbs, which are ignored by numerous international publications. Despite this, it should be emphasized that taekwondo is a safe sport discipline. Its prevalence among school children is a favorable phenomenon. Key words: taekwondo, injuries, sport, traum