taekwondo1-5, Exercise 2: Two rule sets

Model answer:

Comparison (Taekwondo article):
- Contact: WT/Olympic sparring is full contact with continuous scoring (the clock keeps running); ITF sparring is not full contact and excessive contact is not allowed.
- Equipment: WT always uses the homyun (helmet) and hogu (torso protector), plus protectors for feet, shins, groin, hands and forearms; in the ITF tradition typically only hands and feet are padded and the hogu is not worn.
- Head hand-attacks: allowed in ITF sparring; punches to the head are not allowed in WT sparring.

Dated changes (any three, World Taekwondo article): until 2008 a 7-point lead or 12 total points ended a match, abolished at the start of 2009; October 2010 a 12-point gap rule reintroduced and an extra point for a turning head kick; March 2010 no extra points for knockdowns; November 2016 rules updated (effective January 2017) to "dazzle and excite"; 2017 major tournaments fully electronic including headgear; June 2018 the turning head kick score changed from 4 to 5 (Taekwondo article); since 2026 it is 6 (WT article).

Why no single current list: the Taekwondo and WT articles give different values (for example a 20-point lead vs a 12-point lead, and different scores for kicks) and neither dates each figure, so the chapter points to an official rulebook for the version in force.

Sources: Wikipedia, Taekwondo; World Taekwondo.