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Taekwondo: a bluffer's guide

Current world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Sarah Stevenson takes the Guardian's Barry Glendenning through the basics of taekwondo, with the help of Team GB athletes George Lee and Lutalo Muhammad. Barry learns the format of the sport, some of the key moves, how points are scored - and why it's very different from boxing