"태권도 선수"

Translation: taekwondo player

[SvedishPlumber]

Player seems to be wrong, but i cant really think of what the person would be called in english

[erudis]

I think they are called Taekwondoin, but that sounds even weirder. I would go with practitioner / fighter / athlete.

[corwinspyre]

"athlete"

[cyclol]

Feels like practitioner would be the most natural, and athlete second.

[JonDoesDuo]

This is a good example of why they should translate it as athlete, not player

[MatthewEpp5]

This is a tough one for sure. I teach English here in South Korea and my students often say that they "play" 태권도. I always correct them because it is definitely wrong to use the verb "play" with this martial art. They do it or they practice it. As for the noun though... Player is absolutely wrong, in my opinion. I haven't found the right noun yet though. I will be following this discussion with great interest. :-)

[LesChristiansen]

When was 태권도 a game?

[WOODROW514935]

it's the most dangerous game

[MiKomprenasVin]

It's played at the Olympic Games, so at least since it was played there...

[CF00l]

跆拳道 選手

[peter.cecu]

I know there's another word for athlete 체육 선수, and for competitor 경기사/ 경쟁자.

Players play games. Athletes do athletics. Competitors compete in competitions. And, of course these things overlap.

Anyhow, we usually just refer to them as club blackbelts. For example, "Bob is a third dan blackbelt from Kim's Taekwondo." Or, "I am a blackbelt from Yongin Taekwondo."

Or it would be even easier to drop the be-verb. I do Taekwondo. Ha ha.

[OyesolaX]

08/01/19
Taekwondo fighter is accepted. It never crossed my mind to put Taekwondo player because it's not playing. At all!

[Tyrael1701]

Tae Kwon Do student or instructor

[-kcdhari-]

Is there a Korean translation for the term "martial artist"? Because I agree with everyone here that "player" sounds wrong.

[shionion]

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