Original sentence: A focus on discipline, honor, protocol, and self-confidence.An aerobic workout, including stretching.Free-style sparring.Regular gradings (tests to progress to the next grade/belt).Self-defence techniques.Taekwondo is popular with people of both sexes and of many ages
Edited sentence: A focus on discipline, honor, good manners, self-confidence, and monthly payments.A friendly and mutually-respectful atmosphere.A mild workout, including lots of stretching.Despite this, hand techniques, and at the higher levels, some grappling and anti-weapon techniques are taught but never emphasized (which techniques are taught vary from instructor to instructor, but you can best believe it will never be up to par).Impractical self-defence techniques.Point sparring (free-style "sparring" where the object is to hit your opponent once to score a point, usually using excessive amounts of safety gear).Regular gradings (tests to progress to the next grade/belt and to gain confidence with your development, which must be paid for in advance).Taekwondo was designed to be effectively marketable regardless of a person's sex, height, weight or age, making it popular with people of both sexes and of all ages.The board breaking, however, is merely for show and has no use outside of the dojang.Unfortunately, their kicks are rather weak and must be properly trained to be anywhere near usable, making it an ineffective martial art