Taekwondowon
태권도원
A site built for taekwondo and nothing else, run by the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation. A whole valley below Baegunsan on the Deogyusan ridge is given over to it, holding a competition arena, the T1 theatre, the National Taekwondo Museum, the Doyakgwan lodging block and an observatory. At 2,314,000 square metres it runs its own shuttle bus inside the grounds. For a visitor who has never trained, the draw is the demonstrations and the short experience classes rather than the facilities themselves; the approach is a bus from Muju Public Bus Terminal towards Seolcheon.
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Place information
- Korean name
- 태권도원
- Address
- 1482 Museol-ro, Seolcheon-myeon, Muju-gun, Jeonbuk State
- Opening hours
- 10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:00)
- Closed
- Every Mon (open if it falls on a public holiday; closed the next weekday instead) · Jan 1 · Seollal (and the day before) · Chuseok (and the day before)
- Hours notes
- The ticket office opens at 09:30, half an hour before the gates.
- Admission
- Free
Prices
| Standing demonstration performance | ₩10,000Infants under 12 months are admitted free but are not given a seat. |
|---|---|
| Demonstration performance, reduced | 20% offFor children and young people aged 12 months to under 19, holders of a multi-child card, Culture Day each Wednesday, groups of 20 domestic or 10 overseas visitors, partner-organisation cardholders, and holders of a taekwondo grade. |
| Demonstration performance, half rate | 50% offFor holders of a disability welfare card, those aged 65 and over, national-merit and veterans' cardholders, residents of Jeonbuk, and anyone wearing a dobok. |
| Yap! experience hall — taekwondo session | ₩6,000The experience fee is temporarily reduced to 4,000 won while activities ⑦ Virtual Sparring, ⑫ Power Breaking and ⑬ Taekwondo Exercise are suspended. No end date is published. |
| Yap! experience hall — VR and AR session | ₩6,000 |
| Yap! experience hall — combined ticket | ₩10,000The combined ticket is temporarily priced at 8,000 won while activities ⑦ Virtual Sparring, ⑫ Power Breaking and ⑬ Taekwondo Exercise are suspended. No end date is published. |
Source: Taekwondo Promotion Foundation — Admission fees and Experience Centre Yap! operating notice ·
Accessibility and facilities
The shuttle bus around the grounds and the car parks are free to use. The site holds Taekwonjeon, Myeongingwan, Ilyeoheon and the Taekwonru pavilion in its symbolic quarter, an arena and a theatre, the Doyakgwan lodging block, trainee canteens and a café, a gym and showers, a convenience store and the shuttle; on the visiting side there are the Yap! experience hall, the National Taekwondo Museum, trekking routes, and Playone with its monorail and viewing deck.
Frequently asked questions
Does it cost anything to get in?
The operator states that both entry to Taekwondowon and admission to the National Taekwondo Museum are free, as are the shuttle bus around the grounds and the parking. What you pay for is the standing demonstration performance, at 10,000 won, and the sessions at the Yap! experience hall.
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Where these facts come from
- The Taekwondo Promotion Foundation's own site for Taekwondowon (the operating body, the address 1482 Museol-ro, Seolcheon-myeon, Muju-gun, the main telephone number, and facilities inside the grounds) ·
- Taekwondowon — its own operating-hours page (open 10:00–18:00, with the ticket office opening at 09:30 and last admission at 17:00. It closes every Monday, on 1 January each year, and on the days of Seollal and Chuseok and the day before each; and it adds that when the Monday, or a run of consecutive weekdays, falls on a public holiday, the closing day moves to the next weekday.) ·
- Taekwondo Promotion Foundation — Admission fees and Experience Centre Yap! operating notice ·
- Taekwondo Promotion Foundation — Directions: bus from Muju Public Bus Terminal towards Seolcheon ·
- Korea Tourism Organization — Taekwondowon (a site of 2,314,000 m²; the whole valley below Baegunsan on the Deogyusan ridge; the T1 theatre and stadium, the National Taekwondo Museum, the Doyakgwan lodging and an observatory; the internal shuttle bus; the training, experience and demonstration programmes) ·
- OpenStreetMap — Taekwondowon ·