Myelopathy myo-lop-a-thee. Myel ['spinal cord'] opathy ['problem'] is a disease of the spinal cord. This can be distingiushed from a radiculopathy or neuropathy based on the symptoms and findings during a doctors examination. Myelopathy is therefore a descriptive term and many different disease processes can cause it.
Taekwondo is a martial art that was developed by the Koreans with tactical preferences for kicks over hands (although both are included), while Karate is a Japanese development of hand fighting which was refined in Okinawa, and likely brought there from early hand fighting in China.
What is Taekwondo? Taekwondo is a system of symmetrical body exercises or techniques designed for self defense and counterattack in unarmed. combat, making use of the hands and feet as weapons and defenses. However, Taekwondo is not merely a physical skill, it is. also a way of thought and life.