The purpose of this research was to find the causality between leisure constraint, and leisure satisfaction. Moreover as an
ultimate purpose, this research intended to find the most proper leisure activity type for university taekwondo athletes, and
provide basic data to suggest ways to maximize leisure satisfaction for them. for this research. Five hundred fifty university
taekwondo athletes composed of men and women were sampled by a convenience sampling method in 2013. Among 550
completed questionnaires, 23 responses were dismissed because of an insincere response and double checked problem. Therefore
527 responses were selected. The content validity of the questionnaire was proved by experts and professionals in leisure studies.
Also validity of the instruments was proved by exploratory and confirmatory analysis. By those analyses, this study found three
points related to the causality among, leisure constraint, and leisure satisfaction. Firstly, the degree of leisure constraint, and
leisure satisfaction varied depending on leisure activity types performed by university taekwondo athletes. Secondly, the causality
was found among leisure constraint, and leisure satisfaction according to the respective leisure activity type.