Llangollen  Tae Kwon Do Club

Colour Belt Patterns

 

9th Kup. Chon-Ji – 19 moves

CHON- JI means literally “the Heaven the Earth”. It is, in the Orient, interpreted as the creation of the world or the beginning of human history, therefore, it is the initial pattern played by the beginner. This pattern consists of two similar parts; one to represent the Heaven and the other the Earth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8th Kup. Dan-Gun – 21 moves

DAN-GUN is named after the holy Dan-Gun, the legendary founder of Korea in the year of 2,333 BC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7th Kup. Do-San – 24 moves

DO-SAN is the pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Chang-Ho (1876-1938) The 24 movements represent his entire life which he devoted to furthering the education of Korea and its independence movement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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6th Kup. Won-Hyo – 28 moves

WON-HYO was the noted monk who introduced Buddhism to the Silla Dynasty in the year of 686 AD.

 

 

 

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5th Kup. Yul-Gok – 38 moves

YUL-GOK is the pseudonym of a great philosopher and scholar Yi l (1536-1584) nicknamed the “Confucius of Korea” The 38 movements of this pattern refer to his birthplace on 38 latitude and the diagram represents “scholar”.

 

 

 

 

 

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4th Kup. Joong-Gun – 32 moves

JOONG-GUN is named after the patriot Ahn Joong-Gun who assassinated Hiro-Bumi Ito, the first Japanese governor-general of Korea, known as the man who played the leading part in the Korea-Japan merger. There are 32 movements in this pattern to represent Mr. Ahn’s age when he was executed in a Lui-Shung prison (1910).

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3rd Kup. Toi-Gye – 37 moves

TOI-GYE is the pen name of the noted scholar Yi Hwang (16th century), an authority on neo Confucianism. The 37 movements of the pattern refer to his birthplace on 37 latitude, the diagram represents “scholar”.

 

 

 

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2nd Kup. Hwa-Rang – 29 moves

HWA-RANG is named after the Hwa-Rang youth group, which originated in the Silla Dynasty about 600 AD. This group eventually became the actual driving force for the unification of the three Kingsdoms of Korea. The 29 movements refer to the 29th Infantry Division, where Taekwondo developed into maturity.

 

 

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1st Kup. Choong-Moo – 30 moves

CHOONG-MOO was the name given to the great Admiral Yi Soon-Sin of the Yi Dynasty. He was reputed to have invented the first armoured battleship (Kobukson) in 1592, which is said to be the precursor of the present day submarine. The reason why this pattern ends with a left hand attack is to symbolize his regrettable death, having no chance to show his unrestrained potentiality checked by the forced reservation of his loyalty to the king.