1st Dan

Question 0

Kwang- Gae’s ready stance

Answer 0

Parallel stance with Heaven Hands

Question 1

Patterns

Answer 1

Kwang- Gae
Po- Eun
Gae- Baek

Question 2

Kwang- Gae has … Movements

Answer 2

39

Question 3

Diagram

Answer 3

(A cross with a line underneath it)

Question 4

Kwang- Gae is…

Answer 4

Named after the famous Kwang- Gae-Toh-Whang, the 19th king of the Koguryo Dynasty, who regained all the previously lost territory including the greater part of Manchuria. The diagram for this pattern represents the expansion and recovery of this lost territory. The 39 movements refer to the first two figures of 391 A.D., the year he came to the throne.

Question 5

Po- Eun ready stance

Answer 5

Parallel stance with Heaven Hands

Question 6

Po- Eun has … movements

Answer 6

36

Question 7

Po- Eun is…

Answer 7

The pseudonym of the loyal subject and famous poet Chong Mong-Chu (1400). His poem “I Would Not Serve a Second Master Though I Might Be Crucified a Hundred Times” is known to every Korean. He was also a pioneer in the field of physics. The diagram for the pattern represents his unerring loyalty to his king and country towards the end of the Koryo Dynasty.

Question 8

Gae- Baek ready stance

Answer 8

Parallel ready stance

Question 9

Gae- Baek has … movements

Answer 9

44

Question 10

Gae- Baek is…

Answer 10

Named after Gae- Baek, a great general in the Beak- Je Dynasty (660 A.D.). The diagram for the pattern represents his strict and sever military discipline.

Question 11

New stances

Answer 11

Open ready stance with heaven hands

One-leg stance

Question 12

One-leg stance

Answer 12

Base leg is straight with the other reverse footsword at inner base leg knee (not touching). Base leg determines this stance.

Question 13

New techniques- Kwang-Gae (name 10)

Answer 13

Rear foot stance, high knifehand guarding block
Walking stance upset punch
Double stepping
Walking stance palm upward block
Close stance side fist downward side strike
Outward pressing kick side piercing kick consecutive
Closed stance knifehand inward low front block
Backward shifting
Walking stance forearm low reverse block
Walking stance high reverse punch
Double step turning

Question 14

New techniques for Po-Eun (name 10)

Answer 14

Sitting stance angle punch
Sitting stance forefist pressing block
Sitting stance inner forearm wedging block
Sitting stance rear elbow thrust
Sitting stance forefist horizontal punch
X-stance with stepping motion
X-stance low front block
L-stance archand U-shape grasp
Close stance twin elbow horizontal thrust
Sitting stance backfist side back strike
Sitting stance reverse knifehand low guarding block

Question 15

Gae-Baek new techniques (name 8)

Answer 15

Low twist kick
Walking stance high arc-hand double block
Sitting stance palm scooping block
Sitting stance backfist front strike
Sitting stance outer forearm nine-shaped block
L-stance middle knuckle fist middle punch
X-stance double forearm high block
Sitting stance reverse knife-hand low guarding block
Sitting stance low knife hand guarding block
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Question 16

Six types of sparring in Taekwon-do

Answer 16

Prearranged sparring
Free sparring 
Semi-free sparring 
Model sparring 
Prearranged free sparring 
Foot technique sparring

Question 17

The nine guidelines of the philosophy of Taekwon-do

Answer 17

1) Be willing to go where the going may be tough and do the things that are worth doing even though they are difficult
2) Be gentle to the weak and tough to the strong
3) be content with what you have in money and position but never in skill
4) Always finish what you begin, be it large or small
5) Be a willing teacher to anyone regardless of religion, race, or ideology
6) Never yield to repression or threat in a pursuit of a noble cause
7) Teach attitude and skill with action rather than skill
8) Always be yourself even though your circumstances may change
9) Be a tern all who teaches the with the body when young, with words when old, and by moral precept even after death