1st Dan Flashcards
Kwang- Gae’s ready stance
Parallel stance with Heaven Hands
Patterns
Kwang- Gae
Po- Eun
Gae- Baek
Kwang- Gae has … Movements
39
Diagram
(A cross with a line underneath it)
Kwang- Gae is…
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.
Po- Eun ready stance
Parallel stance with Heaven Hands
Po- Eun has … movements
36
Po- Eun is…
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.
Gae- Baek ready stance
Parallel ready stance
Gae- Baek has … movements
44
Gae- Baek is…
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.
New stances
Open ready stance with heaven hands
One-leg stance
One-leg stance
Base leg is straight with the other reverse footsword at inner base leg knee (not touching). Base leg determines this stance.
New techniques- Kwang-Gae (name 10)
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
New techniques for Po-Eun (name 10)
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
Gae-Baek new techniques (name 8)
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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Six types of sparring in Taekwon-do
Prearranged sparring Free sparring Semi-free sparring Model sparring Prearranged free sparring Foot technique sparring
The nine guidelines of the philosophy of Taekwon-do
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
