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White
Belt
Signifies the absence of all color and represents the new student who will
learn and be colored by the teachings of TaekwonDo.
The yellow belt signifies the color of the sun rising early in the morning, therefore opening to get knowledge.
FORM:
TAEGEUK IL JANG
This is the first of the eight Taegeuk Forms. It applies to the principle (gwe) of Keon to Palgwe in The Book Of Changes. It represents Heaven and Light. It is the powerful and manly gwe, the source of creation and the symbol of the Father.
This form represents the source of creation by presenting the most basic techniques -the Low Block, Inside Middle Block, Middle Punch and Reverse Kick. This techniques can be learned by the beginning student but are practical towards the study of Tae Kwon Do. Taegeuk II Jang, therefore, is the foundation from which the other forms build. Most of this form is performed in a High Front Stance (walking stance), which is easy for a beginner to maintain. However, the Front Stance is introduced, and the student learns to shift from one stance to another.
HIGH-YELLOW BELT
FORM:
TAEGEUK YI JANG
The second aspect of Taegeuk is the principle Tae of Palgwe. (This Tae as seen by its Chinese character, is different from Tae in Taegeuk). Tae means joyfulness. Its form represents the state of mind which is serene and gentle yet firm within. The state from which true virtue smiles.
Tae is feminine. It is symbolized by a lake. Tae is silent but bubbling with joy.
This second form representing joyfulness, consists of movement that are made softly yet firmly with control. The student shifts from a high front stance to a front stance more frequently than in Taegeuk II Jang and emphasizes the front kick, learning to move more freely. This emphasis on movements of the lower part of the body allows the student to learn balance and the proper stances, and strengthens the muscles in the legs. Taegeuk Yi Jang introduces the high block as a new technique.
THE GREEN BELT
Green belt signifies the color like a spring season. Starting to grow, the beginning.
FORM:
TAEGEUK SAM JANG
This form applies to the principle of Ri of Palgwe. It symbolizes fire and sun, and their characteristics of warmth, enthusiasm, and hope.
Ri is feminine; it n,~presents south. The actions of Ri should be performed with variety and passion, like the flickering of a fire. Like the fire, this form is filled with changing bursts of power connected with a continuous flow of motion. It teaches combination, specifically those hand combinations that are used in free fighting, such as a Front Kick followed by a Double Punch, a Front Kick followed by a Low Block and a Reverse Middle Punch and a Single Knife-Hand Block followed by a Reverse Middle Punch. After practicing these combinations in this form, they can be applied in free sparring.
HIGH-GREEN BELT
FORM:
TAEGEUK SA JANG
Taegeuk Sa Jang applies the principle of Jin of Palgwe. Jin is male. It represents thunder, which with lightning, evokes fear and trembling but reminds us that danger, like a thunderstorm passes as suddenly as it comes, leaving blue skies, sunshine, and rain freshened air in its wake.
The practice of this form should help one act calmly and bravely in the face of loud and terrifying dangers, real or imagined, knowing that they, too, shall pass.
In Taegeuk Sa Jang, ore is responding calmly to threats of danger. In performing all forms, you should think not of executing techniques in a vacuum, but rather of responding to attacks from a number of opponents surrounding you. You should always turn your head first, look at your imaginary opponent, then perform the required block or attack. For example, this form begins with a knife hand block. Imagine you are blocking a punch and thrust a spear hand into your opponents midsection. Then you block an imaginary attack to your head with a High Knife- Hand Block, palm out, and simultaneously execute a KnifeHand strike to your imaginary opponent's neck. (This double move is called Jebi Poom Mokchiki).
This form introduces the Outside Middle Block, palm out, many knife- hand techniques, and the student's first kicking combinations--two side kicks, first right, then lAt. This kicking combinations requires the student to practice balance and coordination without sacrificing power. This form also trains the coordination of the entire body with the arms and legs, particularly in steps 10 &12. Here, the student must execute a front kick and step back with the kicking leg into a back stance, and hop back. Then when this combination is mastered, the student will be able to slide back smoothly and quickly as one motion rather than step back and hop. This combination is followed by a reverse inside middle block, in which the body is twisted 45 degrees towards the imaginary opponent.
The blue belt signifies the color of the sky, reaching high, for youth and ambition.
FORM:
TAEGEUK O JANG
Taegeuk O Jang is a series of actions applying the Seon of Palgwe. Seon is female. It symbolizes the wind. Although there are horrible and destructive winds, such as the typhoon, hurricane, and tornado, the wind's true nature is gentle but penetrating. Spring breezes softly caress the willow, but the willow does not stop the wind, rather it bends willingly in its path.
Thus, the wind symbolizes humility and good natured actions. Seon can be alternately gentle and flexible as a breeze, or powerful and unyielding as a cyclone. Again, this form expresses the duality implicit in all the Palgwe forms.
Like a gentle breeze, T.aegeuk O Jang is simple. Yet like a storm, it is strong and powerful. Its techniques sweep through the air, pushing away resistance, then penetrating like the wind. These penetrating techniques include a Hammer strike to the face, and Elbow strike, and the execution of a Back Fist while leaping into a Crossed Stance. Taegeuk O Jang's powerful combination include a Front Kick, Inside Middle Block, Back Fist strike and High Block, Side Kick, Elbow Strike.
FORM
TAEGEUK YOOK JANG
Taegeuk Yook Jang applies to the principle of Gam of Palgwe. Gam is male . It symbolizes North. Through Gam, we learn that we can overcome every difficulty if we go forward with self confidence and persistence, easy to bend but not to break.
Gam is water, which is formless yet never loses its nature, though it may conform to the vessel in which it finds itself. Water always flows downward, and in time can wear away the hardest granite.
Like water, Taegeuk Yook Jang is flowing and gentle yet destructive. It teaches that man, when faced with challenge, can overcome it by persistence and unwavering belief. To give this form the appearance of continuity, its separate sequence of motion are connected by the Front Kick.
This form uses the Outside High Block, palm out and Middle and High Reverse Single Knife Hand Blocks, which demand fluidity, as the hip and body must twist 45 degrees toward the target. It introduces the Roundhouse Kick, followed by an immediate change of direction, which requires great balance and coordination to remain fluid, like water.
THE RED BELT:
The red belt signifies the color of blood or of the sun developing a strong foundation of one's body and nature. It is also a warning for danger.
FORM:
TAEGEUK CHILL JAN G
This form applies the Gan principle of Palgwe. Gan means "top stop", and symbolizes a mountain. It is male, taciturn and steady. Like a mountain, it is totally stable and cannot be moved. One should not act hastily- the principle expressed by Gan. We must know when to forge ahead, but also when to stop and rest in order to achieve our goals. Representing the mountain, this form teaches the student to move only when it is necessary to move- and then to move rapidly and to stop suddenly and solidly, standing like a rock. It teaches commitment to motion and to immobility, for one must not waver. This concept can be applied to sparring, to eliminate superfluous motion that waste energy. This form is the first of the Taegeuks to be performed in a Cat Stance, which can easily be held still but out of which one can also move quickly. It introduces the Knee Kick and the Crescent Kicks as well as a number of blocks designed to stop an opponent's motion without being rocked like the unwaivering power of a mountain. These blocks include the Palm Heel Center Block, Scissors Block, X Blocks, and Spread Middle Blocks, followed by a Knee Kick and Double Uppercut, then stop.
HIGH RED BELT:
FORM:
Taegeuk Pal Jang applies the Gon principle of Palgwe. Gon symbolizes the earth, the source of life. Keon is the father, Gon is the mother. The earth is where the creative force of heaven is realized.
Gon represents the receptivity of the earth. It is moist and heavy, sinking into the ground. Gon is also gentle and nurturing.
Gon signifies the infinite concentration of Um energy. The earth hugs and grows everything. It nurtures in silence and in strength. Gon teaches us the importance of the life force within ourselves and to respect life in all forms.
Representing the mother earth, from which all life comes, Taegeuk Pal Jang contains all the basic elements of Tae Kwon Do, serving both as a review of the beginning forms and as a foundation of the first Black Belt form. Besides reviewing techniques already introduced, it adds a Lifting Outside Middle Block, a simultaneous grab and uppercut, and a Single Mountain Block.
THE BLACK BELT
The black belt contains all the colors, signifying the deepest and densest knowledge, the accumulation of every preceding level.
Form:
KORYO
The word "Korea" derived from Koryo, the name of an ancient dynasty dated between 918 AD and 1392 AD. The Ko-ryo men were people of great convicted and strong willed. They demonstrated this in battle persistently resisting the aggressions of the Mongolians which were sweeping the world at that time.
Their firm conviction and intrepid spirit was born of wisdom, rather than brute strength or numbers and earned them the title “Men of conviction.”
The form Ko-ryo can be a way of cultivating the strength that arises from firm conviction because every motion must demonstrate confidence and strong will.
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