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What are Patterns? Also called Tul or Kata. They are pre-choreographed fights, or fight scenarios performed against invisible opponents. Their purpose is to train and condition your automatic reflexes and muscle memory to respond correctly when confronted by an an attack. When using your techniques you seldom have time to think before acting. Patterns help condition those reflexes. They also serve as a physical internal lexicon of the majority of Taekwondo techniques.
BLOCK AND COUNTER DRILL
TAEKWONDO PATTERNS
Chon Ji: means literally the heaven and the earth. It is in the orient interpreted as the creation of the world or the beginning of human history. This is the pattern played by the beginner. It consists of two similar parts. One to represent the heaven, the other the earth.
Dan Gun: Is named after the holy Dan Gun, the legendary founder of Korea in the year 2333BC.
Do San: is the pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Chang Ho. The 24 movements represent his entire life, which he devoted to furthering the education of Korea and its independence movement.
Won Hyo: Was the noted monk who introduced Buddhism to the Silla Dynasty in the year 686AD
Yul Gok: is named after the great philosopher and scholar Yi Il nicknamed the Confucius of Korea. The 38 movements represent his birthplace at 38 degrees latitude. The diagram represents scholar.
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. The 32 movements of this pattern refer to Mr. Ahn’s age when he was executed at Lui Shang Prison in the year 1910
Toi Gye: is the pen name of the notes scholar Yi Hwang, 16th century. An authority on Neo-Confucianism. The 37 movements of this pattern refer to his birthplace at the 37th degree latitude. The diagram represents scholar.
Hwa Rang: Is named after the Hwa Rang youth group, which originated in the Silla dynasty in the early 7th century. The 29 movements of this pattern refer to the 29th infantry division in which Taekwondo developed into maturity.
Choong Moo: is named after the great Admiral Yi Soon Sin of the Yi Dynasty who was reputed to have invented the first armored battle ship (Kabukson) 1592. Which is said to be the precursor of the present day submarine. The reason this pattern ends in a left handed 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.