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Pattern

Movement

Meaning

Cheon Ji means literally "the Heaven and Earth". It is in the Orient, interpreted as

the creation of the world or the beginning of human history; therefore, it is the

Cheon Ji

initial pattern played by the beginner. This pattern consists of two similar parts -

one to represent the Heaven, the other, the Earth.

Dahn Gun is named after the holy Dahn Gun, the founder of Korea in the year 2333

Dahn Gun

BC.

Do San is the pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Chang Ho (1876-1938), who devoted

Do San

his entire life to furthering the education of Korea and it's independent movement.

Won Hyo was the noted monk who introduced Buddhism to the Silla dynasty in the

Won Hyo

year 686 AD.

Yul Gok is the pseudonym of a great philosopher and scholar Yi Yi (1536-1584

Yul Gok

AD), nicknamed the "Confucius of Korea". The 38 movements of this pattern refer

to his birthplace on 38 latitude and the diagram represents "Scholar".

Jung Gun is named after the patriot an Ahn Jung Gun who assassinated Hiro Bumi

Ito, the first Japanese Governor General of Korea, known as the man who played

Jung Gun

the leading part of the Korea-Japan merger. There are 32 movements in this pattern

to represent Mr. Ahn's age when he was executed at Lui-Shung prison (1910).

Toi Gye is the pen name of the noted scholar Yi Hwang (16th AD), an authority on

Toi Gye

Neo-Confucianism. The 37 movements of the pattern refer to his birthplace on

37latitude, the diagram represents Scholar.

Hwa Rahng is named after the Hwa Rahng youth group which organized in the

Silla dynasty about 650 AD. This group eventually became the actual driving force

Hwa

Rahng

for the unification of the three Kingdoms of Korea. The 29 movements refer to the

29th Infantry Division, where Tae Kwon Do developed into maturity.

Chung Moo was the given name to the great admiral Yi Sun Sin of the Yi Dynasty.

He was reputed to have invented the first armored battleship (Keo Buk Seon) which

Chung

was the precursor of the present day submarine in 1592 AD. The reason why this

Moo

pattern ends up with a left hand attack is to symbolize his regrettable death having

no chance to show his unrestrained potentiality checked by the forced reservations

of his loyalty to the King.

Kye Baek is name after Kye Baek, a great general in the Baek Je dynasty

Kye Baek

(660A.D).

The diagram represents his severe and strict military discipline.

Kwang Gae is picked after the famous Kwang Gae To Dae Wang, the 19th King of

the Koguryo dynasty, who regained all the lost territories including the greater part

Kwang

of Manchuria. The diagram represents the expansion and recovery of lost territory.

Gae

The 39 movements refer to the first two figures of 391AD, the year he came to the

throne.

Po Eun is the pseudonym of a loyal subject Jeong Mong Ju (1400A.D) who was a

famous poet and whose poem “I would not serve a second master though I might be

Po Eun

crucified a hundred times” is known to every Korean. He was also a pioneer in the

field of physics. The diagram represents his unerring loyalty to the king and

country towards the end of the Koryo Dynasty.

Choong-Jang is the pseudonym given to General Kim Duk Ryang who lived during

the Lee Dynasty (14

Century AD). This pattern ends with a left-hand attack to

Choong

symbolize the tragedy of his death at age 27 in prison before he was able to reach

Jang

full maturity.

Ko-Dang is the pseudonym of the patriot Cho Man Sik who dedicated his life to the

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