- Use the Taeguk button above to view taekwondo patterns up to black belt.
- Use the Pumse button above to view taekwondo patterns for all black belt Dans.
Please note: the patterns here listed are only applicable to WTF (World Taekwondo Federation) Tae Kwon Do practitioners.
What are Taekwondo Patterns?
Patterns are a series of various fundamental movements set into a fixed and logical sequence representing, attacking and defensive techniques against one or more imaginary opponents.
Taeguk : means The Origin of all things in the Universe. 'taegeuk' represents the most profound Oriental philosophy from which Oriental philosophical views on the world, and life are derived.
'Tae' means Bigness 'geuk' means Eternity
The Taeguk forms of Taekwondo are paradigms of the martial art. They contain the basic physical movements and also the philosophical thoughts from which the art was derived.
The word Taegeuk essentially represent the universe. It is derived from the Jooyeok, the Book of Changes. In the Book of Changes the universe is divided into eight subsequent combinations derived from the major forces, um and yang (Korean for yin and yang). Each combination is represented by a symbol called a trigram, containing three lines.
The eight trigrams are arranged in a circle, around the symbol for um and yang, so that opposite pairs are across from one another. This represents the relationship that the trigrams have for one another, not opposites but, rather "interdependant polarities" that compose the universe.
In executing the patterns, there are four elements that are considered; direction, pattern, stance and technique.
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