There are many sites on the Internet which offer instruction on performing the forms of taekwondo. They vary widely, partly because instructors refer to the same techniques by different names, but mostly because people just write things differently. I am intrigued at the notion that although we are all doing these forms exactly the same way, we are all talking and writing about them very differently. It's really easier to learn forms in class than it is to learn them from written text, but I think this is helpful. I wrote this out to help me study for my test, and I offer it up to anyone who might find it useful. If you note any errors, please let me know. Thanks.
Palgwe forms were used before the World Taekwondo Federation switched to Taegeuk forms. Palgwe is still used at many Taekwondo schools. I studey at Wolrd Champion Taekwondo in Oregon. Master B.C. Kim teaches the Taegeuk forms to his color belt candidates and the Palgwe forms to his black belt students who are tested every six months between dan gradings.
From the Joon Be (ready) position
1. Turn 90* to the left and step with the left foot in front stance and perform a low block with the left hand.
2. Step forward with the right foot in front stance and perform a inside block with the right hand.
3. Turn 180* to the right and step with the right foot in front stance and perform a low block with the right hand.
4. Step forward with the left foot in front stance and perform an inside block with the left hand.
5. Turn 90* to the left (facing judges) and step with the left foot in front stance and perform a low block with the left hand.
6. Step forward with the right foot in back stance and perform an inside block with the right hand.
7. Step forward with the left foot in back stance and perform an inside block with the left hand.
8. Step forward with the right foot in front stance and perform a middle punch with the right hand. KIHAP!
9. Turn 270* to the left and step with the left foot in back stance and perform double knife block with the left hand.
10. Step forward with the right foot in back stance and perform an inside block with the right hand.
11. Turn 180* to the left and step with the right foot in back stance and perform a double knife block with the right hand
12. Step forward with the left foot in back stance and perform a double knife block with the right hand.
13. Turn 90* to the left and step with the left foot into front stance and perform a low block with the left hand.
14. Step forward with the left foot in front stance and perform a knife strike with the left hand.
15. Step forward with the right foot in front stance and perform a knife strike with the right hand.
16. Step forward with the left foot in front stance and perform a middle punch with the right hand. KIHAP!
17. Turn 270* to the left and step with the left foot in front stance and perform a low block with the left hand.
18. Step forward with the right foot in front stance and perform an inside block with the right hand.
19. Turn 180* to the right and step forward with the right foot in front stance and perform a low block with the right hand.
20. Step forward with the left foot in front stance and perform an inside block with the left hand.
Turn 180* to the left (facing flags) into Joon Be (ready) position.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Third Level Test
I quit taekwondo for two years while I volunteered a lot of time to Boy Scouting. Lots of meetings in the evenings left little time for taekwondo classes, but I really missed it, so when the opportunity presented itself to sign up again, I did. Now my daughter outranks me, but that's okay with me. She loves it. My third level test is coming up in a couple of weeks. I have to relearn a whole bunch of stuff that I used to know. I'm really nervous, so I've come back to my blog to check my notes to help me review all this stuff I learned before. My daughter is so good at memorizing all this stuff, but I am not.
This is what I have to know
This is what I have to know
- Basic Forms 1 thru 3
- Taekgeuk Forms 1 thru 8
- Palgwe Forms 1 thru 4
- Koryo
- Hand Techniques 1 thru 5
- Kicking Techniques 1 thru 5
- Self Defense 1 thru 6
- Nunchuck Patters 1 thru 15
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Nun chuck Forms 6-10
There are four weeks until my second level test, so Master Eric has started to teach us the next five nun chuck forms. I suspect that every school has different nun chuck forms, and I don't propose that you can learn these forms from the short hand I am going to describe here in my post today, but I do want to get this written down to help me learn it, and to remind me when I need to do it again in my next test.
World Champion Taekwondo in Oregon tests black belt students every six months between dan and poom rankings. At my first level test, I had to know all eight taeguk forms, koryo, the first two palgwe forms, two self defense forms, five nun chuck forms and kicking combination Number 5.
For my second level test I have to add five more nun chuck forms:
Here I will describe the nun chuck forms:
Form Number Six:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. up down up (under the leg and back up to the opposite hand)
5. up down up (under the leg and back up to the opposite hand)
6. spin down
7. spin up
8. KIHAP!
If you know these forms (better than I do) and you can see that I left something out, please let me know. Thanks!
World Champion Taekwondo in Oregon tests black belt students every six months between dan and poom rankings. At my first level test, I had to know all eight taeguk forms, koryo, the first two palgwe forms, two self defense forms, five nun chuck forms and kicking combination Number 5.
For my second level test I have to add five more nun chuck forms:
Here I will describe the nun chuck forms:
Form Number Six:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. up down up (under the leg and back up to the opposite hand)
5. up down up (under the leg and back up to the opposite hand)
6. spin down
7. spin up
8. KIHAP!
If you know these forms (better than I do) and you can see that I left something out, please let me know. Thanks!
Monday, January 28, 2013
Keumgang
I am entered to compete in the 2013 Oregon State Taekwondo Championship on February 2, 2013 at Portland Community College. I'm very excited. This will be my first tournament as a black belt. It will be the first time I wear the electronic chest gear. It is a qualifier for the national tournament in Chicago. I just learned today that my designated poomsae include taegeuk 8 and keumgang.
2013 Oregon State Taekwondo National Qualifier Championships - Designated Poomsae
I've been practicien koryo, so I'm a little freaked out. I know taegeuk 8, but I'v never even heard of keumgang. I did some looking around on the internet and discovered that it is the second black belt form. I will probably start studying it next year, but the tournament is this Saturday, so I'm going to try to learn it the best I can in five days. I hope that making these notes will help.
There are many sites on the Internet, which offer instruction on performing the forms of taekwondo. They vary widely, partly because instructors refer to the same techniques by different names, but mostly because people just write things differently. I am intrigued at the notion that although we are all doing these forms exactly the same way, we are all talking and writing about them very differently. It's really easier to learn forms in class than it is to learn them from written text, but I think this is helpful. I wrote this out to help me study for my test (December 2011), and I offer it up to anyone who might find it useful. If you note any errors, please let me know. Thanks.
Keumgang is represented by the symbol for earth.
From the Joon Be (ready) position:
2013 Oregon State Taekwondo National Qualifier Championships - Designated Poomsae
I've been practicien koryo, so I'm a little freaked out. I know taegeuk 8, but I'v never even heard of keumgang. I did some looking around on the internet and discovered that it is the second black belt form. I will probably start studying it next year, but the tournament is this Saturday, so I'm going to try to learn it the best I can in five days. I hope that making these notes will help.
There are many sites on the Internet, which offer instruction on performing the forms of taekwondo. They vary widely, partly because instructors refer to the same techniques by different names, but mostly because people just write things differently. I am intrigued at the notion that although we are all doing these forms exactly the same way, we are all talking and writing about them very differently. It's really easier to learn forms in class than it is to learn them from written text, but I think this is helpful. I wrote this out to help me study for my test (December 2011), and I offer it up to anyone who might find it useful. If you note any errors, please let me know. Thanks.
Keumgang is represented by the symbol for earth.
From the Joon Be (ready) position:
- Step forward with the left foot in front stance and perform a double middle block.
- Step forward with the right foot in front stance and perform a palm strike (face high) with the right hand.
- Step forward with the left foot in front stance and perform a palm strike (face high) with the left hand.
- Step forward with the right foot in front stance and perform a palm strike (face high) with the right hand.
- Step back with the right foot in back stance and perform a chop with the left hand.
- Step back with the left foot in back stance and perform a chop with the right hand.
- Step back with the right foot in back stance and perform a chop with the left hand.
- Stand on your left foot and raise your right foot into crane stance and perform a diamond block (high block with right arm, low block with left arm), look left.
- Step to the left with the right foot into horse stance and perform a hook punch with the right hand and an elbow strike with the left arm.
- Step to the left with the right foot and spin 360* landing in horse stance and perform a hook punch with the right hand and an elbow strike with the left arm.
- Step forward with the right foot into horse stance and perform a mountain block.
- Step forward with the left foot into horse stance and perform a double middle block.
- Slide the left foot back to JUNBEE and perform double low block, 6-count.
- Turn 180* to the right into horse stance stomping the left foot and perform a mountain block.
- Pivot on the left foot to face forward again, lift the right foot into crane stance and perform a diamond block with the left hand high and the right hand low.
- Step to the right with the right foot into horse stance and perform a hook punch with the left arm and an elbow strike with the right arm.
- Step to the right with the left foot and spin 360* landing in horse stance and perform a hook punch with the left arm and an elbow strike with the right arm.
- Shift weight to the left foot and lift the right foot into crane stance and perform a diamond block with the left hand high and the right hand low.
- Step to the right with the right foot into horse stance and perform a hook punch with the left arm and an elbow strike with the right arm.
- Step to the right with the left foot and spin 360* landing in horse stance and perform a hook punch with the left arm and an elbow strike with the right arm.
- Step forward with the left foot into horse stance and perform a mountain block.
- Step forward with the right foot into horse stance and perform a double middle block.
- Slide the right foot back to JUNBEE and perform double low block, 6-count.
- Turn 180* to the left into horse stance stomping the right foot and perform a mountain block.
- Pivot on the right foot to face forward again, lift the left foot into crane stance and perform a diamond block with the right hand high and the left hand low.
- Step to the left with the left foot into horse stance and perform a hook punch with the right arm and an elbow strike with the left arm.
- Step to the left with the right foot and spin 360* landing in horse stance and perform a hook punch with the right arm and an elbow strike with the left arm. Slide the left foot into june-bee.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Nun Chuck Forms 1-5
I suspect that every school has different nun chuck forms, and I don't propose that you can learn these forms from the short hand I am going to describe here in my post today, but I do want to get this written down to help me learn it, and to remind me when I need to do it again in my next test.
World Champion Taekwondo in Oregon tests black belt students every six months between dan and poom rankings. At my first level test, I have to know all eight taeguk forms, koryo, the first two palgwe forms, two self defense forms and five nun chuck forms.
Here I will describe the nun chuck forms:
Form Number One:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. over the head
5. hip
6. hip
7. spin up
8. KIHAP!
Form Number Two:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. over the head
5. hip switch hip switch
6. hip
7. spin up
8. KIHAP!
Form Number Three:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. up switch up switch
5. up switch up switch
6. up
7. spin down spin up
8. KIHAP!
Form Number Four:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. up back switch
5. up back switch
6. up spin down
7. spin up
8. KIHAP!
Form Number Five:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. up down switch (under the leg)
5. up down switch (under the leg)
6. spin down
7. spin up
8. KIHAP!
If you know these forms (better than I do) and you can see that I left something out, please let me know. Thanks!
World Champion Taekwondo in Oregon tests black belt students every six months between dan and poom rankings. At my first level test, I have to know all eight taeguk forms, koryo, the first two palgwe forms, two self defense forms and five nun chuck forms.
Here I will describe the nun chuck forms:
Form Number One:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. over the head
5. hip
6. hip
7. spin up
8. KIHAP!
Form Number Two:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. over the head
5. hip switch hip switch
6. hip
7. spin up
8. KIHAP!
Form Number Three:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. up switch up switch
5. up switch up switch
6. up
7. spin down spin up
8. KIHAP!
Form Number Four:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. up back switch
5. up back switch
6. up spin down
7. spin up
8. KIHAP!
Form Number Five:
1. spin down
2. spin up
3. figure eight, tuck under
4. up down switch (under the leg)
5. up down switch (under the leg)
6. spin down
7. spin up
8. KIHAP!
If you know these forms (better than I do) and you can see that I left something out, please let me know. Thanks!
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
First Level Test
At World Champion Taekwondo, black belts take a level test every 6 months between their dan gradings. A dan grading is when a black belt becomes a 2nd degree black belt or a 3rd degree black belt. A black belt must hold a dan grading for a certain amount of time before he or she can test for the next dan grading; for example, a black belt must hold a first degree rating for two years before he or she can test for a second degree. During the time, in order to keep students on track, learning new skills in a progressive manner, black belts take level test every six months.
My first black belt level test will be Friday, November 2, 2012 at the West Union campus. Times will be announced soon. Keep checking this page.
For my first level test I have to know Koryo, Palgwe Il Jang, Palgwe Yi Jang, nun chuck 1, nun chuck 2, nun chuck 3, nun chuck 4, nun chuk 5, and self defense. Eventually I will need to know all 8 of the palgwe forms and all 15 of the nun chuck forms.
My first black belt level test will be Friday, November 2, 2012 at the West Union campus. Times will be announced soon. Keep checking this page.
For my first level test I have to know Koryo, Palgwe Il Jang, Palgwe Yi Jang, nun chuck 1, nun chuck 2, nun chuck 3, nun chuck 4, nun chuk 5, and self defense. Eventually I will need to know all 8 of the palgwe forms and all 15 of the nun chuck forms.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Pan American Tournament
Four months ago (05/26/2012), my children and I had the opportunity to enter an international competition. U.S. West Coast Taekwondo typically holds an semi-annual tournament in Portland at the Convention Center. This year, they hosted the 2012 Pan American Junior International Open Taekwondo Championship!
They offered several competitions we had never entered before: team poomsae (forms), height breaking, distance breaking, and an obstacle course. All the black belts age 16+ would wear the electronic scoring gear. My children and I entered the team poomsae competition. We performed TaeGukOhJang. We competed against three other red belt teams who performed TaeGukChicJang or TaeGukPalJang. My daughter and I competed as red belts since our black belt certificates had not yet arrived from Korea. My son competed as a blue belt, that is why we didn't perform TaeGukPalJang.
Anyway, we were not very good, in my opinion. The other teams were much older. They had better technique, and one team was VERY well rehearsed. They had clearly done this plenty of times before. I was rather certain that we were not going to medal, but fortunately they gave bronze medals to two teams, so we didn't come home with nothing.
We were all entered in sparring competitions, too. My seven-year-old son did very well against his first opponent, but his second opponent was much faster than he was, so he brought home a silver medal.
My nine-year-old daughter was placed in the same bracket with someone who was clearly not in her weight class. They made some changes, and she sparred against someone more appropriate. She won quite soundly. It was very exciting for her. It is the first time that she had actually beaten someone in a tournament.
Not surprisingly, they did not have anyone in my age, belt and weight bracket, so I was given a gold medal before even entering the ring. They did find me someone to fight. She looked a bit younger than me and a good bit heavier, and she was only a green belt. I'm sure it was the first time that I fought someone who was slower than me. I won the match with a score something like 14-2.
In the middle of the tournament they had a ceremony where they read off some lottery numbers. My daughter won a bottle of soy sauce. The sauce manufacturer was in attendance. I think he was one of the sponsors of the tournament. Another student from our school won a giant television. That was neat.
Master Kim was there, but I didn't see any other students from any of the other schools. I think only the Scappoose school came, and brought seven students, I think. Robert had a really rough match. I think he was kicked or punched in the throat. That hurts.
My daughter was the only one of our family who entered the breaking competition. She entered height breaking. It was really a very interesting contest. The judges held up a big yard stick, and then the competitor indicated how high they wanted to set their board. They were only allowed one break, so they had too choose wisely. Samantha didn't understand this, and she let the ref set the height of her board, but she won a gold medal anyway.
All together, we brought home three bronze medals, one silver medal, and three gold medals!
They offered several competitions we had never entered before: team poomsae (forms), height breaking, distance breaking, and an obstacle course. All the black belts age 16+ would wear the electronic scoring gear. My children and I entered the team poomsae competition. We performed TaeGukOhJang. We competed against three other red belt teams who performed TaeGukChicJang or TaeGukPalJang. My daughter and I competed as red belts since our black belt certificates had not yet arrived from Korea. My son competed as a blue belt, that is why we didn't perform TaeGukPalJang.
Anyway, we were not very good, in my opinion. The other teams were much older. They had better technique, and one team was VERY well rehearsed. They had clearly done this plenty of times before. I was rather certain that we were not going to medal, but fortunately they gave bronze medals to two teams, so we didn't come home with nothing.
We were all entered in sparring competitions, too. My seven-year-old son did very well against his first opponent, but his second opponent was much faster than he was, so he brought home a silver medal.
My nine-year-old daughter was placed in the same bracket with someone who was clearly not in her weight class. They made some changes, and she sparred against someone more appropriate. She won quite soundly. It was very exciting for her. It is the first time that she had actually beaten someone in a tournament.
Not surprisingly, they did not have anyone in my age, belt and weight bracket, so I was given a gold medal before even entering the ring. They did find me someone to fight. She looked a bit younger than me and a good bit heavier, and she was only a green belt. I'm sure it was the first time that I fought someone who was slower than me. I won the match with a score something like 14-2.
In the middle of the tournament they had a ceremony where they read off some lottery numbers. My daughter won a bottle of soy sauce. The sauce manufacturer was in attendance. I think he was one of the sponsors of the tournament. Another student from our school won a giant television. That was neat.
Master Kim was there, but I didn't see any other students from any of the other schools. I think only the Scappoose school came, and brought seven students, I think. Robert had a really rough match. I think he was kicked or punched in the throat. That hurts.
My daughter was the only one of our family who entered the breaking competition. She entered height breaking. It was really a very interesting contest. The judges held up a big yard stick, and then the competitor indicated how high they wanted to set their board. They were only allowed one break, so they had too choose wisely. Samantha didn't understand this, and she let the ref set the height of her board, but she won a gold medal anyway.
All together, we brought home three bronze medals, one silver medal, and three gold medals!
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