South Midlands TKD

Grading Information

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10th Kup White Belt	9th Kup Yellow Tag	8th Kup Yellow Belt
7th Kup Green Tag	6th Kup Green Belt	5th Kup Blue Tag
4th Kup Blue Belt	3rd Kup Red Tag	2nd Kup Red Belt
1st Kup Black Tag	1st Dan Black Belt	2nd Dan Black Belt

July 15, 2007 Posted by Paul | Tags: Information, TAGB | Tenets

The Patterns.

CHON-JI	Means literally "the Heaven the Earth". It is, in the Orient, interpreted as the creation of the world or the beginning of human history, therefore, it is the initial pattern played by the beginner. This pattern consists of two similar parts; one to represent the Heaven and the other the Earth. It is said that the Pattern was named after Lake Chon Ji, a beautiful lake in North Korea with water so clear that you literally see the Heaven meeting the Earth.	9th Kup Yellow Tip 19 moves
DAN-GUN	Is named after the holy Dan-Gun, the legendary founder of Korea in the year of 2333 B.C.	8th Kup Yellow Belt 21 moves
DO-SAN	Is the pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Chang-Ho (1876-1938). The 24 movements represent his entire life, which he devoted to furthering the education of Korea and its independence movement.	7th Kup Green Tip 24 moves
WON-HYO	Was the noted monk who introduced Buddhism to the Silla Dynasty in the year of 686 A.D.	6th Kup Green Belt 28 moves
YUL-GOK	Is the pseudonym of a great philosopher and scholar Yi I (1536-1584) nicknamed the "Confucius of Korea". The 38 movements of this pattern refer to his birthplace on 380 Latitude and the diagram represents " Scholar"	5th Kup Blue Tip 38 moves
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. There are 32 movements in this pattern to represent Mr. Ahn's age when he was executed at Lui-Shung prison (1910).	4th Kup Blue Belt 32 moves
T'OI-GYE	Is the pen name of the noted scholar Yi Hwang (16th century), an authority on neo-Confucianism. The 37 movements of the pattern refer to his birthplace on 370 Latitude, the diagram represents " Scholar "	3rd Kup Brown Tip 37 moves
HWA-RANG	Is named after the Hwa-Rang youth group, which originated in the Silla Dynasty in the early 7th century. The 29 movements refer to the 29th Infantry Division, where Taekwon-Do developed into maturity.	2nd Kup Brown Belt 29 moves
CH'UNG-MU	Was the name given to the great Admiral Yi Soon-Sin of the Lee Dynasty. He was reputed to have invented the first armoured battleship (Kobukson) in 1592, which is said to be the precursor of the present day submarine. The reason why this pattern ends with a left hand 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.