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Patterns should be learned under the supervision of an official
instructor. We shall not be held responsible for any injuries that may result in
attempting or practicing patterns or exercises from this site without proper
supervision
Essential Information about
Patterns
The following points should be considered while performing
patterns:
1. Pattern should begin and end at exactly the same spot. This will
indicate the performer's accuracy.
2. Correct posture and facing must be
maintained at all times.
3. Muscles of the body should be either tensed or
relaxed at the proper critical moments in the exercise.
4. The exercise
should be performed in a rhythmic movement with an absence of stiffness.
5.
Movement should be accelerated or decelerated according to the instructions.
6. Each pattern should be perfected before moving to the next
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7. Students should know the purpose of each movement.
8. Students should
perform each movement with realism.
9. Attack and defence techniques should
be equally distributed among right and left hands and feet.
All patterns
listed are performed under the assumption the student is facing "D" (see pattern
diagrams). There are a total of twenty-four patterns in Taekwon-Do. The name of
the pattern, the number of movements, and the diagrammatic symbol of each
pattern symbolize either heroic figures in Korean history or instances relating
to historical events. The interpretation of each pattern will be found on its
specific page.
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