| ITF Forms (Patterns/ Hyungs) |
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| Chon-Ji Movements: 19 Meaning: Heaven and Earth Dan-Gun Movements: 21 Meaning: Is named after the holy Dan-Gun, the legendary founder of Korea in the year 2333 B.C. Do-San Movements: 24 Meaning: Is the pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Chang-Ho (1876-1938) who devoted his entire life to furthering the education of Korea and its independence. Won-Hyo Movements: 28 Meaning: Was the noted monk who introduced buddhism to the Silla dynasty in the year 686 A.D. Yul-Gok Movements: 38 Meaning: Is the pseudonym of a great philosopher and scholar Yil (1536-1584 A.D.), nicknamed the "confucious of Korea". The 38 movements of this pattern refer to his birthplace on 38 degrees latitude, and the diagram (+) represents "scholar". Joong-Gun Movements: 32 Meaning: Is named after the patriot An Joong-Gun who assassinated Hiro-Bumi Ito, the after-Japanese Governor-General of Korea as the man who played the leading part of the Korea-Japan merger. There are 32 movements in this pattern to represent Mr. An's age when he was executed at Lui-Shung prison in 1910. Toi-Gye Movements: 37 Meaning: Is named the penname of the noted scholar Yi-Hwang (16A.D.), an authority on neo-confucianism. The 37 movements of this pattern refer to his birthpalce on 37 degreees latitude. The diagram (+) represents "scholar". Hwa-Rang Movements: 29 Meaning: Is named after the Hwa-Rang youth group which originated in the Silla dynasty approx. 1300 years ago. This group eventually became the actually driving force 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. Choong-Moo Movements: 30 Meaning: Was the given name to the great admirar Yi Soon Sin of the Yi dynasty. He was requited to have invented the first armored battleship Kobukson, which was the precursor of the present- day submarine in 1592 A.D. The reason why this pattern ends up with a left-hand attack is to his regrettable death having no chance to show his unrestrained potentiality checked by the forced reservation of his loyalty to the king. Kwang-Gae Movements: 39 Meaning: Is picked after the famous Kwang-Gae-To-Wang, the 19th King of the Koguryo dynasty who regained all the lost territories including the greater part of Manchuria. The diagram (+) represents the expansion and recovery of lost territories. The 39 movements refer to his reign for 39 years. |