Training

Progression through the Tae Kwon Do belt system requires training and testing in the official World Tae Kwon Do Federation (WTF) forms or poomse.  W.T.F. uses Poomses for patterns. Poomses originate from the book 'I Ching', a Chinese oracle. The I Ching has 64 hexagrams, a combination of two sets of three lines, closed or broken. The sets of three lines are called trigrams. The closed lines represent Yang, the open lines Yin. In the chinese language, the unity of Yin and Yang is called 'taich'i'. In the Korean language, the unity is called T'ae-guk. This explains the term Poomse Taegeuk.

1. Taegeuk Il Jang (Heaven)
2. Taegeuk Ee Jang (Lake)
3. Taegeuk Sam Jang (Fire)
4. Taegeuk Sa Jang (Thunder)
5. Taegeuk Oh Jang (Wind)
6. Taegeuk Yook Jang (Water)
7. Taegeuk Chil Jang (Mountain)
8. Taegeuk Pal Jang (Earth)