This page provides videos & instructions for WTF or WT Taekwondo Form 1 (Taegeuk Il Jang). This is the first Taekwondo form taught to new Taekwondo students. According to WTF Taekwondo, Taegeuk Il Jang “represents the symbol of ‘Keon’, one of the 8 Kwaes (divination signs), which means the ‘heaven and yang’. As the ‘Keon’ symbolizes the beginning of the creation of all thing in the universe, so does the Taegeuk 1 Jang in the training of Taekwondo”. For the meaning of other Taekwondo forms, please visit Black Belt Wiki’s section on WTF Taekwondo Form Meanings.
The information on this page is designed to help students pass their belt tests. It has video instructions for this Taekwondo form so you can watch the form performed by experts. There are also written step-by-step instructions for this Taekwondo form located at the bottom of this page. For additional form instructions and videos (i.e. Taekwondo black belt forms), please visit Black Belt Wiki’s main WTF Taekwondo forms section.
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Written Instructions for Taekwondo Form 1 (Taegeuk Il Jang)
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- Start in the Ready or “Joon Bi” stance
- Turn left 90 degrees into a walking stance with left foot forward, left low block
- Step forward into walking stance with right foot forward, right hand middle punch
- Turn right 180 degrees into a walking stance with right foot forward, right low block
- Step forward into walking stance with left foot forward, left hand middle punch
- Turn left 90 degrees into a front stance with left foot forward, left low block, right middle punch
- Turn right 90 degrees into a walking stance with right foot forward, left inside block
- Step forward into walking stance with left foot forward, right hand middle punch
- Turn left 180 degrees into a walking stance with left foot forward, right inside block
- Step forward into walking stance with right foot forward, left hand middle punch
- Turn right 90 degrees into a front stance with right foot forward, right low block, left middle punch
- Turn left 90 degrees into a walking stance with left foot forward, left high block
- Right front kick, foot placed down into walking stance with right foot forward, right middle punch
- Turn right 180 degrees into a walking stance with right foot forward, right high block
- Left front kick, foot placed down into walking stance with left foot forward, left middle punch
- Turn right 90 degrees into a front stance with left foot forward, left low block
- Step forward into a front stance with right foot forward, right middle punch
- Yell Kihap!
- When the Master says “Bah Ro”, turn and face the Master.
FYI – To master this Taegeuk form, you must utilize accurate Taekwondo stances.
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- Taekwondo Form 1
- Taekwondo Form 2
- Taekwondo Form 3
- Taekwondo Form 4
- Taekwondo Form 5
- Taekwondo Form 6
- Taekwondo Form 7
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References
- Instructions were provided by TaekwondoAnimals.com and may not be copied without permission from TaekwondoAnimals.com, Taekwondo Forms, Poomse & Poomsae, http://www.taekwondoanimals.com/taekwondo-forms.asp
- World Taekwondo Federation, Poomsae, http://www.wtf.org/wtf_eng/site/about_taekwondo/poomsae.html