This page teaches you how to perform WTF or WT Taekwondo Form 6 (or Taegeuk Yuk Jang). This form is for color belt (non-black belt) Taekwondo students.
According to the World Taekwondo (WT), Taegeuk Yuk Jang “symbolizes the ‘Kam’, one of the 8 divination signs, which represents water, meaning incessant flow and softness”. For the meaning of other forms, please visit Black Belt Wiki’s Taekwondo Form Meanings section.
Written step-by-step instructions for Taekwondo Form 6 (Yuk Jang) are located on the bottom of this page. For additional form instructions and videos, visit Black Belt Wiki’s main WTF Taekwondo forms section.
Demonstration Video for Taekwondo Form 6 (Taegeuk Yuk Jang)
Video Instructions for Taekwondo Form 6 (Taegeuk Yuk Jang)
Demonstration & Instructional Form Video with Korean Black Belts
Written Instructions for Taekwondo Form 6 (Taegeuk Yuk Jang)
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- Start in the Ready or “Joon Bi” stance
- Turn left 90 degrees into left front stance, left low block
- Right leg front kick, step back into left back stance and do a left outside block at same time
- Turn right 180 degree into right front stance, right low block
- Left front kick, step back into right back stance and do a right outside block at same time
- Turn left 90 degrees into a left front stance, right knife hand high block
- Right roundhouse kick and place kicking leg down just ahead of the left foot
- Turn left 90 degrees and step into a left front stance, left outside block, right middle punch
- Right front kick and land in a right front stance, left middle punch
- Turn right 180 degrees into right front stance, right outside block, left middle punch
- Left front kick landing in a left front stance, right middle punch
- Turn left 90 degrees into a Joon Bi/Ready stance, cross both hands over your head and do a slow double low block
- Step forward into a right front stance, left knife hand high block
- Left roundhouse kick and yell “Kihap”!
- Place kicking leg down next to right foot, turn right 270 degrees into a right front stance, right low block
- Left front kick, step back into right back stance, right outside block
- Turn left 180 degrees into left front stance, left low block
- Right front kick, step back into left back stance, left outside block
- Move your right foot, turn left 90 degrees into a left back stance, double knife hand middle block
- Stepping back into right back stance, double knife hand middle block
- Stepping back into left front stance, left middle palm block, right middle punch
- Stepping back into right front stance, right middle palm block, left middle punch
- When the Master says “Bah Ro”, move your right foot back (in line with your left foot) and go into a Ready/Joon Bi stance.
FYI – To perform Taekwondo forms correctly, students must demonstrate perfect Taekwondo stances.
Related Pages
- Taekwondo Form 1
- Taekwondo Form 2
- Taekwondo Form 3
- Taekwondo Form 4
- Taekwondo Form 5
- Taekwondo Form 6
- Taekwondo Form 7
- Taekwondo Form 8
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