Taekwondo- Poomsae (Pattern)

Hi everyone, I'm Nicole and i'm back to share with you more about Taekwondo.

Today, we are going to focus on a different part of Taekwondo which is Poomsae or as you know it, pattern. Just to recap, pattern is a series of movements joined together. The movements involves kicks and punches. At each belt level of Taekwondo, there are different training patterns called "Taegeuks".

There are different meaning to each Taegeuk and the table below will explain it all.

Taken from: Golden phoenix Taekwondo

and for each of the character, here are the meanings behind it: 

Taken from: Golden phoenix Taekwondo

Below is a summary of the different taegueks for the different belt levels. 

Taken from STF 

In Singapore, for the white and yellow tip belt, the pattern is created by the Singapore Taekwondo Federation (STF) which is not a taegeuk and called "Introductory and Preliminary poomsae".

As videos are easily to picture the different patterns, i shall show you the different patterns needed for each grading in Singapore. 

Introductory Poomsae (above)

Preliminary Poomsae (above)

Taegeuk 1 (above)

Taegeuk 2 (above)

Taegeuk 3 (above)

Taegeuk 4 (above)

Taegeuk 5 (above)

Taegeuk 6 (above)

Taegeuk 7

Taegeuk 8 (above)

Thank you for reading and hope you have learnt something new about Taekwondo! (: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  *The videos were taken from : Cheng San CC (click) -----------------------------------