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3rd Kup - Red Tag

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Terminology

Blue Belt Colour Meaning: Blue signifies the Heaven, towards which the plant matures into a towering tree as training in Taekwon-Do progresses.

Red Belt Colour Meaning: Red signifies danger, cautioning the student to exercise control and warning the opponent to stay away.

English

Upset fingertip thrust 

W-shape block 

Double forearm pushing block

Knife hand low guarding block 

Back fist side-back strike 

Close stance twin side elbow ready stance 

Korean

Dwijibun sonkut tulgi

San makgi

Doo palmok miro makgi

Sonkal najunde daebi makgi

Dung joomuk yopdwi taerigi

Moa so sang yop palkup junbi jase

Upset fingertip thrust - Dwijibun sonkut tulgi

W-shape block - San makgi

Double forearm pushing block - Doo palmok miro makgi

Knife hand low guarding block - Sonkal najunde daebi makgi

Back fist side-back strike - Dung joomuk yopdwi taerigi

Close stance twin side elbow ready stance - Moa so sang yop palkup junbi jase

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Pattern - Toi-Gye Tul

Interpretation:

Toi-Gye is the pen name of the noted scholar Yi Hwang (16th century), an authority on neo-Confucianism. The 37 movements of the pattern refer to his birthplace on the 37o latitude, the diagram represents scholar.

 

Ready stance: Moa Junbi Sogi B

 

Number of moves: 37

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