BLUE BELT - Signifies the Heaven towards which the plant develops into a towering tree.
BLUE BELT DEFINITION:
Signifies the Heaven in which the plant grows into a towering tree.
Joong Gun Pattern
Joong Gun-(32 moves, left foot returns)Named after the patriot Ahn Joong-Gun who assinated Hiro-Bumi Ito, the first japenese governor-general of Korea, known as the man who played the leading part in the Korea-Japan merger. There are 32 moves in this pattern to represent Mr. Ahn's age when he was executed at Lui-Shung prison (1910).
1) Turn 90 degrees to the left and left ridge hand block in a left back stance. 2) Left front kick. 3) Step forward and right high palm heel in a right rear stance. 4) Turn 180 degrees to the right and right ridge hand block in a right back stance. 5) Right front kick. 6) Step forward and left high palm heel block in a left cat stance. 7) Turn 90 degrees to the left and double knife hand block in a left back stance. 8) Shift the left foot to a front stance and right high elbow strike. 9) Step forward and double knife hand block in a right back stance. 10) Shift the right foot to a right front stance and left high elbow strike. 11) Step forward and twin vertical punch in a left front stance. 12) Step forward and twin up-set punch in a right front stance, YELL. 13) Turn 180 degrees to the left and X-block high in a left front stance. 14) Turn 90 degrees to the left and left high backfist in a left back stance. 15) Stay in a back stance and left wrist release. 16) Shift forward and right face punch in a left front stance. 17) Step L foot to R foot, turn 180 degrees to right and R high backfist in a R back stance. 18) Stay in a back stance and right wrist release. 19) Shift forward and left face punch in a right front stance. 20) Step R foot to L foot, turn 90 degrees to the left and double inner forearm block in a left front stance. 21) Shift left foot to a left back stance and left punch. 22) Right turning side kick. 23) Step forward and double inner forearm block in a right front stance. 24) Shift right foot into a right back stance and right punch. 25) Left turning side kick. 26) Step forward and double guarding block in a left back stance. 27) Shift forward and double palm heel block in a left front stance. 28) Step forward and double guarding block in a right back stance. 29) Shift forward and double palm heel block in a right front stance. 30) Bring L foot to R foot, turn 90 degrees to the L and R hook punch in a closed stance. 31) Step forward and double hooking block in a right back stance. 32) Bring right foot to left foot, turn 180 degrees to the left and double hooking block in a left back stance, YELL.
Toi-Gye Pattern
Definition: The pen name of the noted scholar Yi Hwang (16th century), an authority on neo-confucianism. The 37 movements of this pattern refer to his birthplace on the 47th degree lattitude, the diagram (+) represents "scholar".
1) Turn 90 degrees to the left and left inner forearm block in a left back stance. 2) Shift forward and right reverse palm heel strike in a left front stance. 3) Bring the left foot to the right foot in a closed stance 90 degrees to the right, right backfist and left low block simultaneously. 4) Turn 90 degrees to the right and right inner forearm block in a right back stance. 5) Shift forward and left reverse palm heel strike in a right front stance- 6) Bring the right foot to the left foot in a closed stance 90 degrees to the left, left backfist and right low block simultaneously. 7) Step forward and low X-block in a left front stance. 8) Without stepping, high twin vertical punch. 9) Right front kick. 10) Land forward and right solar plexus punch in a right front stance. 11) Without stepping, left solar plexus punch. 12) Bring the left foot to the right foot, 90 degrees to the left in a closed stance, and bring both fists to the hips simultaneously. 13) Move forward with the right foot and twin high inner forearm block in a middle stance. 14) Turn 180 degrees with the left foot and twin high inner forearm block in a middle stance. 15) Turn 180 degrees with the left foot and twin high inner forearm block in a middle stance. 16) Turn 180 degrees with the right foot and twin high inner forearm block in a middle stance. 17) Turn 180 degrees with the left foot and twin high inner forearm block in a middle stance. 18) Turn 180 degrees with the left foot and twin high inner forearm block in a middle stance. 19) Bring R foot to L foot and move forward and low double inner forearm block in a left back stance. 20) Shift forward and twin head grab in a left front stance. 21) Right knee strike, YELL. 22) Bring R foot to L foot turn 180 degrees to the L and double knife hand block in a L back stance. 23) Left front kick. 24) Land forward and left spear hand strike high in a left front stance. 25) Step forward and double knife hand block in a right back stance. 26) Right front kick. 27) Step forward and right spear hand strike in a right front stance. 28) Step back 180 degrees and left low block and right backfist simultaneously in a left back stance. 29) Jump 45 degrees to the left and low X-block low in a right rear stance. 30) Move 45 degrees to the right and double inner forearm block in a right front stance. 31) Turn 27 degrees to the left and double knife hand block in a left back stance. 32) Shift forward and right scoop block in a left front stance. 33) Bring Lfoot to R foot,turn 180 degrees to R and double knife hand block low in a R back stance. 34) Shift forward and left scoop block in a right front stance. 35) Shift 180 degrees to the left and right scoop block in a left front stance.
