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My
son is active in TaeKwonDo. He is 6 years old and received his
green stripe belt in December 2005. We have moved to a new dojang that is
much more formal and structured and he is thriving, though we will be moving to
a new belt color system that includes orange, purple and brown where the stripes
were at the old dojang.
We wanted to help
him practice at home but were stumped about how to go about it without writing
down all of the steps by ourselves. So I found some resources on the web,
including the forms in a step-by-step format, videos of the forms and printouts
of each form with little characters to show how each step should look.
I hope you find
these resources as helpful as I did!
Step-by-Step Forms
Videos and Diagrams
Rules
Terminology
Tenets
Rules
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Always listen
to your parents, teachers, instructors, and master.
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Never kick or punch outside of the dojang.
(The exception to this rule: You may practice your form at home but do not
kick the chair, bed, cat, cow, toilet, brother, sister, dad, closet door... you
get the idea.)
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Always tell the truth (or "never lie").
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Treat others the way
you want to be treated.
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Learn to tie
your belt properly and by yourself.
Tenets
Courtesy
- Be polite to other people and think of others first.
Integrity -
Always be honest.
Perseverance
- Never give up.
Self Control
- Control your body and emotions.
Indomitable
Spirit - Have the courage to do what's right.
Video and Move Illustrations
These links take
you to a page for each of the 8 Forms. On each page, there is a link at
the top with a video of a TKD Black Belt doing the Form, a step-by-step
explanation of each move, and a link to Diagram of the moves at the bottom.
TKD form videos
courtesy of George I. Petrotta
at International Sungjado Association
1st
Form:
Tae Geuk Il Jang
2nd
Form: Tae
Geuk E Jang
3rd
Form: Tae
Geuk Sam Jang
4th
Form: Tae
Geuk Sa Jang
5th
Form: Tae
Geuk O Jang
6th
Form: Tae
Geuk Yook Jang
7th
Form: Tae
Geuk Chil Jang
8th
Form: Tae
Geuk Pal Jang
Step-by-Step Forms
Brad's T.K.D. Zone - Click on
"Links to TaeKwonDo Forms (Poomsie)" to get to the list of all of the forms.
Each link on that page takes you to a very nicely formatted table of all the
moves for that Form. I copy and paste just the Form wording into Word
before printing.
Terminology
Because the students learn a number of Korean words, I found a few excellent
lists of Korean terminology for TaeKwonDo. They include numbers, colors,
commands, sparring terminology, dojang items, and much more.
TaeKwonDo Terminology (Word Doc)
David King's
TaeKwonDo Academy (outside link)
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