Totally Tae Kwon Do Magazine - Issue 17 - Usadojo

Pattern Right Leg Kicks Left Leg Kicks No. of
Kicks
Sam Il Middle side piercing kick x 1
Middle side piercing kick x 1
5
Middle twisting kick x 1
Sweeping kick x 1
Low front snap kick x 1
Yoo Sin Low front snap kick x 1
Low front snap kick x 1
8
Waving kick x 1
Waving kick x 1
Middle crescent kick x 1
Middle crescent kick x 1
Middle side piercing kick x 1
Middle side piercing kick x 1
Choi Yong Middle turning kick x 1
Middle turning kick x 1
12
High reverse hooking kick x 2 High reverse hooking kick x 2
Middle side piercing kick x 2
Middle side piercing kick x 2
Middle front snap kick x 1
Middle front snap kick x 1
Ul Ji Middle crescent kick x 1
Middle front snap kick x 2
8
Middle side piercing kick x 1
Mid-air kick x 1
Flying high kick x 1
Middle turning kick x 1
Middle back piercing kick x 1
Yon Gae High reverse hooking kick x 1 High reverse hooking kick x 1
6
High side piercing kick x 1
High side piercing kick x 1
Mid-air kick x 1
Mid-air kick x 1
Moon Moo High side piercing kick x 2 (1 x slow) High side piercing kick x 2 (1 x slow) 23
High reverse hooking kick (slow) x 1 High reverse hooking kick (slow) x 1
High back piercing kick (slow) x 1 High back piercing kick (slow) x 1
Middle front snap kick x 1
Middle front snap kick x 1
Middle side pushing kick x 1
Middle side pushing kick x 1
High reverse turning kick x 1
High reverse turning kick x 1
High twisting kick x 1
High twisting kick x 1
Sweeping kick x 1
Sweeping kick x 1
Side checking kick x 1
Side checking kick x 1
Middle side thrusting kick x 1
Mid-air kick x 1
Middle side thrusting kick x 1
Se Jong Middle side piercing kick x 1 Middle turning kick x 1 2
So San High side piercing kick x 2
High turning kick x 1
Low front snap kick x 1
Flying front snap kick x 1
Tong Il Inward vertical kick x 1
Downward kick x 1
Middle back piercing kick x 1
High side piercing kick x 1
The picture is now much clearer, having
counted the kicks in the black belt patterns.
There are a total of 123 kicks in the 15
black belt patterns (noting that we have
counted the flying side-twisting kick in
Juche as two kicks). 68 of them are with
the right leg and only 55 with the left. That
is a split of 55% to 45%. A slight reduction
in the relative difference we saw in the
colour belt patterns (which was 59% to
41%).
High side piercing kick x 2
High turning kick x 1
Low front snap kick x 1
Inward vertical kick x 1
Outward vertical kick x 1
High back piercing kick x 1
TOTAL 68 55 123
Summary and Conclusion
A definite and consistent bias to the right
leg is seen throughout the patterns. We
first encounter it in Toi Gye (the pattern for
those at 3 rd kup). We then find it in Hwa
Rang, Choong Moo, Gye Baek, Choong
Jang, Sam Il, Ul Ji, Moon Moo, So San and
Tong Il. Of the 24 patterns in TKD, fully ten
of them have a right-leg bias.
Overall, combining the colour belt and
black belt patterns, there are 152 kicks. 85
9
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