Taekwon-Do Patterns (Tul) - Taranaki ITF Taekwondo

Taekwon‐Do Patterns
Thrust with twin side elbow, in close stance: Ul‐Ji.
Twin side back elbow thrust, in close stance: Tong‐Il.
Horizontal thrust with twin elbow (sang yop palkup tulgi), in close stance,
in slow motion: Toi‐Gye and Po‐Eun.
Horizontal thrust with twin elbow, in X‐stance: Yon‐Gae.
Downward thrust with straight elbow (sun palkup naeryo tulgi), in rear foot
stance: Juche, Yon‐Gae.
Downward thrust with straight elbow, in L‐stance: Ko‐Dang.
Foot Attacks Kicks (chagi)
� Note: many of the kicks can also be executed with the knee or the toes,
especially when wearing shoes. The usual attacking weapon is given here,
and should be used in patterns unless otherwise stated. �
� Note: to execute a foot attack in a pattern, hands are often kept where
they were in the last movement. �
Front snap kick (apcha busigi), with the ball of the foot (apkumchi).
� Note: the kick is usually called a side front snap kick when performed
from a half‐facing stance. �
� Note: Students sometimes try to remember the height of the kick by
saying “middle after 2‐hand block or attack, low after 1‐hand”. This is not
perfectly reliable, as this list shows. �
Front snap kick, middle after 2‐hand block or attack: Do‐San (after wedging
block), Toi‐Gye (after vertical punch with twin fist), Kwang‐Gae (after upset
punch with twin fist), Choi‐Yong (after W‐shape block with a knife‐hand),
Dale Cope (after knife‐hand guarding block).
Front snap kick, middle after 1‐hand block or attack: Choong‐Jang (after an
arc‐hand strike), Ko‐Dang (after a palm upward block), Ul‐Ji (after a rising
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