Black Belt Forms & Their Meaning
KORYO :
Koryo is the name of an ancient dynasty in the Korean peninsula. The English name of "Korea". originated from the name of this "Koryo" dynasty with which was famed for the valiant spirit of its people which they defeated the Mongolian aggression. Koryo Poomse is based on sprit of
Sonbae (Sonbi) which was inherited from Koguryo to Balhae and to Koryo. Sonbae means strong martial art and honest spirit of scholars.
KEUMGANG:
The word "Keumgang '' has originally the meaning of being too strong to be broken. Also in Buddhism, what can break off every agony of mind with combination of wisdom and virtue is called "Keumgang". The Poomse "Keumgang" is named after Mount Keumgang, symbol of solidity. "Keumgang" is also analogous of "diamond".
TAEBAEK:
"Taebaek" is the ancient name of Mount Paekdu where the legendary Tangun founded a nation for the first time in the Korean peninsula 4,329 years ago on Dangun calendar (1996 AD = 4329 Dangun year). Poomse "Taebaek" takes its principles of movement from the word "Taebaek" which means being looked up to as sacred.
PYONGWON:
"Pyongwon" is meant by 'vast plain'. The plain is a source of sustaining the human life and, on the other hand, a great open plain stretching out endlessly gives us a feeling of majesty that is different from what we feel with a mountain or the sea. An application of the providence of the plain which is blessed with abundance and grace as well as boundless vastness into the practice of Taekwondo is Poomse Pyongwon (plain) .
SIPJIN:
Sipjin has the meaning of 'decimal system' which stands for a symbolical figure of 10 meaning endless development and growth in a systematic order. In Poomse Sipjin, stability is sought in every change of movements.
JITAE:
According to the oriental belief, all living things come from and return to the earth (Jitae is derived from the meaning of the earth). The earth is indeed the origin and terminal of life. Living things as well as all the natural phenomena of the earth originate mainly from the changes and the form of the earth. Poomse "Jitae" is the movement that applies these features of the earth.
CHEONKWON:
"Cheonkwon" signifies the sky. From ancient times the orientals have always believed and worshiped the sky as ruler of the universe and human beings. The infinitely vast sky may be a mysterious and profound world of imagination in the eyes of finite human beings. Poomse Cheonkwon is composed of the motions which are full of piety and vitality.
HANSOO:
Poomse "Hansoo" derived from the word 'water' is typical with its fluidity and adaptability as manifested in the nature of water.
ILYO:
"Ilyo" signifies oneness. In Buddhism the state of spiritual cultivation is said to be "Ilyo"(oneness), in which body and mind, I (subject) and you (object), spirit and substance are unified into oneness. The ultimate ideal of Taekwondo lies in this state of Ilyo. The final goal Taekwondo pursues is indeed a discipline in which we concentrate attention on every movement, shaking off all worldly thoughts and obsessions
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