Taegeuk Chil Jang

A form, or poomsae (also romanized as pumsae or poomse), is a choreographed pattern of defense-and-attack motions.

Taegeuk Chil Jang is often (but not universally) practiced by students of Kukkiwon/WTF-style taekwondo with rank of 2nd geup.

The floor pattern of each taegeuk poomsae then represents three broken or solid lines, called trigrams or gwae (bagua in Chinese).

When these pioneers returned to Korea after the Japanese occupation, they incorporated forms practice into their teaching.

During the 1960s there were several efforts among these pioneers to unify their styles of martial art and create a consolidated set of forms.

The taegeuk symbol
digram illustrating taegeuk chil jang
The first two turns of Taegeuk Chil Jang are performed by pivoting in-place. The final turn is performed by moving the lead foot. This indicates that the associated trigram is a broken line, a broken line, and a solid line.