Taegeuk Ee Jang

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

Taegeuk Ee Jang is considered a beginner form, often (but not universally) practiced by students of Kukkiwon/WTF-style taekwondo with rank of 7th 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 ee jang
The first two turns of Taegeuk Ee Jang are performed by moving the lead foot. The final turn is performed by pivoting in-place. This indicates that the associated trigram has two solid lines and one broken line.