Taegeuk Sam Jang

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

Taegeuk Sam Jang is often (but not universally) practiced by students of Kukkiwon/WTF-style taekwondo with rank of 6th 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 sam jang
The first and last turns of Taegeuk Sam Jang are performed by moving the lead foot. The middle turn is performed by pivoting in-place. This indicates that the associated trigram is a solid line, a broken line, and a solid line.