Taegeuk Yook Jang

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

Taegeuk Yook Jang is often (but not universally) practiced by students of Kukkiwon/WTF-style taekwondo with rank of 3rd 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 yook jang
The first turn of Taegeuk Yook Jang is performed by pivoting in-place. The second turn is performed by moving the lead foot. The final turn is performed by pivoting in-place. This indicates that the associated trigram is a broken line, a solid line, and a broken line.