Pacific Sun Taekwondo :: Patterns & Belts

Patterns & Belts

Pacific Sun Taekwondo (TKD) patterns are a series of techniques performed systematically against an imaginary opponent or opponents. While performing these patterns, students are applying and practising the techniques taught in class while improving the flexibility of body and spirit through strength control, balance, breath control, and concentration.

The belt colours used in Pacific Sun Taekwondo are symbolic of each level of training. Each level (Kup), are taught a different pattern (hyung).

Of course it doesn't just stop when you get to Black Belt. There are many things to learn which can only be taught once you have built the foundations. Receiving your Black Belt is not the end of your training, it is only the beginning.

KUP	BELT	HYUNG	HYUNG MEANING
10	White	Saju Chirigi	Four Directional Punch. 14 movements.
9	White with yellow tip	Chon - Ji	The literal meaning of Chon-Ji is "Heaven and Earth" which in the Orient symbolises the creation of the world or the beginning of human history. 19 movements.
8	Yellow	Tan - Gun	Named after the legendary Korean hero who reputedly founded Korea in 2334 B.C. 21 movements.
7	Yellow with green tip	To - San	Commemorates the pseudonym of a great Korean patriot and educator Ahn Ch'ang Ho. 24 movements.
6	Green	Won- Hyo	Won-Hyo was the noted monk who introduced Buddhism to the Silla Dynast in the year 686 A.D. 28 movements.
5	Green with blue tip	Yul -Gok	Pseudonym of a great philosopher and scholar, Yi I, who was nicknamed the "Confucius of Korea". The 38 movements represent the 38 degrees latitude of Yul-Gok's birth place.
4	Blue	Chung - Gun	The name of the patriot An Chung-Gun. The 32 movements represent the age at which he was was martyred in prison in 1910.
3	Blue with brown tip	Toi - Gye	The pen name of scholar Yi Hwang. The 37 movements refer to his birthplace on 37 degree latitude.
2	Brown	Hwa - Rang	Named after the Hwa-Rang youth group, which originated in the Silla Dynasty about 1350 years ago. 29 movements.
1	Brown with black tip	Chung - Mu	Chung-Mu was the given name of the great admiral Yi Sun-Sin of the Yi Dynasty who was reputed to have invented the first armoured battleship. The left-hand attack ending this pattern symbolises his regrettable death in battle before he had a chance to show his complete loyalty to the King. 30 movements.
1st Dan Black Belt	Black with white tip	Kwang - Gae	Gwang-Gae-T'o-Wang was the 10th King of the Koguryo Dynasty who regained all the lost territories, including the greater part of Manchuria.
		Po-Eun	Po-Eun is the pseudonym of a loyal subject and poet, - Chong Mong-Chu, who was also a pioneer in physics.
		Gae - Baek	Is named after Ge Baek, a great general in the Baek Je Dynasty (660 A.D.).