Palgwe Pal Jang

Korean Taekwondo Poomsae Palgwe Pal Jang (Form 8) step by step Instructions with Video teaching how to perform this WTF form.

 Pal Jang “symbolizes the ‘Kon’, one of the 8 divination signs, which represents ‘Yin’ and earth, meaning the root and settlement and also the beginning and the end”.

The trigram associated with this poomsae represents the Earth. The associated trigram of this poomse is Yin. Yin, here, represents the end of the beginning, the evil part of all that is good. This being the last of the poomse Palgwe, it represents the end of the cyclic nature of the Earth.

iching trigrams for palgwe forms

korean form Palgwe Pal Jang
Taekwondo Poomse Palgwe Pal Jang

  • Palgwe Pal Jang Steps

      1. Turn left, Step out with left foot into Front Stance with a left handed Low Block
      2. Step forward with the right foot into a Front Stance, Right Inside Middle Block
      3. Turn to the right 180 degrees, stepping out with the right foot into a Front Stance, Right Low Block
      4. Step Forward with the left foot into a Front Stance, Left Middle Punch
      5. Turn to the left, step with left foot into a Front Stance, Left hand Down Block
      6. Step forward with the right foot info a Horse Stance, Right Middle Punch
      7. Step forward with the left foot into a Horse Stance, Left Middle Punch
      8. Step forward with the right foot into a Horse Stance, Right Middle Punch and Yell!
      9. Turing all the way around counterclockwise, step with your left foot into a Back Stance, Left Outside Middle Block
      10. Step forward with the right foot into a Front Stance, Right Middle Punch
      11. Turning around clockwise, step out with the right foot into a Back Stance, Right Outside Middle Block
      12. Step forward with the left foot into a Front Stance, Left Middle Punch
      13. Turning left, step out with the left foot into a Front Stance, Left Down Block
      14. Step forward with the right foot into a Horse Stance, Right Middle Punch
      15. Step forward with the left foot into a Horse Stance, Left Middle Punch
      16. Step Forward with the right foot into a Horse Stance, Right Middle Punch and Yell!
      17. Turn all the way around counterclockwise and step out with the left foot into a Back Stance, Left Outside Middle Block
      18. Step forward with the right foot into a Front Stance, Right Middle Punch
      19. Turn all the way around clockwise, step out with the right foot into a Back Stance, Right Outside Middle Block
      1. 20. Step forward with the left foot into a Front Stance, Left Middle Punch and Yell!
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