Palgwe Il Jang

Taekwondo Palgwe Form 1 (Il Jang) – Instructions & Videos

Poomsae Palgwe Il Jang translates to “1st Palgwe Form’, and represents the symbol of ‘Keon’, one of the 8 Kwaes (divination signs), which means the ‘heaven and yang’. As the ‘Keon’ symbolizes the beginning of the creation of all thing in the universe, so does the Taegeuk Il Jang in the training of Taekwondo’s Taeguek Poomses. Keon is the Trigram with 3 solid lines located at 12’oclock on the I-Ching.

poomsae palgwe il jang instructional video

STEP BY STEP

    • 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 clockwise (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 Inside Middle Block
    • 5. Turn counterclockwise (90 degrees), step with left foot into a Front Stance, Left hand Low Block
    • 6. Step forward with the right foot info a Back Stance, Right Inside Middle Block
    • 7. Step forward with the left foot into a Back Stance, Left Inside Middle Block
    • 8. Step forward with the right foot into a Front Stance, Right Middle Punch and Yell!
    • 9. Turn counterclockwise (90 degrees), step with your left foot into a Back Stance, Left Double Knife Hand Middle Block
    • 10. Step forward with the right foot into a Back Stance, Right Inside Middle Block
    • 11. Turn clockwise (180 degrees), step out with the right foot into a Back Stance, Right Double Knife Hand Middle Block
    • 12. Step forward with the left foot into a Back Stance, Left Inside Middle Block
    • 13. Turn clockwise (90 degrees), step out with the left foot into a Front Stance, Left Low Block
    • 14. Step forward with the right foot into a Front Stance, Right Hand Neck Chop
    • 15. Step forward with the left foot into a Front Stance, Left Hand Neck Chop
    • 16. Step Forward with the right foot into a Front Stance, Right Middle Punch and Yell!
    • 17. Turn counterclockwise (90 degrees), step out with the left foot into a Front Stance, Left Low Block
    • 18. Step forward with the right foot into a Front Stance, Right Inside Middle Block
    • 19. Turn clockwise (180 degrees), step out with the right foot into a Front Stance, Right Low Block
    • 20. Step forward with the left foot into a Front Stance, Left Inside Middle Block and Yell!