Chonkwon Poomsae

By Sir Nathaniel 3X Rhine

 

The word "Chonkwon" means the Heaven's Great Mighty, which is the origin of all the creatures and itself the cosmos. Its infinite competence signifies the creation, change and completion.

Human beings have used the name of Heaven for all principal earthly shapes and meanings because they felt afraid of the Heaven's mighty.

Over 4,000 years ago, the founder of the Korean people, "Hwanin" meant the Heavenly King. He settled down in the "heavenly" town as the capital near the heavenly sea and heavenly mountain, where the Han people as the heavenly race gave birth to the proper thoughts and actions from which Taekwondo was originated. The Chunkwon Poomsae is based on such sublime history and thoughts.

The new techniques introduced in this Poomsae are nalgae-pyogi [wing opening], bam-jumeok-sosum-chigi [knuckle protruding fist springing chigi], hwidullo-makki [swinging makki], hwidullo-jabadangkigi [swinging and drawing], keumgang-yop-jireugi, taesan-milgi, etc., and a crouched walking manner.

The characteristics of movements are large actions and arm sections forming gentle curves, thus symbolizing the greatness of Chunkwon thought.

The Chonkwon Poomsae line "T" symbolizes a man coming down from the heaven, submitting to the will of Heaven, being endowed power by the Heaven and worshiping the Heaven, which means the oneness between the Heaven and a human being.

There are 27 movements in this second official World Taekwondo Federation fifth dan Black belt pattern.

Taebaek Poomsae

By Sir Nathaniel 3X Rhine

Taebaek is the name of a mountain with the meaning of "bright mountain", where Tangun, the founder of the nation of Korean people, and the bright mountain symbolizes sacredness of soul and Tangun's thought of "hongik ingan" (humanitarian ideal).

There are numerous sites known as Taebaek, but Mt. Paektu, which has been typically known as the cradle of Korean people, is the background of naming the Taebaek poomsae.

The line of poomsae is like a Chinese letter, which symbolizes the bridge between the Heaven and the earth, signifying human beings founded a nation by the Heaven's order.

Keumgang Poomsae

KEUMGANG has the original meaning of “being too strong to be broken ”. Also, in Buddhism, what can break off every agony of mind with the combination of wisdom and virtue is called “Keumgang”.

The Korean people have named the most beautiful mountain in the Korean peninsula Keumgang-San which is located in the Taebaek range of mountains, and call diamond, the hardest known substance, Keumgang-Seok.

Accordingly, Keumgang in Taekwondo means movement based on spiritual strength that is as beautiful and majestic as the Diamond Mountains , and as hard and adamant as the diamond.

Keumgang poomse is the official 2nd Dan black belt pattern of the World Teakwondo Federation (WTF). The movements should reflect the majestic spirit of the Diamond mountains. There are 27 sequences or movements to this poomsae.