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WIND

Wind is produced when a cold air mass sinks and a hot air mass rises. This is a result of convection. The change in pressure causes wind. Temperature differences are influenced by specific heat capacities. Land has a lower specific heat capacity than water, so it changes temperature more rapidly. This is similar to when you drink your coffee during breakfast. ...You are more likely to burn your mouth drinking the coffee without waiting than eating the toast because coffee cools down more slowly due to water's higher heat capacity compared to toast. Water at the ocean is cooler than the sand on the beach because it heats up more slowly. During the day, sea breezes blow warm air away from the land, and at night, land breezes blow warm air towards the land.

Photo courtesy of http://www.sxc.hu, Lars Sundstrom

The solid and broken bars in the eight image tiles in the top navigation are called trigrams. The octagonal trigram pattern is a common symbol for the Chinese term Bagua. The pattern has eight (ba) areas (guas). "South" is always found at the top of the Bagua. Each trigram represents a particular natural phenomena: Sky ☰, Lake ☱, Fire ☲, Thunder ☳, Wind ☴, Water ☵, Mountain ☶, Earth ☷. If you click on a trigram, it will take you to the corresponding taekwondo form page. Each form has a trigram which I describe scientifically and call scigrams. The tangram animation in the middle of the trigram tiles is supposed to represent a kicking woman. A tangram is a puzzle which originated in China. It is created out of seven flat polygons that can be put together to form shapes.

The movements are listed here so that you can see the Korean translation for some of the techniques by hovering over the green and pink highlighted text. In order to print the directions clearly, deselect print background graphics.


parallel stance - naranhi sogi
left/right front stance, walking stance - oen /orun ap sogi
left/right forward stance The feet are wider apart than for the front stance - oen /orun ap kubi
ready stance - chunbi sogi
low block - arae makki
inside block (from inside to outside) - momtoong an makki
high block - eul gool makki
front kick - ap chagi
return - parot
back stance, backward stance twit kubi, dwit koobi
body block momtong makki
side kick yop chagi
hammer fist downwards strike me chumok naeryo chigi
back fist strike dung chumok ap chigi, deung jumok ap chigi
elbow middle strike pal gup momtong chigi
elbow middle target strike palgup momtong pyojok chigi
single knife hand side block hansonnal momtong yop makki
cross stance kkoa sogi
ready stance, ease stance, natural stance pyong hi sogi
StanceMovementsPoom
ready stance  
forward stance,
natural stance 		Turn 90° to the left. Left low block in left forward stance, move left foot back into ready stance and then left hammer fist downwards strike (arm swings from inside to outside and arm ends parallel to the floor). 1, 2
forward stance,
natural stance		Turn 180° to the right. Right low block in right forward stance, move right foot back into ready stance and then right hammer fist downward strike3, 4
forward stanceTurn 90° to the left into left forward stance, left body block, right inside block5
forward stanceRight front kick and into right forward stance, right back fist, left inside block in forward stance. When you execute the front kicks, your hand goes downward to groin level and then goes up towards your waist so that the back fist can begin at the waist level. 6
forward stanceleft front kick and the left foot remains forward (left forward stance), left back fist, right inside block. 7
forward stancestep forward with the right foot into right forward stance, right back fist strike with kiyap8
back stance ,
forward stance		Turn 270° to the left, left single knife hand side block in right back stance, right elbow middle strike while stepping forward right forward stance.9, 10
back stance,
forward stance		Turn 180 ° to the right, right knifehand block into left back stance, left elbow strike while stepping forward. Left forward stance. 11, 12.
forward stanceTurn 90 ° to the left, left low block, right inside block in left forward stance. Then right front kick, keep foot forward, then right low block, left inside block in right forward stance.13, 14
forward stanceTurn 90 ° to the left, left high block in left forward stance, right side kick into right forward stance, then left elbow middle target strike. 15, 16
forward stanceTurn 180 ° to the right, right forward stance, then right high block, left side kick into left forward stance, then right elbow target strike. 17, 18
forward stance,
walking stance		Turn 90 ° to the left into left forward stance, left low block, right inside block, and then right front kick so that both feet spring forward and the right lands in front. right cross stance with right back fist and kiyap. For the cross stance, the legs are crossed, the knees are pressed together, and the heel of the back foot is lifted. 19, 20
parallel stancereturnKuman



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PDF documents with taekwondo vocabulary in English, Hangeul, and transliterated Hangeul to download. I had a native Korean proofread the original documents and he corrected the Hangeul in red pen.
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Lesson 5

Taegeuk Oh Jang, New Techniques

Punches, Strikes, Thrusts 치기, 지르기 chigi, chirugi
me chumok naeryo chigi 메 주먹 내려 치기 hammer fist downwards strike
dung chumok ap chigi, deung jumok ap chigi 등 주먹 앞 치기 back fist strike
pal gup momtong chigi 팔꿈 몸통 치기 elbow middle strike
palgup momtong pyojok chigi 팔꿈 몸통 표적 치기 elbow middle target strike
Block 막기 Makki
hansonnal momtong yop makki 한손날 몸통 옆 막기 single knife hand side block
Stance 서기, 굽이 sogi, kubi
kkoa sogi 꽈 서기 cross stance