Blue Tag Terminology

Blue Belt Colour Meaning: Signifies the sky and the heavens, towards which
the tree grows as Taekwon-Do training progresses

Yul Gok

Number of Movements: 38

Pattern Meaning: The pseudonym of the great philosopher and scholar, Yi I, nicknamed ‘The Confucius of Korea.’ The thirty-eight movements refer to his birth-place on the thirty-eighth degree of latitude.

Pattern Yul Gok consists of the following techniques:

Stances (Sogi)

Parallel (narani)
Sitting (annun)
Walking (gunnun)
Bending (guburyo)
L- (niunja)
X- (kyocha)

Defensive Techniques

Inner Forearm Block (an palmok makgi)
Palm Hooking Block (sonbadak golcho makgi)
Twin Knifehand Block (sang sonkal makgi)
Outer Forearm Block (bakat palmok makgi)
Double Forearm Block (doo palmok makgi)

Offensive Techniques

Forefist Punch (ap joomuk jirugi)
Front Snap Kick (apcha busigi)
Side Piercing Kick (yopcha jirugi)
Front Elbow Strike (ap palkup taerigi)
Straight Fingertip Thrust (sun sonkut tulgi)
Backfist Strike (dung joomuk taerigi)