I found a load of these videos on youtube. I've watched all the patterns I'm familiar with and i think the standard is pretty good. I thought it would be useful to beginners if i put a little information on the pattern its self. please Mention good points and bad points. thanks

Chon-Ji has 19 movements. It means heaven and earth and is interpreted as the creation of the universe. This is the first Tul learned by he beginner. It consists of two parts one which represents the heavens and the other represents the earth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My-p9aHrJA8

Dan-Gun has 21 movements. It is named after the holy Dan Gun, the legendary founder of Korea in the year 2333 B.C

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOFcjTujPs8&feature=related

Do-San has 24 movements. Do san is a pseudonym of the patriot Ahn chang-Ho (1876-1938). The 24 movements represent his life which he devoted to furthering education in Korea and promoting the Korean independence movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjiU7FupimY&feature=related

Won-Hyo Tul has 28 movements. Won hyo was the noted monk who introduced Buddhism to the Silla Dynasty int he year 686 A.d

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZzRy1hSF70&feature=related

Yul-Gok Tul had 28 movements. Yul-Gok is the pseudonym of a great philosopher and scholar Yi I (1536-1584) Nicknamed the 'Confucius of Korea'. The 38 movements of the pattern refer to his birthplace on 38 degrees latitude and the diagram of the pattern represents the scholar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7AJKLbqF1s&feature=related

>>I found a load of these videos on youtube. I've watched all the patterns I'm familiar with and i think the standard is pretty good. <<

Yep, Pretty good:) These people are all world competition medalists hand picked by Gneral Choi for the official CD ROM of his patterns. Perhaps the performance is not always perfect, but 99% of us could only hope to perform to that standard.

wow i didn't know that. :-) thats prety cool...they made a cd rom? where can one bye it?

Joon-Gun Tul

Joon-Gun Tul has 32 movements. Joon-Gun Tul is named after the patriot Ahn Jong-Gun who assassinated Hiro Bumi Ito, the first Japaneses governor-general of korea, Known as the man who played the leading part in the Korea-japan merger. There are 32 movements in the pattern to represent Mr Ahn's age when he was executed at Lui-shung in 1910

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DDBlRO3rbE

>>wow i didn't know that. :-) thats prety cool...they made a cd rom? where can one bye it?<<

http://www.comdo.com/home.html

I don't know Griff. I'll have a look around. The info i posted seems to be a 'popular' version. But i could be wrong. i will look into it. thanks for the tip.

Yes the cd or dvd from comdo is pretty good.

All patterns can be viewed at various angles and seperate demo's of any newly introducted movements.

TKD-Skippi'

The DVD's from Comdo were endorsed and directed by Gen. Choi himself in Banff, Alberta, Canada. He selected senior instructors from around the world to demonstrate and preform each pattern (tul) while ensuring that they were preformed accurately. The General's purpose was to have the patterns recorded on a DVD so that all ITF TKD style instuctors worldwide could practice, teach and preform the patterns in a standardized manner. This DVD set is by far the best reference that any serious ITF style taekwon-Do practictioner could have for ensuring they preform the tuls the way they were meant to be preformed.


http://www.comdo.com/home.html

I'm going to assume that the all seeing general "founder" of Taekwon-Do also took the liberty to have his students interpret the patterns functionality as well right? ^^

To record the patterns without the applications would be a disservice. Leaving each pattern open to interpretation and scrutiny which would only add to the chaos in which the ITF is trying to eradicate by standardizing its global curriculum.

Furthermore if this set is "The set to have for any serious TKD practitioner" it would go without saying that it would be a complete package of the Generals and his top instructors work regarding both forms and content rather than just aesthetic purposes.

I'm curious. I always learned to kihap at the end of a pattern but later I saw some ITF guys who always called out the name of the pattern at the end. The chap in these vids doesn't, he kihaps. Is this something to do with grade or fashion?