Hogan Jim - Taekwon-Do Patterns From 1st to 7th Degree Black Belt

This book documents the fifteen ITF (International Taekwon-Do Federation) Taekwon-Do patterns (tul) taught at 1st to 7th Degree black-belt level, the initial nine patterns taught at coloured-belt level having been covered in Master Hogans earlier book, Taekwon-Do Patterns: From Beginner to Black Belt. The intended readership is therefore primarily ITF Taekwon-Do practitioners holding the rank of 1st Degree black belt and above.

ITF Taekwon-Do is the Korean self-defence art created by General Choi Hong Hi and spread around the world with the formation of the International Taekwon-Do Federation in 1966. It is now frequently referred to as ITF Taekwon-Do to clearly differentiate it from its principal Taekwon-Do variant, the WTF (World Taekwon-Do Federation), which was founded in 1973. Although sharing a common foundation, the Taekwon-Do that is taught under the umbrellas of the two organizations differs in a number of areas, but most significantly in that of patterns, where each teaches a completely different pattern set. With the death of General Choi in 2002, the ITF split into three separate organizations the authors subscribe to the ITF under the leadership of President Choi Jung Hwa, the son of the founder, and the pattern descriptions in this book conform to the teaching of that organization. Whilst there are a few differences in patterns across the ITF and other organizations teaching Taekwon-Do as formulated by General Choi Hong Hi, they are limited to a small number of similar moves, e.g. executing a reverse hooking kick instead of a reverse turning kick or applying a technique at high section rather than middle section. This book should therefore be of interest to, and hopefully of value to, all ITF Taekwon-Do practitioners, regardless of their organizational affiliations.

The rest of this book is divided into fifteen chapters covering each of the fifteen ITF Taekwon-Do patterns in the black-belt examination syllabus. Each chapter has the same structure:

Throughout the book, photographs with captions are the principal medium for explaining techniques and they are formatted according to their functions as either pattern or application photographs.

Pattern photographs run in strict sequence of the execution of the successive moves of the pattern. After every three, or sometimes six, photographs a short succession of combat applications or teaching tips follow. Each photograph shows Master Hogan against a white background and having completed a move, as well as some additional pictures of the transition between moves, as appropriate, e.g. as shown in these photographs and captions for moves 4 and 5 from pattern Kwang-Gae.

Move the left foot forward to double step into right walking stance, staying on the ball of the left foot until completing

right walking stance right palm high section hooking block (gunnun so sonbadak nopunde golcho makgi).

Step back with the right foot in a sliding motion into right l-stance knife hand low section guarding block (niunja so sonkal najunde daebi makgi).

Note that the number in bold in the caption is the designated number of the specific move in the pattern; where a move is covered by more than one photograph, as in move 4, the first photograph in the sequence shows the number of the move. Each designated move is given its full name in English in the following sequence:

The Korean name (in italics) follows the English and conforms to the same convention, although left and right are not included.

Every pattern photograph has a small black diagram, an orientation icon, in the top left-hand corner that is structured as follows: