Taegeuk Yuk Jang

High Blue Belt Form

Taegeuk Yuk Jang (3th Geup) – Water (Gam)

Meaning: Flexible-Pliable like water.

23 Movements, 8 kicks, 6 punches, 2 keup.

1. 1. Start in the Ready or “Joon Bi” stance, turn left 90 degrees into left front stance, execute left hand low block (Ap koobi Arae Makki).
2. Keep left foot fixed, right leg front kick, place right foot back behind you into left back stance, execute reverse inside block (Ap chagi, Dwit koobi Momtong Bakkat Makki).
3. Turn right 180 degree into right front stance, right low block (Ap koobi Arae Makki).
4. Keeping right foot fixed, left front kick, then place left foot back behind you into a right back stance, and execute a right reverse inside block (Ap chagi, Dwit koobi Momtong Bakkat Makki).
5. Turn left 90 degrees into a left front stance, right knife hand high block (Ap koobi Hansonnal Bitureo Makki).
6. Execute right roundhouse kick turning 90 degrees when you finish the roundhouse kick, drop your right foot behind you, so you are in a left front stance (Olgul Dollyochagi).
7. Execute left reverse inside block, then right middle punch (Ap koobi Eolgool Bakkat Makki, Momtong Baro Jireugi).
8. Right front kick and land in a right front stance, left middle punch (Ap chagi  Ap koobi Momtong Jireugi).
9. Turn right 180 degrees into right front stance, execute a right reverse inside block, then a left middle punch (Ap koobi  Bakkat Makki, Momtong Baro Jireugi).
10. Left front kick landing in a left front stance, right middle punch (Ap chagi, Ap koobi Momtong Jireugi).
11. Turn left 90 degrees into a parallel stance (Naranhi seogi), cross both hands over your head on a X-block (Otgoreo Makki), and execute a slow double low block (Arae Hecho Makki).
12. Step forward into a right front stance, left knife hand high block (Ap koobi Hansonnal Bitureo Makki).
13. Left roundhouse kick and yell keup! Drop your left foot so you are approximately 270 degrees into a right turn (Dollyochagi KI-UP).
14. Complete the turn by moving your right leg into a right front stance and execute a right hand low block (Ap koobi Arae Makki).
15. Keeping right foot fixed, left front kick, then place left foot behind you, so you are in a right back stance. Execute a right reverse inside block (Ap chagi, Dwit koobi Momtong Bakkat Makki).
16. Turn left 180 degrees into left front stance, left low block (Ap koobi Arae Makki).
17. Keeping left foot fixed, right front kick, then place right foot behind you into a left back stance, and execute a left reverse inside block, step back into left back stance, left hand reverse inside block (Ap chagi, Dwit koobi Momtong Bakkat Makki).
18. Pivot on left foot turning left 90 degrees into a left back stance, double knife hand middle block (Dwit koobi Sonnal Momtong Makki).
19. Stepping back into right back stance, double knife hand middle block (Dwit koobi Sonnal Momtong Makki).
20. Stepping back into left front stance, left down palm block (Ap koobi Batangson Momtong Makki).
21. Execute right middle punch (Momtong Jireugi).
22. Left foot steps back into right front stance, right hand palm down block (Ap koobi Batangson Momtong Makki).
23. Execute left middle punch and keup! Move your right foot forward (in line with your left foot) and go into a ready stance (Momtong Jireugi KI-UP).