There are 9 Black Belt Forms
Black Belt Forms Compressed
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Black Belt Form Name |
Grade |
Meaning |
Represents |
Pattern |
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First Dan | Korea | Chinese letter which means “seonbae” or “seonbi,” a learned man or a man of virtue in the Korean language. |
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Second Dan | Diamond |
The poomsae line symbolizes the Chinese letter for mountain. signifies “hardness” and “ponderousness.” |
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Third Dan | Is the name of a mountain with the meaning “bright mountain”. |
The poomsae line symbolizes the Chinese letter for mountain. The movements should be powerful, well-balanced and dignified. |
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Fourth Dan | It means a plain which is a vast, stretched-out land. |
The source of life for all creatures and the fields where human beings live their lives. |
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Fifth Dan | Was derived from the concept of 10 longevity which states that there are 10 creatures of long life: sun, moon, mountain, water, stone, pine tree, herb of eternal youth, tortoise, deer and crane. There are 2 heavenly bodies, 3 natural objects, 2 plants, and 3 animals, all giving to human beings faith, hope and love. |
The Chinese letter meaning ten is the form of the poomsae line, which signifies an infinite numbering of the decimal system and ceaseless development. |
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Sixth Dan | Means a man with both feet on the ground who is looking at the sky. A man on the earth represents the ways of struggling for human life, such as kicking, walking and jumping on the ground. |
The poomsae line signifies a man standing on the earth to spring up toward the heavens. |
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Seventh Dan | Means the Heaven’s Great Mighty, which is the origin of all creatures and the cosmos itself. |
The poomsae line “T” symbolizes a man coming down from heaven, submitting to the will of heaven, being endowed with power by heaven and worshiping heaven, which means the oneness between Heaven and a human being. |
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Eight Dan | Water |
This poomse is derived from the fluidity of water which easily adapts within nature. |
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| 9. Ilyo | Ninth Dan | ‘Oneness’ | In Ilyo, body and mind, spirit and substance, I and you are unified. The ultimate ideal of Taekwondo can be found in this state. It is a discipline in which we concentrate on every movement leaving all materialistic thoughts, obsessions and external influences behind. |  |
