Patterns - Tul
The following points should be considered while performing patterns:
- The pattern should begin and end on exactly the same spot. This will indicate the performer's accuracy.
- Correct posture and positioning must be maintained at all times.
- Muscles of the body should be tensed or relaxed at the proper critical moments in the exercise.
- The exercise should be performed in a rhythmic movement, with an absense of stiffness.
- Movement should be accelerated or decelerated at appropriate moments during the exercise.
- Each pattern should be perfected before moving to the next.
- Students should know the purpose of each movement.
- Students should perform each movement with realism.
- Offensive and defensive techniques should be equally distributed among right and left hands and feet.
Videos & Diagrammatic Demonstrations
Full descriptions and demostrations of all ITF patterns can be found by following the links below, courtesy of sonkal.taekwondo.cz. Video demonstrations are available up to and including pattern Ge-Baek.
Pattern information can be viewed in several different ways:
- GO THROUGH
- run through the pattern, step by step, viewing each technique in sequence. Each technique can be displayed from all four sides.
- FIGURE
- view a mapping of all the techniques in the pattern, with thumbnail images of each technique.
- LIST OF TECHNIQUES
- a list of each technique involved in the pattern, in the order in which they are performed.
- MOVIE
- a video demonstration of the pattern (available up to and including Ge-Baek)
A summary of all the techniques introduced in the patterns above can be found here.
*Note that Saju Jirugi and Saju Makgi are exercises to practice techniques, and not patterns.