Taekwondo poomsae · Yudanja · 2nd black-belt form
Keumgang 금강
Diamond / hardness
About the form
Keumgang means diamond, that which is too strong to be broken, and names Mount Keumgang, the center of the Korean national spirit. The form expresses immovable majesty and the spiritual strength to cut through life's distractions. Its floor line traces 山, the mountain.
Keumgang is number 2 of the nine Yudanja forms, the black-belt curriculum of World Taekwondo. It follows Koryo. It precedes Taebaek.
Level
2nd Dan
Movements
27
Kihap
2
Step by step
The 27 movements of Keumgang in Kukkiwon order, each named in romanized Korean and English, with the stance it is performed in. A single count can perform more than one technique.
00 
Gibon 기본
Basic
Ready Stance (Junbi)
Going Forward
01 
An-palmok-hecheo-makgi 안팔목 헤쳐막기
Inner Forearm Opening Block
Front Stance (left foot forward)
02 
Batangson-teok-chigi 바탕손 턱 치기
Palmheel Jaw Strike
Front Stance (right foot forward)
03 
Batangson-teok-chigi 바탕손 턱 치기
Palmheel Jaw Strike
Front Stance (left foot forward)
04 
Batangson-teok-chigi 바탕손 턱 치기
Palmheel Jaw Strike
Front Stance (right foot forward)
Going Backward
05 
Sonnal-momtong-an-makgi 손날 몸통 안막기
Knifehand Inward Block
Right Back Stance (left foot forward)
06 
Sonnal-momtong-an-makgi 손날 몸통 안막기
Knifehand Inward Block
Left Back Stance (right foot forward)
07 
Sonnal-momtong-an-makgi 손날 몸통 안막기
Knifehand Inward Block
Right Back Stance (left foot forward)
08 
Keumgang-makgi 금강막기
Diamond Block
Right Crane Stance (standing on right foot)
Going Left
09 
Keun-doljjeogwi 큰 돌쩌귀
Big Hinge
Horse-Riding Stance
10 
Keun-doljjeogwi 큰 돌쩌귀
Big Hinge
Horse-Riding Stance
11 
Santeul-makgi 산틀막기
Mountain Block
Horse-Riding Stance
Going Right
12 
An-palmok-hecheo-makgi 안팔목 헤쳐막기
Inner Forearm Opening Block
Horse-Riding Stance
13 
Arae-hecheo-makgi 아래 헤쳐막기
Low Opening Block
Parallel Stance
14 
Santeul-makgi 산틀막기
Mountain Block
Horse-Riding Stance
15 
Keumgang-makgi 금강막기
Diamond Block
Left Crane Stance (standing on left foot)
16 
Keun-doljjeogwi 큰 돌쩌귀
Big Hinge
Horse-Riding Stance
17 
Keun-doljjeogwi 큰 돌쩌귀
Big Hinge
Horse-Riding Stance
18 
Keumgang-makgi 금강막기
Diamond Block
Left Crane Stance
19 
Keun-doljjeogwi 큰 돌쩌귀
Big Hinge
Horse-Riding Stance
20 
Keun-doljjeogwi 큰 돌쩌귀
Big Hinge
Horse-Riding Stance
21 
Santeul-makgi 산틀막기
Mountain Block
Horse-Riding Stance
Going Left (return)
22 
An-palmok-hecheo-makgi 안팔목 헤쳐막기
Inner Forearm Opening Block
Horse-Riding Stance
23 
Arae-hecheo-makgi 아래 헤쳐막기
Low Opening Block
Parallel Stance
24 
Santeul-makgi 산틀막기
Mountain Block
Horse-Riding Stance
25 
Keumgang-makgi 금강막기
Diamond Block
Right Crane Stance
26 
Keun-doljjeogwi 큰 돌쩌귀
Big Hinge
Horse-Riding Stance
27 
Keun-doljjeogwi 큰 돌쩌귀
Big Hinge
Horse-Riding Stance