Taekwondo poomsae · Yudanja · 5th black-belt form
Shipjin 십진
Ten creatures of long life
About the form
Shipjin stands for the ten symbols of longevity (sun, moon, mountain, water, stone, pine, the herb of eternal youth, tortoise, deer and crane) and for the decimal system: orderly, endless development and growth. Its techniques carry that same imagery from nature: the bull block, the mountain-opening block, the boulder push. The ✛-shaped floor line leaves the center along each arm and returns to it four times.
Shipjin is number 5 of the nine Yudanja forms, the black-belt curriculum of World Taekwondo. It follows Pyongwon. It precedes Jitae.
Level
5th Dan
Movements
31
Kihap
3
Step by step
The 31 movements of Shipjin 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)
Beginning
01 
Hwangso-makgi 황소막기
Bull Block
Ready Stance
Left Arm
02 
Sonbadak-geodeureo-bakkat-makgi 손바닥 거들어 바깥막기
Palm Augmented Outward Block
Right Back Stance (left foot forward)
03 
Palmok-dollyeo 팔목 돌려
Open fist, twist wrist inward
Sliding into Front Stance (left foot forward)
Pyeonsonkkeut-eopeo-jjireugi (편손끝) 엎어찌르기
Horizontal Fingertip Thrust (Spearhand)
Front Stance (left foot forward)
04 
Dubeon-jireugi 두번지르기
Punch (left then right)
Front Stance (same)
05 
Hecheo-santeul-makgi 헤쳐 산틀막기
Opening Mountain Block
Horse Stance (looking right)
06 
Momtong-yeop-jireugi 몸통 옆지르기
Side Punch
Horse Stance
07 
Du-palgup-yeop-chigi 두 팔굽 옆치기
Double Elbow Strike
Horse Stance
Right Arm
08 
Sonbadak-geodeureo-bakkat-makgi 손바닥 거들어 바깥막기
Palm Augmented Outward Block
Left Back Stance (right foot forward)
09 
Palmok-dollyeo 팔목 돌려
Open fist, twist wrist inward
Sliding into Front Stance (right foot forward)
Pyeonsonkkeut-eopeo-jjireugi (편손끝) 엎어찌르기
Horizontal Fingertip Thrust
Front Stance (right foot forward)
10 
Dubeon-jireugi 두번지르기
Punch (right then left)
Front Stance (same)
11 
Hecheo-santeul-makgi 헤쳐 산틀막기
Opening Mountain Block
Horse Stance (looking left)
12 
Momtong-yeop-jireugi 몸통 옆지르기
Side Punch
Horse Stance
13 
Du-palgup-yeop-chigi 두 팔굽 옆치기
Double Elbow Strike
Horse Stance
Moving Down
14 
Sonbadak-geodeureo-bakkat-makgi 손바닥 거들어 바깥막기
Palm Augmented Outward Block
Left Back Stance (right foot forward)
15 
Palmok-dollyeo 팔목 돌려
Open fist, twist wrist
Sliding into Front Stance (right foot forward)
Pyeonsonkkeut-eopeo-jjireugi (편손끝) 엎어찌르기
Horizontal Fingertip Thrust
Front Stance (right foot forward)
16 
Dubeon-jireugi 두번지르기
Punch (left then right)
Front Stance (same)
17 
Sonnal-arae-makgi 손날 아래막기
Double Knifehand Low Block
Right Back Stance (left foot forward)
18 
Bawi-milgi 바위밀기
Boulder Push
Front Stance (same)
19 
Sonnaldeung-hecheo-makgi 손날등 헤쳐막기
Ridgehand Opening Block
Horse Stance
20 
Sonnal-arae-hecheo-makgi 손날 아래 헤쳐막기
Double Knifehand Low Opening Block
Horse Stance (same)
21 
Arae-hecheo-makgi 아래 헤쳐막기
Low Opening Block (slow close fists)
Wide Stance (legs straight)
22 
Kkeureo-olligi 끌어올리기
Pull Up Block
Front Stance (left foot forward)
23 
Bawi-milgi 바위밀기
Boulder Push
Front Stance (same)
Moving Up
24 
Ap-chagi 앞차기
Front Kick
Kicking (steps down into Right Front Stance)
Chetdari-jireugi 쳇다리지르기
Simultaneous Punch
Front Stance (same)
25 
Ap-chagi 앞차기
Front Kick
Kicking (steps down into Left Front Stance)
Chetdari-jireugi 쳇다리지르기
Simultaneous Punch
Front Stance (same)
26 
Ap-chagi 앞차기
Front Kick
Kicking
Deungjumeok-geodeureo-eolgul-ap-chigi 등주먹 거들어 얼굴 앞치기
Augmented High Backfist Strike
Kkoa-seogi (left foot behind)
Again Down
27 
Bawi-milgi 바위밀기
Boulder Push
Front Stance (left foot forward)
28 
Sonnal-eotgeoreo-arae-makgi 손날 엇걸어 아래막기
Knifehand Low Cross Block
Left Tiger Stance (left foot forward)
29 
Sonnaldeung-momtong-makgi 손날등 몸통막기
Ridgehand Middle Block
Left Back Stance (right foot forward)
30 
Chetdari-jireugi 쳇다리지르기
Simultaneous Punch
Right Back Stance (left foot forward)
31 
Chetdari-jireugi 쳇다리지르기
Simultaneous Punch
Left Back Stance (right foot forward)