Taekwondo poomsae · Taegeuk 2 (E) Jang
E Jang 태극 2장
Tae · Lake
About the form
Taegeuk E Jang embodies Tae (☱), the trigram of the lake: firm inside, soft outside. Movements should flow like lake water yet finish firmly and with control. The form drills the front kick, and its drops into front stance teach generating force by lowering the center of gravity.
Taegeuk E Jang is number 2 of the eight Taegeuk forms, the colored-belt curriculum of World Taekwondo. It follows Taegeuk Il Jang. It precedes Taegeuk Sam Jang.
Level
7th Geup
Movements
18
Kihap
1
Step by step
The 18 movements of Taegeuk E Jang 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)
First Line · Going Left
01 
Arae-makgi 아래막기
Low Block
Walking Stance (left foot forward)
02 
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Front Stance (right foot forward)
First Line · Going Right
03 
Arae-makgi 아래막기
Low Block
Walking Stance (right foot forward)
04 
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Front Stance (left foot forward)
First Line · Transition
05 
Momtong-makgi 몸통막기
Middle Block (Inward Block)
Walking Stance (left foot forward)
06 
Momtong-makgi 몸통막기
Middle Block (Inward Block)
Walking Stance (right foot forward)
Second Line · Going Left
07 
Arae-makgi 아래막기
Low Block
Walking Stance (left foot forward)
08 
Ap-chagi 앞차기
Front Kick
Kicking (lands in Front Stance, right foot forward)
Eolgul-jireugi 얼굴지르기
High Punch
Front Stance (same)
Second Line · Going Right
09 
Arae-makgi 아래막기
Low Block
Walking Stance (right foot forward)
10 
Ap-chagi 앞차기
Front Kick
Kicking (lands in Front Stance, left foot forward)
Eolgul-jireugi 얼굴지르기
High Punch
Front Stance (same)
Second Line · Transition
11 
Eolgul-makgi 얼굴막기
High Block (Upward Block)
Walking Stance (left foot forward)
12 
Eolgul-makgi 얼굴막기
High Block (Upward Block)
Walking Stance (right foot forward)
Third Line · Going Right
13 
Momtong-makgi 몸통막기
Middle Block (Inward Block)
Walking Stance (left foot forward)
Third Line · Going Left
14 
Momtong-makgi 몸통막기
Middle Block (Inward Block)
Walking Stance (right foot forward)
Return
15 
Arae-makgi 아래막기
Low Block
Walking Stance (left foot forward)
16 
Ap-chagi 앞차기
Front Kick
Kicking (steps down into Walking Stance, right foot forward)
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Walking Stance (same)
17 
Ap-chagi 앞차기
Front Kick
Kicking (steps down into Walking Stance, left foot forward)
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Walking Stance (same)
18 
Ap-chagi 앞차기
Front Kick
Kicking (steps down into Walking Stance, right foot forward)
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Walking Stance (same)