Taekwondo poomsae · Taegeuk 1 (Il) Jang
Il Jang 태극 1장
Keon · Heaven
About the form
Taegeuk Il Jang carries the trigram Keon (☰): heaven and light, the beginning of all creation, and the student's own beginning in Taekwondo. Built almost entirely from walking-stance basics, it is the first form every practitioner learns.
Taegeuk Il Jang is number 1 of the eight Taegeuk forms, the colored-belt curriculum of World Taekwondo. It precedes Taegeuk E Jang.
Level
8th Geup
Movements
18
Kihap
1
Step by step
The 18 movements of Taegeuk Il 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
Walking 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
Walking Stance (left foot forward)
First Line · Transition
05 
Arae-makgi 아래막기
Low Block
Front Stance (left foot forward)
06 
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Front Stance (same)
Second Line · Going Right
07 
Momtong-makgi 몸통막기
Middle Block (Inward Block)
Walking Stance (right foot forward)
08 
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Walking Stance (left foot forward)
Second Line · Going Left
09 
Momtong-makgi 몸통막기
Middle Block (Inward Block)
Walking Stance (left foot forward)
10 
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Walking Stance (right foot forward)
Second Line · Transition
11 
Arae-makgi 아래막기
Low Block
Front Stance (right foot forward)
12 
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Front Stance (same)
Third Line · Going Left
13 
Eolgul-makgi 얼굴막기
High Block (Upward Block)
Walking Stance (left foot forward)
14 
Ap-chagi 앞차기
Front Kick
Kicking (steps down into Walking Stance, right foot forward)
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Walking Stance (same)
Third Line · Going Right
15 
Eolgul-makgi 얼굴막기
High Block (Upward Block)
Walking Stance (right foot forward)
16 
Ap-chagi 앞차기
Front Kick
Kicking (steps down into Walking Stance, left foot forward)
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Walking Stance (same)
Return
17 
Arae-makgi 아래막기
Low Block
Front Stance (left foot forward)
18 
Momtong-jireugi 몸통지르기
Middle Punch
Front Stance (right foot forward)