Instructions for new KKW Competition Poomsae?

[etnguyen03]

Does anyone have the written instructions for the new Kukkiwon competition poomsae (Himchari, Bigak, etc.)? Want to try them myself but I think it'll be easier for me to learn from instructions rather than a really fast video.

 

[tubby]

I've been hopefully watching Ik Pil Kang's facebook feed hoping he's released a book on the new ones. nothing yet though.

 

[etnguyen03]

Emailed the Asian Taekwondo Union but I don't think they'll respond. Does anyone have the KKW's contact?

 

[TrueJim]

I took a crack at writing up instructions for Himchari just based on what can be seen in the video. I'm sure there must be mistakes in this. If you find something that looks like a mistake, please let me know.

Himchari

 

[TrueJim]

I took a crack at Saebyeol too. Saebyeol

I don't plan to do them all, but I wanted to do a couple so I could start figuring out how/if to diagram them.

 

[TrueJim]

Saebyeol

 

[TrueJim]

The video for Eoullim has a lot of steps where you can't quite see what it is, so this is my best guess:

 

[TrueJim]

Himchari

 

[TrueJim]

As I go through and really study these videos for the competition poomsae, I'm really struck by this stance:

You might say, "Oh Jim, that looks like somebody in the middle of a transition from one stance to another..." But no...it shows up in a LOT of these poomsae, apparently as a bona fide stance. It certainly seems intentional. I have no idea what this stance is.

 

[Gnarlie]

As I go through and really study these videos for the competition poomsae, I'm really struck by this stance:

You might say, "Oh Jim, that looks like somebody in the middle of a transition from one stance to another..." But no...it shows up in a LOT of these poomsae, apparently as a bona fide stance. It certainly seems intentional. I have no idea what this stance is.

It's ap juchumseogi. It appears on page 181 of the KKW TKD textbook 2006 ed.

 

[Tez3]

Picture 2 (bottom left) is very, very similar to Wado Ryu karate's 'reverse cat stance', Gyaku Nekoashi. The others look like cat stances ( front/back) before foot is lifted.

 

[TrueJim]

It's ap juchumseogi. It appears on page 181 of the KKW TKD textbook 2006...

Perfect, thank you! This stance appears a lot in the new forms.

 

[Metal]

If anybody is interested in checking out better quality videos than the ones from the Poomsae seminar, there are also official Kukkiwon videos now:

1. Himchari

2. Yamang

3. Saebyeol:

4. Nareusya:

5. Bigak:

6. Eoullim:
New Kukkiwon Taekwondo Competition Poomsae #6 Eoullim 국기원 품새 어울림 (age 30-40)

7. Saeara:
New Kukkiwon Taekwondo Competition Poomsae #7 Saeara 국기원 품새 새아라 (age 30 -40)

8. Hansol:
New Kukkiwon Taekwondo Competition Poomsae #8 Hansol 국기원 품새 한솔 (50-60 years)

9.Narae:
New Kukkiwon Taekwondo Competition Poomsae #9 Narae 국기원 품새 나래 (age 50-60)

10. Onnuri:
New Kukkiwon Taekwondo Competition Poomsae #10 Onnuri 국기원 품새 온누리 (age 50-60)

 

[TrueJim]

These are the same videos I've been studying to try to diagram, by the way. It's not always 100% possible to tell what each movement is. Like, sometimes the back is turned without a circular inset, so you can't quite see what the hands are doing...so my diagrams are my best guess.

I figure diagramming these isn't a complete waste of time though, because once we get some sort of "official" descriptions of the form, updating the diagrams should be relatively easy.

 

[Metal]

These are the same videos I've been studying to try to diagram, by the way.

That's what I thought since these videos are the only proper official source that's out there so far. Good job working on those diagrams at this early stage, btw!

Anyway, I need to go offline now and start training more in order to get closer to being able to perform those new forms. ;-)

 

[TrueJim]

It's very difficult to figure-out what it is we're seeing in the Hansol video, but I took my best guess:

Hansol