andyjeffries
Senior Master
tkd1964 said:It would have to be TaeGu Il Chung since this is the first pattern learned. Even if a student only stays for a couple of weeks and quits, he/she should have gone through the pattern at least once.
This was posted in another thread, but I didn't want to hijack it.
Beginner students are 10th Kup in our clubs. After they are promoted to 9th Kup (anywhere from 10 weeks to 6 months) they learn Taegeuk Il Jang. They then learn one poomsae each grade so that 1st Kup students know Koryo which is what we test 1st Dans on (along with random other patterns). This is one poomsae above Kukkiwon promotion regulations.
Teaching someone Il Jang (properly) within two weeks of starting seems CRAZY soon for me (and in my experience students are still trying to get to grips with basic starting positions for each action and the movement during blocks and punching).
So, throwing this out there, when you do you teach students their first poomsae? Ignoring any four-directional block/basic type stuff, I mean the first proper poomsae in your system (Il-Jang, Chon-Ji, etc).