Kwang-Gae

Po-Eun

Ge-Baek

Eui-Am

Choong-Jang

Juche

Ko-Dang

Sam-Il

Yoo-Sin

Choi-Yong

Yon-Gae

Moon-Moo

So-San

Ul-Ji

Se-Jong

Tong-Il

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The life of a human being, perhaps 100 years, can be considered as a day when compared with eternity.Therefore, we mortals are no more than simple travelers who pass by the eternal years of an eon in a day. It is evident that no one can live more than a limited amount of time. Nevertheless, most people foolishly enslave themselves to materialism as if they could live for thousands of years. And some people strive to bequeath a good spiritual legacy for coming generations, in this way, gaining immortality. Obviously, the spirit is perpetual while material is not; therefore, what we can do to leave behind something for the welfare of mankind is, perhaps, the most important thing in our lives.

Here I leave Taekwon-Do for mankind as a trace of man of the late 20th century. The 24 patterns represent 24 hours, one day, or all my life. The name of the pattern, the number of movements, and the diagrammatic symbol of each pattern symbolizes either heroic figures in Korean history or instances relating to historical events.

General Choi, Hong Hi

Ko-Dang was one of the original 24 patterns created by General Choi. In the early 1980s, however, Ko-Dang was removed from the official syllabus by General Choi and replaced by a new pattern which he named Juche. Ko-Dang was a famous South Korean anti-communist, and when Choi began to spread his art throughout the world, and to North Korea in particular, he removed this pattern so as not to offend anyone.

Ko-Dang is now commonly refered to as the 25th pattern and it is practised by the students of

Taranaki Taekwon-Do.

Taranaki Taekwon-Do

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