I purchased a CD-Rom with all the forms and kicks/punches/blocks myself for training at home, but I did find a site for everyone that has all the forms using a little animation. The forms are based on the WTF.

 

http://www.academictaekwondo.com/poosme2.htm

 

This may be useful if you are having problems with your forms. Keep in mind that you have to know all of your basic blocks/kicks/punches before you jump in and learn these forms. If they aren't the same as your forms then just forget about it. My school's forms are identical to these, so they are a big help.

 

 

Our school teaches the older hyungs/ITF forms - Chon-gi...to Tong-Il. So for those of you interested in assistance with these traditional "hyungs"" you can go to http://www.mindspring.com/~kmai/kmai_students_3.html

 

No animation ... but very good diagrams!

 

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[ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2001-11-21 14:04 ]

thank you both;

 

after many years of training in TKD and all the different poomses i have learned......i can always use these sites to brush up on the areas that i don't often use..............

 

 

You know ITF and WTF forms are almost identical. It is so pesky having to know the different names and forms between the different schools. Sometimes the only difference is a High Punch, or a Inner Forearm Block. So ridiculious, this makes it hard for people to transfer schools since getting a black belt should be a 5-6 year process.

 

 

The primary difference between ITF and WTF (from looking at the two) is that ITF uses a `stepping' movement for all hand techniques...this 'stepping motion' that the ITF utilizes is referred to by ITF practioners as a 'knee spring' or "up/down motion". It causes the body to move in a "sine wave" resulting in the whole body being involved at the moment of impact, blocking or attacking.

 

This technique is used for both hand-techniques in ITF and kicking techniques as well.

 

...So actually the difference is a little more than "only a High Punch, or a Inner Forearm Block. "

 

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[ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2001-11-23 05:51 ]

If anyone knows where there are the Palgwe set of forms, feel free to let me know where

hey Jack, I and a 1st degree black belt and I know the palgwe forms, and I have been looking for a site that has them on it. However I have been unsuccessful in finding them, so since I am also a web developer, I will create a website that has the forms on them, then I will post the site, it will be tight!!!

 

Anyway, if you have AIM, you can ask me questions about palgwes anytime. My sn is Jamesguy3. If no, my email is babmagnt@hotmail.com....

Here you go Jack!

 

http://www.fisks.com/tkd/palgwe_poomse.html

 

A very informative page...check it out!!

 

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[ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2001-11-24 08:22 ]

 

[ This Message was edited by: KickChick on 2001-11-24 08:25 ]

That's better than I was, I was only to palgwe 4 so far. Oh well, that's a good site, but if you still need clarification, AIM me at Jamesguy3.

thankz for the website.