Joong Gun
Number of Movements: 32 (Thirty Two)
Ready Stance: Closed Ready Stance B (Moa Chunbi Sogi B)
Pattern Meaning: Joong Gun is named after the patriot Ahn Joong-Gun who assassinated Hiro-Bumi Ito, the first Japanese governor-general of Korea, known as the man who played the leading part in the Korea-Japan merger. There are 32 movements in this pattern to represent Mr. Ahn’s age when he was executed in a Lui-Shung prison (1910).
Diagram:
Movements:
1 | Move the left foot to B forming a right L-stance toward B while executing a middle block to B with the left reverse knife-hand. |
2 | Execute a low side front snap kick to B with the left foot, keeping the position of the hands as they were in 1. |
3 | Lower the left foot to B and then move the right foot to B forming a left rear foot stance toward B while executing an upward block with a right palm. |
4 | Move the right foot to A forming a left L-stance toward A, at the same time executing a middle block to A with a right reverse knife-hand. |
5 | Execute a low side front snap kick to A with the right foot, keeping the position of the hands as they were in 4. |
6 | Lower the right foot to A and then move the left foot to A forming a right rear foot stance toward A while executing an upward block with a left palm. |
7 | Move the left foot to D forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a middle guarding block to D with a knife-hand. |
8 | Execute a right upper elbow strike while forming a left walking stance toward D, slipping the left foot to D. |
9 | Move the right foot to D forming a left L-stance toward D while executing a middle guarding block to D with a knife-hand. |
10 | Execute a left upper elbow strike while forming a right walking stance toward D, slipping the right foot to D. |
11 | Move the left foot to D forming a left walking stance toward D while executing a high vertical punch to D with a twin fist. |
12 | Move the right foot to D forming a right walking stance toward D while executing an upset punch to D with a twin fist. |
13 | Move the right foot on line CD and then turn counter clockwise to form a left walking stance toward C while executing a rising block with an X-fist. |
14 | Move the left foot to E forming a right L-stance toward E while executing a high side strike to E with the left back fist. |
15 | Twist the left fist counter clockwise until the back fist faces downward, at the same time forming a left walking stance toward E, slipping the left foot to E. |
16 | Execute a high punch to E with the right fist while maintaining a left walking stance toward E. Perform 15 and 16 in a fast motion. |
17 | Bring the left foot to the right foot and then move the right foot to F, forming a left L-stance toward F while executing a high side strike to F with a right back fist. |
18 | Twist the right fist clockwise until the back fist faces downward, at the same time forming a right walking stance toward F, slipping the right foot to F. |
19 | Execute a high punch to F with the left fist while maintaining a right walking stance toward F. Perform 18 and 19 in a fast motion. |
20 | Bring the right foot to the left foot and then move the left foot to C forming a left walking stance toward C while executing a high block to C with a left double forearm. |
21 | Execute a middle punch to C with the left fist while forming a right L-stance toward C, pulling the left foot. |
22 | Execute a middle side piercing kick to C with the right foot. |
23 | Lower the right foot to C forming a right walking stance toward C while executing a high block to C with the right double forearm. |
24 | Execute a middle punch to C with the right fist while forming a left L-stance toward C, pulling the right foot. |
25 | Execute a middle side piercing kick to C with the left foot. |
26 | Lower the left foot to C forming a right L-stance toward C while executing a middle guarding block to C with the forearm. |
27 | Execute a pressing block with the right palm while forming a left low stance toward C, slipping the left foot to C. Perform in slow motion. |
28 | Move the right foot to C forming a left L-stance toward C while executing a middle guarding block to C with the forearm. |
29 | Execute a pressing block with the left palm while forming a right low stance toward C, slipping the right foot to C. Perform in a slow motion. |
30 | Bring the left foot to the right foot forming a closed stance toward A while executing an angle punch with the right fist. Perform in slow motion. |
31 | Move the right foot to A forming a right fixed stance toward A while executing a U-shape block to A. |
32 | Bring the right foot to the left foot and then move the left foot to B forming a left fixed stance toward B, at the same time executing a U-shape block to B. |
END | Bring the left foot back to a ready posture. |