Ko-Dang

Cho Man-sik

Ko-Dang is a form that was previously used as a 2nd degree form in ITF-style taekwondo. It was replaced with the form Juche but is sometimes still used in some taekwondo schools (especially schools associated with the Global Taekwondo Federation).

Ko-Dan is the pseudonym of Cho Man-sik (1883-1950 C.E.), a nationalist activist in Korea's independence movement. He became involved in the power struggle that enveloped North Korea in the months following the Japanese surrender after World War II. Originally Cho was supported by the Soviet Union for the eventual rule of North Korea. However, due to his opposition to trusteeship, Cho lost Soviet support and was forced from power by the Soviet-backed communists in the north. Placed under house arrest in January 1946, he later disappeared into the North Korean prison system, where he is generally believed to have been executed soon after the start of the Korean War.

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Written Instructions

The lines of Ko-Dang (student view)

Here on this wiki, the wording used to describe this form deviates from the conventional wording historically used to describe the form. This was done to facilitate wiki-style links to the names of associated techniques. To view the conventional wording, see ITF Forms Summary Description.

• Ready Posture: Closed Ready Stance Type C
• Step 1. Step the right foot toward AC to form a Sitting Stance facing AD. Left Middle Palm Pushing Block to AD.
• Step 2. Execute a Right Middle Punch to AD, maintaining a Sitting Stance facing AD.
• Step 3. Move the right foot on line CD, forming a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D. Middle Guarding Block to D.
• Step 4. Execute a Right Outer Forearm Low Block to AD and a Left Inner Forearm Middle Side Block to D, maintaining a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D.
• Step 5. Step the left foot toward BC into a Sitting Stance facing BD. Left Middle Palm Pushing Block to BD with the right palm.
• Step 6. Execute a Right Middle Punch to BD, maintaining a Sitting Stance facing BD.
• Step 7. Move the left foot on line CD, forming a Left L-Stance (i.e., right foot forward) facing D. Middle Guarding Block to D.
• Step 8. Execute a Left Outer Forearm Low Block to BD and a Right Inner Forearm Middle Side Block to D, maintaining a Left L-Stance (i.e., right foot forward) facing D.
• Step 9. Turn the face toward C into a left Bending Ready Stance Type B toward D.
• Step 10. Execute a Right Middle Back Kick to C.
• Step 11. Lower the right foot to C, forming a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D. Left Knifehand Middle Block to D.
• Step 12. Turn the face toward C into a right Bending Ready Stance Type B toward D.
• Step 13. Execute a Left Middle Back Kick to C.
• Step 14. Lower the left foot to C, forming a Left L-Stance (i.e., right foot forward) facing D. Right Knifehand Middle Block to D.
• Step 15. Step the right foot toward C, forming a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D. Left Downward Elbow Strike to D.
• Step 16. Step the left foot toward C, forming a Left L-Stance (i.e., right foot forward) facing D. Right Downward Elbow Strike to D.
• Step 17. Step the left foot toward D to form a Left Walking Stance facing D. Right Pressing Palm Block to D.
• Step 18. Step the right foot toward D to form a Right Walking Stance facing D. Left Pressing Palm Block to D.
• Step 19. Step the right foot toward C into a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D. Left Outer Forearm Downward Block to D.
• Step 20. Step the right foot toward D into a Left L-Stance (i.e., right foot forward) facing D. Right Outer Forearm Downward Block to D.
• Step 21. Step the left foot toward D, forming a Right Rear Foot Stance facing D. Left Upward Palm Block to D.
• Step 22. Step the right foot toward D, forming a Left Rear Foot Stance facing D. Right Upward Palm Block to D.
• Step 23. Left to-the-side Middle Front Snap Kick toward D with the left foot, keeping the position of the hands as they were in 22.
• Perform 24 and 25 in a continuous motion:
• Step 24. Lower the left foot to D, forming a Left Walking Stance facing D. High Twin Knifehand Inward Strike to D.
• Step 25. Execute a Left Knifehand Rising Block, maintaining a Left Walking Stance facing D.
• Step 26. Execute a Low Knifehand Guarding Block to D, pulling the right foot into a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D.
• Step 27. Execute a Right Downward Punch to D, while going into a Left Walking Stance facing D.
• Step 28. Step the left foot toward the side rear of the right foot and then slide the right foot toward C, forming a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D. Middle Knifehand Guarding Block to D.
• Step 29. Jump and land on the same spot, forming a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D. Middle Knifehand Guarding Block to D.
• Step 30. Jump to D to form a Right Cross Stance (cross stance) facing BD, while executing a Right High Backfist Side Strike to D.
• Step 31. Step the left foot toward C, forming a Left Walking Stance facing C. Left High Outer Forearm Side Block to C.
• Step 32. Move the left foot on line CD, forming a Right Walking Stance facing D. Right High Outer Forearm Side Block to D.
• Step 33. Step the left foot toward D, forming a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D. Right Uppercut to D, and bring the left side fist in front of the right shoulder.
• Step 34. Execute a Right Middle Hook Kick to A.
• Step 35. Lower the right foot to A, forming a Left L-Stance (i.e., right foot forward) facing A. Right High Knifehand Strike to A.
• Step 36. Bring the right foot to the left foot, and then execute a Left Middle Hook Kick to B.
• Step 37. Lower the left foot to B, forming a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing B. Left High Knifehand Strike to A.
• Step 38. Bring the left foot to the right foot, and then step the right foot toward A into a Left L-Stance (i.e., right foot forward) facing A. High Knifehand Guarding Block to A.
• Step 39. Bring the right foot to the left foot, and then step the left foot toward B into a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing B. High Knifehand Guarding Block to B.
• End: Bring the foot back to the ready position.

Black Belt Forms

• Kwang-Gae (39 movements) - 1st dan
• Po-Eun (36 movements) - 1st dan
• Ge-Baek (44 movements) - 1st dan
• Eui-Am (45 movements) - 2nd dan
• Choong-Jang (52 movements) - 2nd dan
• Juche (45  movements) - 2nd dan / Ko-Dang* (39 movements) - 2nd dan
• Sam-Il (33 movements) - 3rd dan
• Yoo-Sin (68 movements) - 3rd dan
• Choi-Yong (46 movements) - 3rd dan
• Yon-Gae (49 movements) - 4th dan
• Ul-Ji (42 movements) - 4th dan
• Moon-Moo (61 movements) - 4th dan
• So-San (72 movements) - 5th dan
• Se-Jong (24 movements) - 5th dan
• Tong-Il (56 movements) - 6th dan

Forms no longer used:

* Ko-Dang is an older form, replaced with Juche. Ko-Dang is still taught in some schools however.

U-Nam is an ITF/Chang Hon-style form that appears only in the 1959 edition of Choi Hong Hi's Tae Kwon Do Teaching Manual.

References

The primary reference is:

• The Encyclopedia of Taekwon-Do

The following websites are also particularly good online references for ITF-style taekwondo:

• http://www.taekwondo.edu.sg/
• http://www.bluecottagetkd.com/
• http://www.gt-uk.net/index.php
• http://www.taekwon-do.nl/
• http://wdkd.blogspot.com/2014/04/24-hyungs-of-tae-kwon-do-reason-for-24.html
• http://www.barrettonline.org/Tae%20Kwon%20Do/ITF%20Forms.htm