Learning Palgae 7
Now that we are Red Belts we have a new Form to learn called Palgae 7. The form has 23 moves vs. Palgae 6 which had 19 moves. It took me a long time to learn Palgae 6 so I’m a little nervous about learning and remembering Palgae 7.
One thing I have done differently this time is video my instructor doing parts of the form so I can refer to it at home. It is pretty challenging to learn & practice a form when you have no idea what the move should be.
Red Belts are supposed to pre-test every two months. The end of this month is our first one. I am NOT ready. July was a month of vacations and camps which meant many missed classes. Now that August is here, it is back to Tues/Thur classes not missing any of them. We have until August 27th to at least look like we are making progress in learning all new forms, combo kicks & One Step attacks for Red Belts.
Cheryl
Such a good discipline, this blog. It probably will help in reaching Plague 7. (Do you know from whence the word “Plague?”) I’m proud of you both in this “reaching for your highest!”
This could help me, as I have the same memorization issues to accomplish for this championship chorus I’m in. My next deadline is August 20th!!
BC – You should create your own blog. It is free. I’m learning as I’m going. Turns out I was spelling it wrong. Our school’s web site shows it as Palgae. I also found Palgwe on the web. Here is what I found out:
Taekwondo Poomse (品勢) are paradigms of the martial art. They contain the basic physical movements and philosophies from which the art was derived. Also known as hyung (型) or forms, Poomse are a series of basic attack and defense movements put together in a preset pattern and performed against imaginary opponents. The techniques, delivered in a realistic fashion, allow the practitioner to develop strength, breath control, balance, power, focus and self-discipline.
As Taekwondo developed, numerous traditional forms were created or imported from its parent arts. On January 30, 1967 the Korean Taekwondo Association adopted sets of 8 Taegeuk (太極 ) and Palgwe (八卦 ) as the standard forms for Gup (級 grade) holders.
The words Taegeuk and Palgwe essentially represent the same thing, the universe.