Keumgang

[ittarter]

1 to 3rd Dan = assistant instructor.

4 to 5th Dan = instructor.

6 and up = Grandmaster.

10th Dan has been awarded to a handful of grandmasters but it is an honorary title. Really there are 9 Dans.

[watjongekut]

which is the highest dan?

[IIPeePee]

Is the KUEMGANG poomse for 2dan or 1dan? I studied it at 1dan.

[luisitolopezcaste]

@IIPeePee

2 Dan

[minucy]

@IIPeePee

3rd dan, in France at least.

Need up to Pal Jang for 1st dan, Koryo for 2nd, etc.

[BigTurd]

I think this is the only taekwondo form that doesn't use any kicks.

I was always fascinated by this poomse. I used to watch Master Young Cheol Park practice it all the time. He was a seventh dan at the time so he knew all the forms but this one must have been his favourite because he'd practice it all the time. Sometimes all at once and sometimes just in bits and pieces. Even as a kid there was something about Keumgang that struck me as being very practical from a combative standpoint.

[derbarisax]

@BigTurd actually basic form one and palgwe il chang don't use any kicks either

[BigTurd]

@derbarisax I never learned any of the palgwes. Through the gup belts we just focused on taegeuk. I might have learned basic form one though. I do seem to remember as a white belt learning a form that was pretty much nothing but low blocks and punches, all done from the forward stance. Once we started learning the taegeuk forms we never practiced that one again.

[derbarisax]

@BigTurd Yes that is basic form one. I'm actually the exact opposite. My school doesn't teach the taegeuks. I'm learning them as an extra project for high school. We teach the palgwes for tournament purposes

[pdbarrow1]

This poomse is not as easy as it looks. The turns make you dizzy. Try standing on one leg for the proper amount of time and moving your arms at the same time with your knees slightly bent. Use the proper force that is intended and needed to properly execute this poomse then you will find out just how difficult this poomse really is. Notice how he snaps his body at certain points. This implies strength.

[eugene680]

Poomse is very difficult to learn. Memorizing the pattern, that's the easy part. Performing it with power, balance, grace and crispness, that's the hard part.

[thietcong]

nhìn vậy mới học theo đc. đi rất chuẩn hi, i love taekwondo

[AJimmaturity]

@thietcong waaaat ??? lol

[tkdgirl49]

This is my poomse for my 2nd degree / taeguk -

Taebaek will be my next poomse for 3rd degree

[tkdgirl49]

This is my poomse for my 2nd degree / taeguk

[tkdgirl49]

I love this Poomse and want to make sure I perform this poomse with its intentional meaning. I truly hope I can do it justice.

[eddiev9]

too many people underestimate this form/pattern and don't practice it simply because "it doesn't look cool" enough. try (really) practicing keumkang to perfection. then see how your balance, control, and power improve in tkd techniques and other forms. you'll be surprised

[tamir1979]

misubishi susuki kawasaki

[oluolurule]

any body knows wat 3rd dan poomsae name

[KtnStyle]

@oluolurule Taebaek

[oluolurule]

@KtnStyle thx

[JuyoNi]

@oluolurule muun muun

[bflandragon90]

@oluolurule some use taebaek and others use pyongwon. both r 3rd degree forms.

[megabigmonkey]

i should post some vids of me doing taeguk

[StevensTaekwondo]

Not diamond block... diamond block is upper with one hand, and outer with the other... doulbe mountain block is this block.

[jayseon777]

The definition of Keumgang is "too strong to be broken" or diamond. The movements are as beautiful as Keumgang-san (a korean mountain) and as strong as Keumgang-seok (diamond)

[JORJAE7]

This is by far the best Kumgang tutorial I have ever seen on YouTube!

[MrComano]

i am im learning taebaek dow

[webwar57]

This is a great series, is there an English translation?

[RebirthSephiroth]

its actually called diamond block, just to let you know

[cabr93]

I knew that :)

You're practicing taekwondo too?

[JPlesley]

thought it was mountain block