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The
Reason for 24 Patterns
The
life of a human being, perhaps 100 years, can be considered as a day
when compared with eternity. Therefore, we mortals are no more than
simple travelers who pass by the eternal years of an eon in a day. It is
evident that no one can live more than a limited amount of time.
Nevertheless, most people foolishly enslave themselves to materialism as
if they could live for thousands of years. And some people strive to
bequeath a good spiritual legacy for coming generations, in this way,
gaining immortality. Obviously, the spirit is perpetual while material
is not; therefore, what we can do to leave behind something for the
welfare of mankind is, perhaps, the most important thing in our lives.
Here I leave Tae Kwon Do-Do for mankind as a trace of man of the late 20th
century. The 24 patterns represent 24 hours, one day, or all my life.
The name of the pattern, the number of movements, and the diagrammatic
symbol of each pattern symbolizes either heroic figures in Korean
history or instances relating to historical events.
General Choi, Hong Hi
*Ko-Dang was replaced by Juche in the mid 1980's, and is
no longer considered one of the 24 Tuls (as mentioned above), but we
still practice it as well as the 24 ITF patterns.
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