Juche

LakeChonJi — Lake Chon-Ji, the Heavenly Lake after which the Chon-Ji form is named, is located at Baekdu Mountain.

Juche is one of the 2nd degree black belt forms used in ITF-style taekwondo. Juche is the philosopical concept that man is the master of everything and therefore decides and determines his destiny. It is said that this idea was rooted on the Baekdu Mountain that symbolises the spirit of the Korean people. The diagram is intended to represent the Baekdu Mountain.

The Juche form is not one of the original forms of ITF-style taekwondo. Rather, it was developed to replace the Ko-Dang form. From,the book A Killing Art: The Untold History of Tae Kwon Do:

One gift that [General] Choi gave to North Koreans was a new pattern of moves that he called Ju-Che, which was the name of North Korea's ideology. He did this to jettison the Ko-Dang pattern, which had been the pseudonym of one of Choi's heros, Cho Man-sik, a Christian educator and an early North Korean leader until communists imprisoned him in 1946... The term Ju-Che is nearly untranslatable in English: it means self-reliance and independence and, deeper, everything that makes Koreans Korean. As if to highlight this, Choi designed the Ju-Che pattern to be the most difficult out of the twenty-four, demanding a jumping split-kick and two techniques that were supposed to stop momentarily in mid-air, as if the attacker were floating.

Note that in the GTF offshoot of ITF, Juche is never practiced; instead, the original ITF form Ko-Dang is practiced instead.

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Written Instructions[]

Lines Juche — The lines of Juche (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: Parallel Stance with a Twin Elbow
1. Step the left foot toward B into a Sitting Stance facing D. Inner Forearm Parallel Block.
2. Execute a Right Middle Hooking Palm Block to D while straightening the legs to stand up, still facing D.
3. Execute a Left Middle Punch to D, sliding the right foot into a Sitting Stance facing D.
4. Pull the instep of the right foot to the left knee, forming a Left One-Legged Stance facing D. Outer Forearm Parallel Block.
5. Execute a Left Middle Side Piercing Kick to A and then a High Reverse Hook Kick to B consecutively, keeping the position of the hands as they were in 4. Perform slowly.
6. Lower the right foot to B in a jumping motion to form a Right Cross Stance (cross stance) facing F. Right Downward Hammerfist Strike to B.
7. Execute a Middle Hook Kick and then a High Side Piercing Kick to F consecutively, while pulling both fists in front of the chest.
8. Lower the left foot to F in a stomping motion to form a Sitting Stance facing B. Left High Outward Knifehand Strike to F.
9. Execute a Right High Elbow Strike to BF, pressing the right side fist with the left palm, while going into a Left Walking Stance facing BF.
10. Cross the left foot over the right foot to form a Right Cross Stance (cross stance) facing B. Left Low Ridgehand Front Block to B, bringing the right fingers to the back of the left forearm.
11. Step the right foot toward A into a Left L-Stance (i.e., right foot forward) facing A. Middle Knifehand Guarding Block to A.
12. Jump to a mid-air Left Outward Knifehand Strike to A, while spinning counterclockwise, and then land to A into a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing A with the left arm extended.
13. Step the right foot toward A to form a Sitting Stance facing D. Inner Forearm Parallel Block.
14. Execute a Right Middle Hooking Palm Block to D with the left palm, while straightening the legs to stand, facing D.
15. Execute a Right Middle Punch to D, while dropping into a Sitting Stance facing D.
16. Pull the left instep to the right knee forming a Right One-Legged Stance facing D. Outer Forearm Parallel Block.
17. Execute a Left Middle Side Piercing Kick to B and then a High Reverse Hook Kick to A consecutively, keeping the position of the hands as they were in 16. Perform slowly.
18. Lower the left foot to A in a jumping motion to form a Left Cross Stance (cross stance) facing E. Left Downward Backfist Strike to A.
19. Execute a Right Middle Hook Kick and then a Right High Side Piercing Kick to E consecutively with the right foot, while pulling both fists in front of the chest.
20. Lower the right foot to E in a stomping motion to form a Sitting Stance facing A. Right High Outward Knifehand Strike to E.
21. Execute a Left High Assisted Elbow Strike to AE (pressing the right palm into the left fist), while going into a Right Walking Stance facing AE.
22. Cross the right foot over the left foot to form a Left Cross Stance (cross stance) facing A. Right Low Rigehand Front Block to A, bringing the left fingers to the back of the right forearm.
23. Step the left foot toward B into a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing B. Middle Knifehand Guarding Block to B.
24. Jump to a mid-air Right Outward Knifehand Strike to B, while spinning clockwise and then land to B into a Left L-Stance (i.e., right foot forward) facing B with the right arm extended.
25. Execute a Left Pick-Shaped Kick to B, then lower the foot to B into a Right Rear Foot Stance facing B. Middle Guarding Block.
26. Bring the right foot to the left foot forming a Closed Stance with a Heaven Hand toward D. Perform slowly.
27. Slide the left foot toward C to form a Left Rear Foot Stance facing D. Right Downward Elbow Strike.
28. Execute a Left High Arc-Hand Crescent Strike, while going into a Right Walking Stance facing D.
29. Slide to the right foot toward C to form a Right Rear Foot Stance facing D. Left Downward Elbow Strike.
30. Execute a Right High Arc-Hand Crescent Strike, sliding the right foot into a Left Walking Stance facing D.
31. Step the left foot toward C into a Right Walking Stance facing D. High Twin Knifehand Inward Strike to D.
32. Step the right foot toward C into a Left Walking Stance facing D. Right Downward Punch.
33. Step the left foot toward the side rear of the right foot, then slide to the right foot to C into a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D. Left Outer Forearm Downward Block.
34. Execute a Right [[Reverse Turning Kick to D, while jumping away from D to dodge, and then land to C to form a Left L-Stance (i.e., right foot forward) facing D. Middle Guarding Block to D.
35. Step the right foot toward the side rear of the left foot and then slide to C into a Left L-Stance (i.e., right foot forward) facing D. Right Outer Forearm Downward Block.
36. Execute a Left Reverse Turning Kick to D, while jumping away from D to dodge, and then land to C to form a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D. Middle Guarding Block to D.
37. Step the right foot toward D, then the left foot toward D, then execute a Flying Two Direction Kick (twisting kick with the left foot, side piercing with the right foot), while jumping toward D.
38. Land to D to form a Left Diagonal Stance facing D. Twin Palm Rising Block.
39. Slide to D into a Right Rear Foot Stance facing C. Right Elbow Thrust to D.
40. Turn the face to D, sliding the left foot into a right Bending Ready Stance Type B toward C, then execute a Left Middle Back Kick to D. Perform slowly.
41. Lower the left foot to D in a stomping motion forming a Right L-Stance (i.e., left foot forward) facing D. Left Horizontal Backfist Strike to D.
42. Execute a Right High Inward Ridgehand Strike to D, while going into a Parallel Stance facing D.
43. Execute a consecutive Right Punch and a Right Uppercut to D, while jumping to D. Land to D into a Closed Stance facing D with the right fist extended.
44. Step the right foot toward D into a Right Walking Stance facing D. Left Knifehand Downward Strike to D.
45. Step the left foot toward D into a Left Walking Stance facing D. Right Middle Punch to D.
End: Bring the foot back to the ready position.

Black Belt Forms[]

The ITF-style Black Belt forms are:

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: