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Artikon
08-Nov-2002, 12:05 AM
What does the group think/know about the Taegeuk theories/philosophies?
Andy Murray
08-Nov-2002, 12:20 AM
New one on me Artikon, can you link us to any sites so we can take a look?
Artikon
08-Nov-2002, 04:36 AM
Taegeuk (for those who practice Kukkiwon/WTF TKD) is a set of forms for color belts. Alot of the philosophy however behind it is based on chinese philosophy as in the "I Ching"
The Taegeuk is a set of eight trigrams, represented by three solid or broken lines representing everything between heaven and earth. Look on the South Korean flag and you'll see 4 of those representations.

It's said that there is no begining or ending in Taegeuk and that it just is. If you actually draw out the taegeuk around a compass (each trigram has a representation on the compass) what you get is the Ying and Yang symbol. I forget the Korean terminology at the moment.

I'm asking this question because I'm doing a little research for a paper I'm writing . . . right now I'm only scratching the surface which is basically all I know right now . . . but the ideas pertaining to the taegeuk I find are fascinating.

Cheers
Jim
08-Nov-2002, 05:04 AM
I think I know what you're refering to. I know it as Pa'kua.
Artikon
11-Nov-2002, 01:32 AM
Could you elaborate on what you know about Pa'kua then please Jim . . . Thx

Cheers
Artikon
12-Nov-2002, 07:10 PM
Here, I just stumbled on this that may give you more of an idea what I'm asking about.

http://www.martialartsplanet.com/forums/avatar.php?userid=375&dateline=1031919801

Sorry it's small, but that's kinda what I'm getting at. . . however that is a bad representation because it's actually drawn out wrong. Which is actually fairly common and I'm not sure why yet.