Choong Jang is my favorite form to do. I competed with this form in 2003 and 2004 and won my division both years (UKA). What a lovely form. Allows one to demonstrate technique and power. Done right brother, its bad to the bone. To me its no harder than any other Kata to learn. As long as you are proficient at the individual moves, its just a matter of memory. The simple way is to divide it up into smaller parts and practice until its memorized, then add more. Good Luck Michael Chiaurro Edwardsville IL
Absolutely! I've always thought of it as a nasty, infighting, vicious piece of work. Like it a lot Mitch
Well maybe they are a member of the ITF-C under President Choi Jung Hwa. They kept JuChe tul, but changed the name to KoDang. They did change 2 of the techniques, but it is basically a name change only. So maybe this expalins it. In the early 1980s the ITF dropped Kodang & replace it with the new form JuChe. Some older Chnag Hon TKD schools or groups still do the original KoDang with 39 movements, instead of JuChe that has 45 movements
Hi! I'm a new 2nd Dan. Choong Jang is my favorite form out of this set (we reverted to Kodang but I'm still going to learn Juche at a later time). My instructor loves to grill me over the meanings of the forms so I have to study more than the "standard" information, and I'm trying to find out why Choong Jang has 52 moves- I've been looking for 3 months! As the general was executed at 27 (or 29), his age is not the answer, but I haven't been able to find out anything else. I'm not asking for the answer-- learning is part of the journey, after all , but can anyone give me a hint as to an author, source, etc where I could get more information? Thank you so much!
Not all patterns have a reason for the number of movements. 52, in the case of Choong Jang, is very likely arbitrary.
Yes, sir- thank you. I was guessing it had to be to return you to the starting spot. I will get asked, so I was trying to cover all the bases. Thank you!