Intermediate Year Three Curriculum
INTERMEDIATE PART ONE CURRICULUM
Basics
a. Ridge hand
b. Upset knife-hand
c. Inward wrist flex
Blocks
a. Double fist
b. Circle inner forearm block
Stances
a. Fixed stance
b. Cross step
c. Parallel
Kicks
a. #1&2 Jump front kick
b. #2&3 Jump round kick
Form
Won-Hyo
Sparring Combinations
(2)
Self Defense
(2)
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INTERMEDIATE PART TWO CURRICULUM
Basics
a. Tension
b. Jump back fist
c. Hammer fist
Blocks
a. Hooking block
b. Knife-hand square block
c. Reinforced inner forearm block
Stances
a. X- stance
b. Cross step
Kicks
a. #1&2 Jump side kick
b. Jump reverse side kick
Form
Yul-Guk
Sparring Combinations
(2)
Self Defense
(2)
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INTERMEDIATE PART THREE CURRICULUM
Basics
a. Upset palm heel
b. U-shaped punch
c. Outward wrist flex
d. Upset elbow
e. Twin upset
Blocks
a. Ridge hand block
b. High x-block
c. Twin palm pressing block
d. Pole block
e. Reinforced inner forearm
Stances
a. Cat stance
b. Cross step
Kicks
a. Hook kick #1-4
b. Jump hook kick #2&3
Form
Joong-Gun
Sparring Combinations
(2)
Self Defense
(2)
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INTERMEDIATE PART FOUR CURRICULUM
Basics
a. Twin upset punch
b. Twin punch
c. Low spear hand
Blocks
a. High / low block
b. Low x-block
c. Twin inner forearm block
d. Low reinforced inner forearm block
e. Low double knife-hand block
Kicks
a. Jump outer crescent kick #2&3
b. Reverse / spin crescent kick
Form
Toi-Gae
Sparring Combinations
(2)
Self Defense
(2)
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INTERMEDIATE PART ONE SPARRING CURRICULUM
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Step, lead back fist
3 sidekick
Right reverse punch
Jump #2 round kick
2.
a. Step threw, lead punch
b. Reverse punch
c. #2 jump front kick
INTERMEDIATE PART TWO SPARRING CURRICULUM
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Step, lead punch high
Reverse punch low
#2 round kick high
Jump reverse sidekick low
2.
a. Step slide back – lead punch
b. #1 jump side kick
c. Reverse punch
INTERMEDIATE PART THREE SPARRING CURRICULUM
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
45 degrees – reverse ridge punch
#2 hook kick / round kick combo
Lead punch
Reverse punch
a.
b.
c.
d.
#3 side kick (low)
#3 jump hook kick (high)
Reverse punch
Lead ridge hand
2.
INTERMEDIATE PART FOUR SPARRING CURRICULUM
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
#3 jump outer crescent kick
Reverse punch
#2 outer crescent kick
Reverse punch
Lead punch
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INTERMEDIATE PART FOUR SPARRING CURRICULUM – cont’d
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Lead punch
Reverse punch
#2 front kick
#2 round kick
Spin crescent kick
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INTERMEDIATE PART ONE SPARRING CURRICULUM
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Step, lead back fist
#3 side kick
Right reverse punch
Jump #2 round kick
2.
a. Step threw, lead punch
b. Reverse punch
c. #2 jump front kick
INTERMEDIATE PART TWO SPARRING CURRICULUM
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Step, lead back high
Reverse punch low
#2 round kick high
Jump reverse side kick low
2.
a. Step slide back – lead punch
b. #1 jump side kick
c. Reverse punch
INTERMEDIATE PART THREE SPARRING CURRICULUM
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Step 45 degrees – reverse ridge hand
#2 hook kick / round kick combo
Lead punch
Reverse punch
a.
b.
c.
d.
#3 side kick (low)
#1 jump hook kick (high)
Reverse punch
Lead ridge hand
2.
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INTERMEDIATE PART FOUR SPARRING CURRICULUM
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
#3 jump outer crescent kick
Reverse punch
#2 outer crescent kick
Reverse punch
Lead punch
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Lead punch
Reverse punch
#2 front kick
#2 round kick
Spin crescent kick
2.
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Adult
Intermediate Part One Self Defense
1. Throat grab
a) Secure attackers hand
b) Inward wrist flex
c) Front kick
2. Hair grab (rear)
a) Turn
b) Bend forward low block
c) Ridge hand to groin
Intermediate Part Two Self Defense
1. Single Lapel grab (push)
a) Secure grabbing hand
b) Step back / downward forearm strike to attackers arm
c) Rotate hips and take partner to ground
d) Heel stomp
2. Single Lapel grab (pull)
a) Secure hand – step 45 degrees
b) Palm strike
c) Knee strike
d) Downward hammer fist
Intermediate Part Three Self Defense
1. Double lapel grab (push)
a) Secure hand, step back same side
b) Lead punch to solar plexus
c) Strike partners wrist to loosen grip
d) Pivot hips to front stance, outward wrist flex
2. Double lapel grab (pull)
a) Step 45 degrees
b) Upset punch
c) Control head & elbow – break attackers balance
d) Step in – hip throw
Intermediate Part Four Self Defense
1. Bear hug front (hands free)
a) Palm strike to chin – opposite hand to lower back
b) Knee strike
2. Bear hug front (hands trapped)
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a) Hip back – fingers strike to groin
b) Step back – palms to attackers hips (creating space)
c) Knee strike
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Play Ground
Intermediate Part One Self Defense
1. Secured front choke
a) Arm up
b) Step back or turn
c) Downward elbow, secure attackers hands with free hand
d) Back elbow
e) Hands up & open self-defense stance (STOP!)
2. Secured rear choke
a) Arm up
b) Step 45 degrees pivot
c) Downward elbow
d) Palm strike
e) Front kick
f) Hands up & open self-defense stance (STOP!)
Intermediate Part Two Self Defense
1. Bear hug front (hands free)
a) Palm strike to chin, opposite hand to lower back
b) Knee strike
2. Bear hug front (hands trapped)
a) Hips back, finger strike to groin
b) Step back, palms to attackers hips (creating space)
c) Knee strike
Intermediate Part Three Self Defense
1. Rear bear hug (hands free)
a) Secure hands, drop weight
b) Head butt, foot stomp
c) Strike back of attackers hands using knuckles
d) Grab attacker’s wrist, push down & away
e) Step away and turn / hands up & open self defense stance (STOP!)
2. Rear bear hug (hands trapped)
a) Drop weight
b) Head butt, foot stomp
c) Clasp hands and dive
d) Step away and turn hands up & open self defense stance (STOP!)
Intermediate Part Four Self Defense
1. Round house punch
a) Step in – outer forearm block
b) Reverse elbow
c) Knee strike
d) Hands up & open self-defense stance (STOP!)
2. Side headlock
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Play Ground – cont’d
a)
b)
c)
d)
Secure wrist – turn head forward toward attacker
Step back – keeping hold of attackers arm
Front kick
Hands up & open self-defense stance (STOP!)
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Intermediate Part One Form
Wyon-Hyo (28 Movements)
Was the noted monk who introduced Buddhism to the Silla dynasty in the year 686, A.D.
1. Turn left 90 degrees into a left back stance, then do a square block.
2. Stay in the left back stance, reach out and grab. Bring your fist back to your chest right
reverse high outside knife-hand strike.
3. Push off with your right hand, rock back to your right and then left middle punch, left
fixed stance.
4. Bring your left foot back to your right foot and step to the right to a right back stance,
square block.
5. Stay in the right back stance, reach out and grab. Bring your fist back to your chest left
reverse high outside knife-hand strike.
6. Push off with your left hand, rock back to your right middle punch, right fixed stance.
7. Bring your right foot to your left foot for a closed stance, and a left double fist block.
8. Left sidekick.
9. Land in a left back stance, left double knife-hand block.
10. Step forward into a right back stance, right double knife-hand block.
11. Step forward left back stance, left double knife-hand block.
12. Step forward into a right front stance right middle spear hand. (kihap)
13. Leave your right foot in place and turn left 270 degrees to a left stance square block.
14. Stay in the left back stance, reach out and grab. Bring your fist back to your chest right
reverse high outside knife-hand strike.
15. Push off with your right hand, rock back to your right and then left middle punch, left
fixed stance.
16. Bring your left foot to your right foot and step to the right to a left back stance, square
block.
17. Stay in the left back stance, reach out and grab. Bring your fist back to your chest left
high outside knife-hand strike.
18. Push off with your left hand, rock back to your left and then right middle punch, right
fixed stance.
19. Bring your right foot to your left foot both arms straight out from your shoulder step to a
left front stance, right reverse inner forearm block, left front stance.
20. Right front kick.
21. Land in a right front stance, left reverse middle punch.
22. Staying in the right front stance, left reverse inner forearm block.
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23. Left front kick.
24. Land in a left front stance, right reverse middle punch.
25. Transition. (Bring your right foot to your left foot and turn left 90 degrees).
26. Right sidekick (kihap)
27. Bring your right down to your left foot turn 90 degrees to the left, right back stance left,
double fist block.
28. Bring your left foot to your right footstep to a left back stance, right double fist block.
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Intermediate Part Two Form
Yul-Guk (38 Movements)
Is the pseudonym of a great philosopher and scholar, Yi I (1536 – 1584 A.D.) nicknamed
the “Confucius of Korea”. The 38 movements of this pattern refer to his birthplace on 38-degree
latitude and the diagram (+) represents “scholar”.
Ready Stance
1. Step to a left sitting stance, left middle punch (medium speed)
2. Stay in the left back stance, right middle punch.
3. Stay in your sitting stance, left middle punch.
4. Bring your left foot to your right foot and step to a right sitting stance, right middle punch
(medium speed).
5. Stay in your sitting stance, left middle punch.
6. Stay in your sitting stance, right middle punch.
7. Step with your right foot 45 degrees to a right front stance right inner forearm block.
8. Left front kick and land in a left front stance.
9. After you land into a left front stance, left middle punch.
10. Without stepping from your left front stance, right reverse middle punch.
11. Step 45 degrees left of center to a left front stance, left inner forearm block.
12. Right front kick and land in a right front stance.
13. After you land into a right front stance, right middle punch.
14. Without stepping from your right front stance left reverse middle punch.
15. Step towards the center to a right front stance, right hooking block (medium speed)
16. Stay in your right front stance, left reverse hooking block (medium speed)
17. Stay in your right front stance, right middle punch.
18. Step to a left front stance, left hooking block (medium block)
19. Stay in your left front stance, right reverse hooking block (medium speed)
20. Stay in your left front stance, left middle punch.
21. Step to a right font stance, right middle punch (kihap)
22. Chamber a left sidekick in the direction you were going. Double fist block.
23. Left sidekick.
24. Right reverse elbow to your left palm in the direction of the side kick land in a left front
stance.
25. Chamber a right sidekick and turn to the read. Double fist block.
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26. Right sidekick.
27. Left reverse elbow to your right palm in the direction of the side kick land in a right front
stance.
28. Turn 90 degrees into a left back stance and a left knife-hand square block.
29. Step forward into a right front stance, right middle spear thrust.
30. Turn 180 degrees to your right into a right back stance and a right knife-hand square
block.
31. Step forward into a left front stance, left middle spear thrust.
32. Turn to the left 90 degrees into a left front stance, left outer forearm block.
33. Stay in the left front stance, right reverse punch.
34. Step forward into a right front stance and a right outer forearm block.
35. Stay in the right front stance, left reverse middle punch.
36. Now jump straight ahead but turn 90 degrees to the right and land in an x-stance, left
high back fist (kihap) (left leg in front and right leg in back when you land in x-stance).
37. Turn 180 degrees to your right into a right front stance, right reinforced inner forearm
block.
38. Step your right foot to your left foot then turn 180 degrees to your left into a left front
stance, left reinforced inner forearm block.
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Intermediate Part Three Form
Joong-Gun (32 Movements)
Is named after the patriot a Joong-Gun who assassinated Hiro-Bumi Ito, the first
Japanese governor-general of Korea, known as the man who played the leading part of the
Korea-Japan merger. There are 32 movements in this pattern to represent Mr. An’s age when
he was executed at Lui-Shin prison (1910)
Ready Stance B
1. Turn to a left cat stance, left ridge hand block.
2. Left front kick.
3. Land in a right back stance, right palm upset block.
4. Turn 180 degrees to a right cat stance and a right ridge hand block.
5. Right front kick.
6. Land in a left back stance, left palm-upset block.
7. Turn left 90 degrees to a left back stance, left double knife-hand block.
8. Step your left foot across to a left front stance, right reverse upper elbow to the chin.
9. Step straight ahead to a right back stance and a right double knife-hand block
10. Step your right foot across to a front stance, left reverse upper elbow to the chin.
11. Step straight ahead to a left front stance, twin high punch to the face (twin punch comes
from the hip with palms facing up).
12. Step straight ahead to a right front stance, twin middle upset punch (kihap) (twin middle
upset punch also comes from the hip but palms face down).
13. Slide your right foot to the left half way then turn 180 degrees to a left front stance, high
x-block (palms come from the hip, left hand on inside of x-block)
14. Move your left foot back and turn to your left 90 degrees to a left back stance, left high
back fist.
15. Staying in the left back stance snap your left arm back to the right side of your chest.
16. Step your left foot across to a left front stance, right reverse high punch.
17. Step your left foot to the right foot then step the right foot out to a right back stance, right
high back fist.
18. Staying in the right back stance snap your right arm back to the left side of your chest.
19. Step your right foot across to a right front stance, left reverse high punch.
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20. Step your right foot back to the left foot then turn 90 degrees to the left for a left front
stance, left reinforced inner forearm block.
21. Slide your left foot across for a left back stance, left high punch.
22. Number two right sidekick straight ahead.
23. Land in a right front stance, right reinforced inner forearm block.
24. Slide your right foot across for a right back stance, right high punch.
25. Number two-left sidekick straight ahead.
26. Land in a left back stance, left double fist block.
27. Slide your left foot to the left for a left front stance, left double press block (when you are
in the double fist block, put your left hand down by your left leg palm facing to the rear,
and the other palm up by your left ear with the palm facing the ear, as you press both
hands at the same time the palm by the ear will end up pressing down by the thigh and
the other palm will finish up by the chin.
28. Step straight ahead to a right back stance, right double fist block.
29. Slide your right foot across to the right for a right front stance, right double press block
(when you are in the double fist block, put your right hand down by your right leg palm
facing to the rear, and the other palm up by your left ear with the palm facing the ear, as
you press both hands at the same time the palm by the ear will end up pressing down by
the thigh and the other palm will finish up by the chin).
30. Step your left foot up to the right foot for a closed stance and turn to the left 90 degrees,
then do a right horizontal punch (the punch comes across the upper chest area and
faces the left arm).
31. Step straight ahead to a right back stance, right c-block (the left hand on the hip form the
horizontal press opens to a c while the right hand comes back to the hip from the chest
and faces down and opens to a c, the lower part of the c-block turns thumb out but the
elbow rests on the hip).
32. Step your right foot to the left foot then step your left foot out to a left back stance, left cblock (the right hand comes to the hip and faces up while the left hand comes to the hip
and faces down, everything else is as above.
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Intermediate Part Four Form
Toi-Gae (37 Movements)
Is the pet name of the noted scholar Yi Hwang (16th A.D.), an authority on
neoconfucianism. The 37 movements of the pattern refer to his birthplace on the 37th degree
latitude. The diagram (+) represents “scholar”.
Closed Ready Stance
1. Turn left 90 degrees to a left back stance, left inner forearm block.
2. Reach out and grab with your left hand, then bring your left fist back to your right chest.
At this time step into a left front stance, right reverse low spear hand.
3. Turn to the right 90 degrees bring your left foot to the right foot for a closed stance.
When you do the closed stance also do a right outer high forearm block left low block.
4. Turn to the right 90 degrees to a right back stance, right inner forearm block.
5. Reach out and grab with your right hand, then bring your right fist back to your left chest.
At this time step into a right front stance, left reverse low spear hand.
6. Turn to the left 90 degrees; bring your right foot to the left foot for a closed stance.
When you do the closed stance also do a left outer high forearm block, right low block.
7. Step straight ahead to a left front stance, x-block.
8. Stay in the left front stance, twin high punch (the twin punch comes from the hips face
up).
9. Right front kick.
10. Land in a right front stance, right middle punch.
11. Stay in the right front stance, left middle punch.
12. Now turn left 90 degrees and then raise your arms straight out to the side then bring
your fists to your hips and raise your left leg straight up to the side for a balance move.
Then slowly bring your leg down for a closed stance. Both of these movements are
done at the same time.
13. Do a right leg stretch kick and turn left 90 degrees as you set your leg down to a sitting
stance. At the same time do a twin inner forearm block (both fists start facing out in front
of your face).
14. Bring both fists to your hips. Turn right 90 degrees and do a left leg stretch kick and
again set down into a sitting stance. At the same time bring both fists up in front of your
face and do a twin inner forearm block.
15. Bring both fists to your hips. Turn right 90 degrees and do a left leg stretch kick and
again set down into a sitting stance. At the seam time bring both fists up in front of your
face and do a twin inner forearm block.
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16. Bring both fists to your hips. Turn left 90 degrees and do a right leg stretch kick and
again set down into a sitting stance. At the same time bring both fists up in front of your
face and do a twin inner forearm block.
17. Bring both fists to your hips. Turn right 90 degrees and do a left leg stretch kick and
again set down into a sitting stance. At the same time bring both fists up in front of your
face and do a twin inner forearm block.
18. Bring both fists to your hips. Turn right 90 degrees and do a left leg stretch kick and
again set down into a sitting stance. At the same time bring both fists up in front of your
face and do a twin inner forearm block.
19. Step your right foot to the left foot and then step your left foot straight out to the front to a
left back stance. At the same time also do a double reinforced inner forearm block.
20. Step your left foot across to a left front stance and do a twin high grab.
21. Now as you bring your twin high grab down do a right knee strike (khip).
22. Now land your right foot down and turn 180 degrees to the left into a left back stance
double knife-hand block.
23. Left front kick
24. Land in a left fronts stance, left high spear hand.
25. Step straight ahead to a right back stance, right double knife-hand block.
26. Right front kick.
27. Land in right front stance, right high spear hand.
28. Take your right foot and step straight back to a left back stance, your left hand comes up
to your right ear while your right hand goes down to your left leg. Then you bring the left
hand down beside your left leg for a low block and the right hand up to an inner forearm
block to the right side of your head. You should be facing towards your left side.
29. Now jump straight ahead towards the left side and land in an x-stance, low x-block.
30. Turn to the right 90 degrees to a right front stance, right reinforced inner forearm block.
31. Turn to the left 270 degrees to a left back stance, left low double knife-hand block.
32. Now just slide your left foot across for a left front stance, right reverse inner forearm
block (just like you did in the green belt form Wyon-Hyo).
33. Turn to the right 180 degrees to a right back stance, right low double knife-hand block.
34. Now just slide your right foot across to a right front stance, left reverse inner forearm
block.
35. Pivot on the balls of your feet to the left 90 degrees to a left front stance, right reverse
inner forearm block.
36. Pivot on the balls of your feet to the right 90 degrees to a right front stance, left reverse
inner forearm block.
37. Step your right foot to the left 90 degrees to a sitting stance, right middle punch (kihap)
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