Toi-Gye

Purple Belt Pattern

Closed Ready Stance B

 
Technique  Stance  Target
1 Left Inner Forearm Block Back High
2 Right Reverse Upset Fingertip Strike Front Low
3 Right Back Fist / Low Block (slow) Closed High / Low
4 Right Inner Forearm Block Back High
5 Left Reverse Upset Fingertip Strike Front Low
6 Left Back Fist / Low Block (slow) Closed High / Low
7 Left Low X-Block Front Low
8 Left Twin Punch Same High
9 Right Turning Front Kick Middle
10 Right Punch Front Middle
11 Left Reverse Punch Same Middle
12 Balance Balance Position (slow) Closed  
13 Right W-Shape Block Sitting High
14 Left W-Shape Block Sitting High
15 Left W-Shape Block Sitting High
16 Right W-Shape Block Sitting High
17 Left W-Shape Block Sitting High
18 Left W-Shape Block Sitting High
19 Left Low Double Forearm Block Back Low
20 Left Head Grab Front High
21 Right Knee Strike Middle
22 Left Double Knife Hand Block Back High
23 Left Forward Leg Front Kick Middle
24 Left Horizontal Spear Hand Front High
25 Right Double Knife Hand Block Back High
26 Right Forward Leg Front Kick Middle
27 Right Horizontal Spear Hand Front High
28 Left Low Block / Back Fist Back Low / High
29 Right Low X-Block (jumping) X-Stance Low
30 Right Double Forearm Block Front High
31 Left Low Double Knife Hand Block Back Low
32 Right Scooping Block Front Middle
33 Right Low Double Knife Hand Block Back Low
34 Left Scooping Block Front Middle
35 Right Scooping Block Front Middle
36 Left Scooping Block Front Middle
37 Right Punch Sitting Middle

Toi Gye

(37 moves, right foot returns)

Meaning: Toi Gye is the pen name of the noted scholar Yi Hwang (16th century), an authority on neo-Confucianism. The 37 movements of the pattern refer to his birthplace on 37 degrees latitude.