There are eight (8) colored belt forms in the WTF or Kukkiwon governed style of taekwondo. The beginner forms that every student must learn to become a black belt candidate are the Taegeuk forms: il jang, ee jang, sam jang, sa jang, oh jang, yook jang, chil jang and pul jang. The first word in the name literally means 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on. Many schools will also call these forms taegeuk 1, taegeuk 2...
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