BLACK STRIPE 2nd KUP
RED BELT 2ND KUP - CHOONG-MOO - 30 MOVEMENTS
BLACK SIGNIFIES - THE OPPOSITE TO WHITE THEREFORE SIGNIFYING THE MATURITY AND PROFICIENCY IN TAEKWON-DO ALSO INDICATES THE WEARERS IMPERVIOUSNESS TO DARKNESS AND FEAR
2ND KUP PATTERN - HWA- RANG 29 MOVEMENTS
PATTERN MEANING - HWA-RANG IS NAMED AFTER THE HWA-RANG YOUTH GROUP WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE SILLA DYNASTY AROUND 600 A.D THIS GROUP EVENTUALLY BECAME THE ACTUAL DRIVING FORCE FOR UNIFICATION OF THE 3 KINGDOMS OF KOREA THE 29 MOVEMENTS REFER TO THE 29TH INFANTRY DIVISION WHERE TAEKWON-DO DEVELOPED INTO MATURITY
- CLOSED READY STANCE 'C' - MOA JUNBI SOGI 'C' PALM PUSHING BLOCK - SONBADAK MIRO MAKGI
- UPWARD PUNCH - OLLYO JIRUGI
- SLIDING - MIKULGI
- KNIFE HAND DOWNWARD STRIKE - SONKAL NAERYO TAERIGI
- INNER FOREARM SIDE FRONT BLOCK - AN PALMOK YOPAP MAKGI