1st Degree Recommended Black Belt Pattern GWANG-GAE (42 Movements)
Named after Gwanggaeto the Great, the 19th king of the Goguryeo Dynasty, who regained the lost ancestral territories including the greater part of Manchuria. The diagram (±) represents the expansion and recovery of the lost territories.

Ready Stance D

  1. Twin Knifehand Strikes (Yell) – Right One Leg Stance
  2. Ready Stance B
  3. Right Reverse Upset Punch Middle (Medium) – Left Front Stance
  4. Left Reverse Upset Punch Middle (Medium) – Right Front Stance
  5. Right Hooking Block (Step directly in front of right foot) – Right Front Stance
  6. Left Double Knifehand Block Low – Left Back Stance
  7. Left Hooking Block (Step directly in front of left foot) – Left Front Stance
  8. Right Double Knifehand Block Low – Right Back Stance
  9. Left Double Knifehand Block – Left Cat Stance
  10. Right Double Knifehand Block – Right Cat Stance
  11. Right Reverse Palm Heel Upset Strike High (Medium) – Left Front Stance
  12. Left Reverse Palm Heel Upset Strike High (Medium) – Right Front Stance
  13. Right Knifehand Strike Low (To Left Palm) Closed Stance
  14. Left #1 Side Kick Low
  15. Left #1 Side Kick High
  16. Right Reverse Outside Knifehand Strike High – Left Back Stance
  17. Left Hammerfist High Closed Stance
  18. Right #1 Side Kick Low
  19. Right #1 Side Kick High
  20. Left Reverse Outside Knifehand Strike High – Right Back Stance
  21. Right Hammerfist High Closed Stance
  22. Right Reverse Pressing Block Low (Medium) – Left Front Stance
  23. Left Reverse Pressing Block Low (Medium) – Right Front Stance
  24. Right Outside Crescent Kick
  25. Right Backfist High (Yell) – Sitting Stance
  26. Right Double Inner Forearm Block – Right Front Stance
  27. Right Inner Forearm Block – Left Reverse Low Block – Right Front Stance
  28. Right Horizontal Spearhand High (Medium) – Right Extended Front Stance
  29. Left Outside Crescent Kick
  30. Left Backfist High (Yell) – Sitting Stance
  31. Left Double Inner Forearm Block – Left Front Stance
  32. Left Inner Forearm Block – Right Reverse Low Block – Left Front Stance
  33. Left Horizontal Spearhand High (Medium) – Left Extended Front Stance
  34. Twin Punch High – Right Front Stance
  35. Twin Upset Punch Middle – Left Front Stance
  36. Right #2 Front Kick
  37. Right Double Knifehand Block – Right Back Stance
  38. Left Punch High -Left Front Stance
  39. Twin Upset Punch Middle – Right Front Stance
  40. Left #2 Front Kick
  41. Left Double Knifehand Block – Left Back Stance
  42. Right Punch High – Right Front Stance