poomsae jitae

Jitae

Meaning : The word "jitae" means a man standing on the ground with the two feet, looking over the sky. A man on the earth represents the way of struggling for human life, such as kicking, treadding and jumping on the ground. Therefore, the poomsae symbolizes various aspects occurring in the course of human being's struggle for existence. The new techniques introduced in this poomsae are hansonnal olgul-makki, keumgang momtong-jireugi, and mejumeok yop pyojeok-chigi only, and the poomsae line signifies a man standing on the earth to spring up toward the heaven.

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The Synoptic Table of Poomsae Jitae


Order	Eye dir.	Position	Stance	Action	Name of Poom
jumbi	Ga	Na	naranhi-seogi		kibon jumbi-seogi (basic ready stance)
1	Da	Da	oreun dwitkubi	L.F. put forth	momtong yop-makki (trunk side blocking)
2	Da	Da	oreun apkubi	R.F. forth, olgul-makki	momtong baro-jireugi (trunk right punch)
3	Ra	Ra	wen apkubi	R.F. changes step, turn around	momtong yop-makki (trunk side blocking)
4	Ra	Ra	wen apkubi	L.F. forth, olgul-makki	momtong baro-jireugi (trunk right punch)
5	Ga	Ga	wen apkubi	L.F. changes step, turn	arae-makki (underneath blocking)
6	Ga	Ga	oreun dwitkubi	L.F. slightly pulled in	wenhansonnal olgul-makki (left one hand blade face blocking)
7	Ga	Ga	wen dwitkubi	R.F. ap-chagi, forth	sonnal arae-makki (hand blade underneath blocking)
8	Ga	Ga	ditto	same position, stance	momtong bakkat-makki (trunk outer blocking)
9	Ga	Ga	oreun dwitkubi	L.F. ap-chagi, forth	sonnal arae-makki (hand blade underneath bocking)
10	Ga	Ga	wen apkubi	L.F. pushed slightly forth	olgul-makki (face blocking)
11	Ga	Ga	oreun apkubi	R.F. put forth	keumgang ap-jireugi (diamond front punch)
12	Ga	Ga	ditto	same posit., stance; momtong an-makki	momtong-makki (trunk blocking)
13	Ga	Na	oreun dwitkubi	R.F. retrieved to step	wen hansonnal arae-makki (left one hand blade underneath blocking)
14	Ga	Na	wen apkubi	R.F. ap-chagi, retreived to step down	momtong dubeon-jireugi (trunk ouble punch)
15	Da	Na	juchum-seogi	L.F. retrieved to step	hwangso-makki (bull blocking)
16	Na	Na	ditto	same posit, and stance	wenpalmok arae yop-makki (left wrist underneath side blocking)
17	Ga	Na	ditto	same stace	oreun hansonnal momtong-makki (right one hand blade trunk blocking)
18	Ga	Na	ditto	same stance	wen mejumeok pyojeok-chigi, "kihap" (left hammer fist target hitting)
19	Ga	Na	wen hakdari-s.	L.F. remains, R.F. pulled in	arae yop-makki (underneath side blocking)
20	Ga	Na	ditto	same stance, left waist	jageun doltzeogi (smaller hinge)
21	Ga	Na	oreun hakdari	R.F. ap-chagi, steps down on L.F. postion	wenpalmok arae yop-makki (left wrist underneath side blocking)
22	Na	Na	ditto	same stance, right waist	jageun doltzeogi (smaller hinge)
23	Na	Na	oreun dwitkubi	L.F. yop-chagi, and forth	momtong baro-jireugi (trunk right punch)
24	Na	Na	oreun dwitkubi	L.F. moves to turn	momtong bandae-jireugi, "kihap" (trunk opposite punch)
25	Da	Da	oreun dwitkubi	L.F. moves to turn	sonnal arae-makki (hand blade underneath blocking)
26	Da	Da	wen dwitkubi	R.F. put forth	sonnal momtong-makki (hand blade underneath blocking)
27	Ra	Ra	ditto	R.F. moves to turn	sonnal arae-makki (hand blade underneathblocking)
28	Ra	Ra	ditto	L.F. put forth	sonnal momtong-makki (hand blade trunk blocking)
keuman	Ga	Na	naranhi seogi	R.F. remains, L.F. moves to turn	kibon jumbi-seogi (basic ready stance)