Taebaek
is the name of a mountain with the meaning of "bright mountain",
where Tangun, the founder of the nation of Korean people, reigned the country,
and the bright mountain symbolizes sacredness of soul and Tangun's thought of
"hongik ingan"[humanitarian ideal]. There are numerous sites known as
Taebaek, but Mt. Paektu, which has been typically known as the cradle of Korean
people, is the background naming the Taebaek poomsae. New techniques introduced
in this poomsae are sonnal-arae-hecho-makki, sonnal-opeo-japki [grabbing],
japhin-son-mok-ppaegi [pulling out the caught wrist], Kumkang-momtong-makki,
deung-jumeok-olgul-bakkat-chigi, dol-tzeogi [hinge], etc. The line of poomsae
is like a Chinese letter, which symbolized the bridge between the Heaven and
the earth, signifying human beings founded the nation by the Heaven's order.
The poomsae movements are largely composed of momtong-makkis and chigis.
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