Dan-Gun (perform as a yellow belt)
(21 movements) is named after the Holy Dan-Gun, the legendary founder of Korea in the year 2333 BC

Do-San (perform as an orange belt)
(24 movements) is the pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Chang Ho (1876 – 1938) who devoted his life to furthering the education of Korea and its independent movement.

Won-Hyo (perform as a green belt)
(28 movements) was the noted monk who introduced Buddhism to the Silla Dynasty in the year 686 AD

Yul-Gok (perform as a blue belt)
(38 movements) is the pseudonym of the great philosopher Yi I (1536-1584 AD) nicknamed the 'Confucious of Korea'. The 38 movements of this pattern refer to his birthplace on the 38th parallel and the diagram (+) means scholar.

Chung-Gun (perform as a 3rd temporary/permanent brown belt)
(32 movements) is named after the patriot An-Chung Gun who assassinated Hiro Bumi Ito, the first Japanese governor-general of Korea, known as the man who played the leading part in the Korean-Japan merger. The thirty-two movements in this pattern represent Mr. An's age when he was executed at Lui-Shung Prison in 1910.

Toi-Gye (perform as a 2nd temporary/permanent brown belt)
(37 movements) is the pen name of the noted scholar Yi Hwang (16th century AD) an authority on Neo-Confucianism. The 37 movements of this patter refer to his birthplace on the 37th parallel, and the diagram (+) means scholar.

Hwa-Raang (perform as a 1st temporary brown belt)
(29 movements) is named after the Hwarangdo youth group which was originated in the Silla Dynasty around 620 AD This group eventually became the driving force in the unification of the three kingdoms of Korea. (Silla, Koguryo, and Baek Je).

Chung-Mu (perform as a 1st permanent brown belt)
(30 movements) was the name given to the great Admiral Yi Sun Sin of the Yi Dynasty. He was reputed to have invented the first armored battleship (kobukson) which was the precursor of the present day submarine in 1592 AD. The reason why this pattern ends up with a left hand attack is to symbolize his regrettable death, having no chance to show his unrestrained potentiality checked by the forced reservation of his loyalty to the king.

Palgae is descriptive of a world made up of elements which are both conflicting and harmonious. I.e. sky and earth, light and dark, man and woman, and good and evil. These elements meet and depart from one another according to the rules of nature, thus everlastingly growing and developing.