As a student of the Art of Rhee Tae Kwon-Do, a 3rd Dan could consider themselves as having reached the last stages of Secondary education, having a well grounded knowledge in the Art but pattern Yoo-Sin will remind us that we still have more to learn and even more to understand. Understanding of one’s own limitations and how to work around them is important, especially when teaching others. We want to pass on as much of the Art as possible, not just the sub-set with which we are comfortable.
Pattern: Yoo-Sin
유신
Named after General Kim Yoo-Sin, a commander during the Silla Dynasty that lead to the unification of the Korean Peninsula in 668AD, thus the reason for 68 movements in this pattern.
The pattern, Yoo Sin, was developed in Malaysia between 1962 and 1964 with the help of Master Kim Bok Man and Master Woo Jae Lim.
At age 15, with Silla under the rule of King Jin-Pyeong, Kim Yoo Sin became a Hwa-Rang warrior, an accomplished swordsman and quickly promoted in an unprecedented 3 years to the rank of Unit Commander.
68 Movements
Ready: Feet shoulder width apart in basic ready stance, left vertical fist at right hip pressed against the right knife hand.
1. Move the left foot into horse riding stance whilst raising both elbows to the side.
2. Slide right into horse riding stance and simultaneously execute a right rear elbow strike and left hook punch over the right shoulder.
3. Slide left into horse riding stance and simultaneously execute a left rear elbow strike and right hook punch over the left shoulder.
4. Execute a right hooking block to the front whilst standing up.
5. Drop back down into horse riding stance and execute a left mid-section punch.
6. Execute a left hooking block to the front whilst standing up.
7. Drop back down into horse riding stance and execute a right mid-section punch.
8. Move the right foot to left and step out into left forward stance executing a left outer forearm block.
9. Execute a circular block with the right inner forearm 45 deg to your right.
10. Move the left foot forward, facing 45 deg right into horse riding stance executing a left scooping block.
11. Execute a right mid-section punch.
12. Bring the left foot to the right, step out into right forward stance executing a right outer forearm block.
13. Execute a circular block with the left inner forearm 45 deg to your left.
14. Move the right foot forward, facing 45 deg left into horse riding stance executing a right scooping block.
15. Execute a left mid-section punch.
16. Swivel left into left forward stance and perform a right high section hooking block, 45 deg to the right.
17. Swivel back into horse riding stance and execute a left mid-section punch.
18. Swivel right into right forward stance and perform a left high section hooking block, 45 deg to the left.
19. Swivel back into horse riding stance and execute a right mid-section punch.
20. Turning 45 deg right, step back with the right foot into left forward stance and execute a low section X-block.
21. Execute a high-section X-knife-hand block, grab and pull hands back to right hip.
22. Execute a right mid-section punch.
23. Execute a right mid-section front kick.
24. Lower right foot to floor into right forward stance and perform a left mid-section reverse punch.
25. Execute a low-section X-block.
26. Execute a high-section X-knife-hand block, grab and pull hands back to left hip.
27. Execute a left mid-section punch.
28. Execute a left mid-section front kick.
29. Lower left foot to floor into left forward stance and perform a right mid-section reverse punch.
30. Step forward into left back stance and execute knife hand guarding block.
31. Step forward into right back stance and execute knife hand guarding block.
32. Step backward into left back stance and execute knife hand guarding block.
33. Step backward into right back stance and execute knife hand guarding block.
34. Step forward into right forward stance executing a twin inner forearm guarding block.
35. Execute a left low-section reverse block.
36. Step forward into left forward stance executing a twin inner forearm guarding block.
37. Execute a right low-section reverse block.
38. Step forward into right forward stance executing a right mid-section punch.
39. Turn anti-clockwise 180 deg into right back stance and execute a left inner knife hand block.
40. Bring the right foot to the left into a close ready stance with twin knife hands.
41. Move the right foot 45 deg to the right with a stamping action, into right forward stance and execute a twin upset punch.
42. Bring the right foot back to the left, then move the left foot 45 deg to the left with a stamping action, into left forward stance and execute a twin upset punch.
43. Bring the left foot to the right, then step the right foot forwards 90 deg to the right into left back stance and execute a right inner forearm block.
44. Execute a left reverse punch.
45. Bring the left foot to the right into close stance and execute a right hook punch in front of left chest in slow motion.
46. Step the left foot 90 deg to the left into right back stance and execute a left inner forearm block.
47. Execute a right reverse punch.
48. Bring the right foot to the left into close stance and execute a left hook punch in front of right chest in slow motion.
49. Move the left foot to the left into right fixed stance and execute a U-shaped punch.
50. Bring the left foot back to the right, change stance into left fixed stance and execute a U-shaped punch.
51. Move the right foot out into horse riding stance in a stamping motion while executing a front strike with the right back fist, the left fist coming down under the right elbow.
52. Execute a waving kick with the right foot and a mid-section outer forearm block (left to right) whilst stamping back into horse riding stance. Keep left fist as in 51.
53. Execute a waving kick with the left foot and a mid-section outer forearm block (right to left) whilst stamping back into horse riding stance. Keep left fist as in 51.
54. Execute a right backhand strike to your right.
55. Execute a left crescent kick into the right palm.
56. Execute a left side kick to the left, done as a double kick with Movement 55.
57. Lower the left foot into horse riding stance whilst executing a left backhand strike to your left.
58. Execute a right crescent kick into the left palm.
59. Execute a right side kick to the right, done as a double kick with Movement 58.
60. Lower the right foot into horse riding stance and execute a right 9-shaped block.
61. Change hand position executing a left 9-shaped block.
62. Move the left foot forward into horse riding stance, rotating 180 deg, and execute a right 9-shaped block.
63. Change hand position executing a left 9-shaped block.
64. Bring the right foot back to the left into left vertical stance whilst executing a right downward hammer fist strike to your right.
65. Move the right foot back into left forward stance and execute a high-section twin vertical punch.
66. Moving the right foot, rotate 180 degrees counter-clockwise into left forward stance and execute a high-section twin vertical punch.
67. Bring the right foot to the left, then move the left foot forward 135 deg left, into right back stance executing a twin knife hand guarding block.
68. Bring the left foot back to the right, then move the right foot forward 90 deg right, into left back stance executing a twin knife hand guarding block.
Pattern Yoo-Sin conclusion: Bring the right foot back towards the left into the original ready stance.