Patterns

Question 1

How many moves are in Chon-Ji?

Answer 1

19

Question 2

How many moves are in Dan-Gun?

Answer 2

21

Question 3

How many moves are in Do-San?

Answer 3

24

Question 4

How many moves are in Won-Hyo?

Answer 4

28

Question 5

How many moves are in Yul-Gok?

Answer 5

38

Question 6

How many moves are in Joong-Gun?

Answer 6

32

Question 7

How many moves are in Toi-Gye?

Answer 7

37

Question 8

How many moves are in Hwa-Rang?

Answer 8

29

Question 9

How many moves are in Choong-Moo?

Answer 9

30

Question 10

How many moves are in Kwang-Gae?

Answer 10

39

Question 11

How many moves are in Po Eun?

Answer 11

36

Question 12

How many moves are in Gae-Baek?

Answer 12

44

Question 13

How many moves are in Eui-Am?

Answer 13

45

Question 14

How many moves are in Choong-Jang?

Answer 14

52

Question 15

How many moves are in Ko-Dang?

Answer 15

39

Question 16

How many moves are in Juche?

Answer 16

45

Question 17

What is the meaning behind Chon-Ji?

Answer 17

The heaven and the earth. The beginning of the world/recorded history.

Question 18

What is the meaning behind Dan-Gun?

Answer 18

Named after the founder of Korea

Question 19

What is the meaning behind Do-San?

Answer 19

Named after the alias of the Korean patriot Ahn Chang-Ho

Question 20

What is the meaning behind Won-Hyo?

Answer 20

Named after the monk who introduced Buddhism to Korea

Question 21

What is the meaning behind Yul-Gok?

Answer 21

Named after the pseudonym for the philosopher Yi I

Question 22

What is the meaning behind Joong-Gun

Answer 22

Named after the patriot who assassinated the first Japanese governor-general of Korea

Question 23

What is the meaning behind Toi-Gye?

Answer 23

Named after the pseudonym for a famous neo-Confucius scholar; Yi Hwang

Question 24

What is the meaning behind Hwa-Rang?

Answer 24

Named after an elite youth group during the Silla Dynasty

Question 25

What is the meaning behind Choong-Moo?

Answer 25

Named after the title of Yi Sun-sin who was a famous admiral of the Yi Dynasty

Question 26

What is the meaning behind Kwang-Gae?

Answer 26

Named after a famous king from the Goguryeo Dynasty who conquered much of Northern Asia

Question 27

What is the meaning behind Po Eun?

Answer 27

Named after the pseudonym of a famous neo-Confucius scholar from the Goryeo Dynasty; Jeong Mongju

Question 28

What is the meaning behind Gae-Baek?

Answer 28

Named after a famous general from the Baek Je Dynasty

Question 29

What is the meaning behind Eui-Am?

Answer 29

Named after the pseudonym of the leader of the Korean independence movement in 1919; Son Byong Hi

Question 30

What is the meaning behind Choong-Jang?

Answer 30

Named after the pseudonym of the General Kim Duk Ryang of the 14th Century Lee Dynasty

Question 31

What is the meaning behind Ko-Dang?

Answer 31

Named after the pseudonym of the patriot Cho Man Sik

Question 32

What is the meaning behind Juche?

Answer 32

Juche is the concept that man is the master of his own destiny, which is strongly associated with Baekdu Mountain, which symbolises the spirit of the people

Question 33

Why does Yul-Gok have 38 moves?

Answer 33

To refer to its namesake's birthplace on the 38th latitude

Question 34

Why does Joon-Gun have 32 moves?

Answer 34

To signify its namesake's age when he was executed

Question 35

Why does Toi-Gye have 37 moves?

Answer 35

To refer to its namesake's birthplace on the 37th latitude

Question 36

Why does Hwa-Rang have 29 moves?

Answer 36

To refer to the 29th Infantry Division where Taekwondo developed into maturity as a martial art

Question 37

Why does Kwang-Gae have 39 moves?

Answer 37

To represent the first two digits of the year 391 AD when its namesake became king

Question 38

Why does Ko-Dang have 39 moves?

Answer 38

To signify its namesake's times of imprisonment as well as his birthplace on the 39th latitude