Chen ‘14, Carissa Fu (Boston University), and Miyako Yerick (University of Texas at Austin) compete in the Eighth World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships held on October 31 in Bali, Indonesia. The three athletes represented the U.S.
'Complete Taekwondo Poomsae' is the most complete reference book available on the Taegeuk, Palgwae and Black Belt Poomsae of WTF style Taekwondo. Grandmasters Kyu Hung Lee and Sang H. Kim have combined their extensive taekwondo knowledge to teach you not only the 25 official taekwondo poomsae, but the meaning of the forms, the principles of Poomsae performance and the philosophy that underlies the techniques.
Female Under 29 team, and placed eighth out of 17 teams at the prestigious competition. MIT has many notable students walking down the Infinite: people who excel in their own fields as scientists, engineers, and even athletes. This is the case of Michelle W. Chen, ’14 (known as “Machine” to teammates), who competed with Carissa Fu from Boston University and Miyako Yerick from the University of Texas at Austin on Oct. 31 in the eighth World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Bali, Indonesia. Poomsae is Korean for forms: a very precise set of prearranged kicks and stances that require considerable amounts of strength, flexibility and precision.
Each form has a particular meaning, and can be executed in teams, thus increasing the difficulty by adding the factor of synchronization. Chen and her teammates had already won first place this past April at the U.S. National Collegiate Competition, and repeated that feat in July at the U.S. Team Trials, being therefore selected as representatives of the U.S. National Poomsae team for the Female Team Under 29 category. The world championships consisted of four intensive days of poomsae. Seven judges score the performances of the poomsae based on accuracy of moves and presentation (speed and power).
For team performances, there is an additional judging criteria in presentation for how synchronized the three competitors are in performing the poomsae. There are 25 different divisions for competition based on gender and age. Over 600 athletes from 50 different countries competed for 25 medals at the championships and Chen, Fu, and Yerick advanced to the finals after competing against 17 other teams.
They trained under the direction of Master Dan Chuang, who had previously competed as an U.S. National Poomsae Team member himself and was selected as one of the five coaches for this year’s team. Together, they managed to beat top caliber teams from countries including Spain, the Netherlands and Brazil, and finished eighth overall. This ranking is the second highest that the U.S.
Has ever received under this category. “From this competition, I have experienced what it is like to compete at an international level as well as to meet athletes who all love and train in Taekwondo,” said Chen.
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“It’s been amazing to be able to represent the MIT Sport Taekwondo Club, MIT and the USA at the eighth World Championships. It’s time to train harder for the next competition.” Chen is a Course 6 major at MIT.
Synopsis. 'Complete Taekwondo Poomsae' is the most complete reference book available on the Taegeuk, Palgwae and Black Belt Poomsae of WTF style Taekwondo.
Grandmasters Kyu Hung Lee and Sang H. Kim have combined their extensive taekwondo knowledge to teach you not only the 25 official taekwondo poomsae, but the meaning of the forms, the principles of Poomsae performance and the philosophy that underlies the techniques. Each Poomsae is thoroughly illustrated with clear and technically precise photos. The instructional text is supplemented with information about the meaning, movement line and symbol of each form as well as the correct execution of each new movement introduced in the form.
In addition to the 25 official Poomsae, the authors explain Poomsae theory and principles to help you understand the underlying concepts of Poomsae practice. Topics covered include: characteristics of poomsae, 13 fundamental taekwondo techniques, stance, vital targets, bodily weapons, structural principles of poomsae, poomsae creating, movement principles, performance tips, mastery, terminology, origin of Taegeuk and Palgwae, meaning of the trigrams, and complete Korean and English poomsae terminology. Much of this information has never before been translated into English. The following Poomsae are included: Poomsae Taegeuk Il J Poomsae Taegeuk Ee J Poomsae Taegeuk Sam J Poomsae Taegeuk Sah J Poomsae Taegeuk Oh J Poomsae Taegeuk Yuk J Poomsae Taegeuk Chil J Poomsae Taegeuk Pal J Poomsae Palgwae Il J Poomsae Palgwae Ee J Poomsae Palgwae Sam J Poomsae Palgwae Sah J Poomsae Palgwae Oh J Poomsae Palgwae Yuk J Poomsae Palgwae Chil J Poomsae Palgwae Pal J Poomsae Koryo; Poomsae Keumg Poomsae Taebaek; Poomsae Pyongwon; Poomsae Sipjin; Poomsae Jitae; Poomsae Cheonkwon; Poomsae Hansoo; Poomse Ilyeo.
This is THE BIBLE of taekwondo Poomsaes, a must have! Very complete, very accurate. An awesome tool to complete your Dojang taekwondo training.
Pics very precise, good explanations. Only down point is that they do not show how to make the moves, only how to end them, but when used with a regular Dojang training that book sums it all and is now my Bible for the poomsaes which I will use more often in the Dojang when lower ranked belts are asking about some poomsaes I'm not sure about a certain move;) It also makes me want to includes the traditionnal Palgwe poomsae in our Dojang program since we only do the officials WTF Taegeuk Poomsae and the black belts poomsae at ours. Truly a must have.