The training aid videos for the WTF Taegeuk Poomsaes will be revised. They will still remain in the July 6, 2008 archive, and each pattern will be updated on an ongoing basis.

For the interest of students, the best video for each pattern will be displayed.

Each pattern will be taken from students of the same colour group. ie. taegeuk 1 – 3 will have yellow belts performing. Taegeuk 4 – 6, blue belts and so forth.

Videos can be taken from anywhere – competition tournaments, grading, class or even just practising.

Videos must be taken with the practitioner filling up at least half the screen (height-wise at all times) and with a tripod or a very steady hand. Ki-hups must be clearly audible! Videos must be taken with a device capturing no less than 25 frames per second with at least 480x360 resolution.

If you have suitable footage that you would like for me to edit, then please submit it as an avi file on disc or pass me a mini-dv tape of it.

An ideal footage would be to have 4 cameras set up (front, back, left and right) while the pattern is being performed. Then a video edit would be required to show the best angles of each particular step as it happens. This can be difficult – so we can also perform the pattern 4 times (same environment) with one camera set up from a different perspective each instance.

Over time, we should be able to build up a library of students and observe their progress. I encourage all clubs to submit at least one entry so that we can showcase a wide range.