Taegeuk refers to the ultimate reality from which all things and values are derived. It is also the symbol that makes up the center of the South Korean Flag and the source for its name, Taegeukgi (태극기 - where gi means `flag`). It helps to understand that taegeuk is the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese ideograms, 太極 (pinyin = tàijí.....
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[Taekwondo] In the context of taekwondo the term taegeuk refers to a set of poomsae or forms used to teach taekwondo. A form, or poomsae (also romanized as pumsae or poomse) is a defined pattern of defense-and-attack motions. Outside of the context of taekwondo, the word taegeuk refers to the Taoist principle of the `unity of opposites` (yi...
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