Čchoejong tul 최영틀 Choi-yong pattern

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Number of movements:

46

Number of attacs:	29
Number of hand attacs:	17
Number of foot attacs:	12

Number of blocks:	15
Number of hand blocks:	15
Number of foot blocks:	0

Number of ready stances:	2
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Ready posture: moa čunbi sogi C moa junbi sogi C 모아준비서기 close ready stance C

Ready posture: moa čunbi sogi C moa junbi sogi C 모아준비서기 close ready stance C

Interpretation

Choi-yong is named after General Choi Yong, Premier and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed forces during the 14th century Koryo Dynasty. Choi Yong was greatly respected for his loyalty, patriotism, and humility. He was executed by his subordinate commanders headed by General Yi Sung Gae, who later become the first king of the Yi Dynasty.

Choi Yong: 1316 - 1388

Although he was born into a relatively wealthy family, his lifestyle was modest. He paid little attention to his clothing and food, and did not wear fine clothes or other conveniences, even when he became famous and could enjoy them. He disliked people who admired expensive objects. He himself considered simplicity a virtue. His motto, which he took from his father, was "Don´t be greedy for gold".

Military career

Such a man was well suited for military service, and Choi quickly won the trust of his men and the king in the numerous wars with Japanese pirates who began attacking the Korean coast around 1350.

At the age of 36, he became a national hero when he successfully put down the Jo Il Shin rebellion after the rebels surrounded the palace, killed many officials, and proclaimed Jo as king. In 1355, the "Red Turban" rebellion was launched in the area of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty occupied by China. Choi Yong was sent to help the Mongols to put down the rebellion, and his success in nearly thirty battles won him even greater fame at home. After his return to Korea, when he reported to King Gongmin on the internal problems of the waning Mongol Yuan dynasty, he suggested to him that the time was right for reclaiming some of the northern territories previously occupied by the Mongols. Choi reconquered several towns west of the Yalu River, much to the king´s delight.

He briefly served as mayor of Pyongyang, where his efforts to increase crop production and alleviate famine drew even more attention to him as a national hero. He further distinguished himself in 1363 when the powerful minister Kim Yon An attempted to overthrow the government. Choi gathered his forces and defeated the 10,000 Mongols who had invaded Koryo to support the rebellion.

Following a dream that predicted a Buddhist monk would save his life, King Gongmin appointed the monk Shin Ton to a high position at court and gave him considerable influence. At the beginning, Shin Ton worked to improve the lives of the peasants to the displeasure of the ministers. However, due to the king´s support, he became ruthless and corrupt, and Choi - who fought against corruption in the kingdom - fell out with him. Shin Ton fabricated false charges of misconduct against Choi with a sentence of six years in exile and came very close to realizing them. However, when Shin Ton died, Choi was restored to his previous position and was immediately asked to prepare a fleet to fight the Japanese pirates and eliminate the remaining Mongolian forces on Jeju Island. Choi´s forces finally liberated the island. However, Japanese pirates then captured the city of Gongju in 1376. With a new gunpowder formula, he and his subordinate Yi Seong Gye defeated the pirates again and recaptured the city.

In 1388, General Yi Seong Gye was ordered to push the Mongol forces out of the Liaodong Peninsula, which was considered lost territory from the Goguryeo era. Yi Seong Gye opposed this order and gave four reasons why this should not be done: 1. A smaller nation should never attack a larger one because it is against the Confucian world order; 2. It is harsh to conduct a campaign in the summer agricultural season, for it will cause a bad harvest for the people; 3. With a large number of soldiers in the north, the Japanese pirates in the south will have a free hand; 4. Monsoon rains will reduce the effectiveness of composite bows (our main weapon) and will aid the spread of infection in the camp. General Choi nevertheless ordered the invasion, and the King supported him in doing so. Yi decided to return to the capital and stage a coup. This incident was later known as the "Wihwado Retreat" and became the first sign of a dynasty change. Upon their return to the capital, Choi Yong took part in the fighting at the palace, but was overpowered, captured, and banished to Goyang, where he was later executed in the name of the government led by Yi Seong Gye.

Pattern is practised by the III. Degree holder and above.