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The Reason for 24 Patterns
The life of a human being, perhaps 100 years, can be considered as a day when compared with eternity.
Therefore, we mortals are no more than simple travelers who pass by the eternal years of an eon in a day.
It is evident that no one can live more than a limited amount of time. Nevertheless, most people foolishly
enslave themselves to materialism as if they could live for thousands of years. And some people strive to
bequeath a good spiritual legacy for coming generations, in this way, gaining immortality. Obviously, the
spirit is perpetual while material is not; therefore, what we can do to leave behind something for the
welfare of mankind is, perhaps, the most important thing in our lives.
Here I leave Taekwon-Do for mankind as a trace of man of the late 20th century. The 24 patterns represent
24 hours, one day, or all my life. The name of the pattern, the number of movements, and the diagrammatic
symbol of each pattern symbolizes either heroic figures in Korean history or instances relating to historical
events.
General Choi, Hong Hi