Keumgang is the 2nd Dan poomse and has 27 movements. It has the meaning of being too
strong to be broken. In addition, the name has two connotations applicable to Taekwondo: one
poetic, and the other spiritual. The Korean people have named the most beautiful mountain in
their land Keumgang-san; and hardest substance, the diamond, they have called keumgand-
seok. These dual qualities of hardness and beauty are therefore associated with the name.
Buddhist thought also professes a concept of hardness, which is that quality of spirit impervious
to mortal agony; it is the capacity to shun one’s physical suffering. This poomse, in turn, being
called Keumgang, is intended to fuse these qualities with one’s martial skills, and in doing so,
grace them with virtue.
The diagram of the poomse is similar to the Chinese character for mountain.
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