Taegeuk 7 (Chil) Jang: Gan – Symbolizes the mountain and 25 movements.
The seventh series of Taegeuk actions applies a concept called gan, meaning "top stop," the
seventh of the eight concepts of the Book of Changes. The Taegeuk forms interpret gan,
symbolized by the image of a mountain, as the principle of stability. This stability is defined as the
structural soundness, which results from having resolved one’s ambition to touch heaven into the
limitations of excellent form. This resolution is of a notable and majestic character; thus, the
image of the mountain.
The tiger stance, in which most of your weight is settled on the back leg expresses this peculiar
stability which also contains ambition. These actions use the tiger stance repeatedly.
" We should stop when we should and we must go forward when we must. Man must learn the
stability of mountain. We should not act in a hasty manner."
7 (Taegeuk Chil Jang)
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