Just gotta do them regularly. Best way to relearn is to practice with someone else, in my opinion.
Just say...."I can't remember such and such pattern...care to go through it with me?" Best way to relearn and to remember them... do them with other people
I took a break for 12 years and spent about a week to re-learn all the forms. TLDR: Practice each form daily until it feels solid.
I re-learned 3-4 forms / day for Taegeuk, and then slowed down to 1-2 / day for Yudanja. For each form, I looked up reference material and practiced it about 4-6 times - I also continued practicing it 1-2 times on each subsequent day. After a week, I had a all the forms down, but kept practicing all of them once daily for about a month just to reinforce them. It took about 30-45 minutes each day when learning, and less when reinforcing.
In terms of resources, KKW has some great videos for Poomsae nowadays. Not sure if ITF has similar resources for Tuls. For Palgwae (which were not part of my original re-learning since they were new to me), I resorted to the diagrams in the [TKD wiki](https://taekwondo.fandom.com/wiki/Taekwondo_Forms) and random YouTube videos - so that's always an option for all forms.
I was out for 4 years, relearned my forms watching YouTube videos. It worked, they came back in a couple of weeks (and I was even able to pick out a few mistakes on the videos). When I eventually got back into TKD, for my 2nd degree testing board, the guy that had posted the videos happened to have traveled into town (to have 1 of his students test at the testing) and sat on the testing board. Funny stuff.
Do your tul as often as you can. I practice my poomsae at least three 3x a week. From taeguek 1 through Hansu. Somedays, I only make it through to taegeuk 8, then I'll run through all the bb forms the next day. I keep the Kukkiwon Youtube channel up if I forget a move or am unsure of the technique. I tend to forget the lower belt forms more than the bb forms. Since I compete as an old guy, I need to know all the bb poomsae. I'm missing Ilyeo but will figure it out soon.
Let's not talk about the high dan basic movements. I have been taught them, but I don't practice them regularly.
For ITF Chang-ho tul, there are several channels I follow. They are not as well done as the Kukkiwon videos because these are mainly individuals creating their own helpful videos. It also shows how fractured the ITF groups are. For ITF, I have TKDtube, sonkalvideo, and globalfitnessandmartialarts channels.
In the past, I would not need these videos. As an older practitioner, I find I need them to help me remember, and it's not a great feeling, but time is unforgiving.
Repetition is key to building muscle memory and in helping you remember your tul.
I do them in my head when going to sleep - it's really helped me learn and retain them, but as a blue belt I only need to know 3 currently (Tan Gun, To San, Won Hyo) so it's not been much of an issue. Some of the higher level ITF kata/ forms look pretty complicated, at least compared to the Taeguk forms.
Those are the ITF TaeKwon-Do forms required up to.blue belt.
White belt routines
Sa Ju Juruigi
https://youtu.be/weiDnCTeflM?si=To13j5kKjhcjM_F9
Sa Ju Mahki
https://youtu.be/v9j4dN6Kzeo?si=gGFST0_qLULoNZ3f
Forms from. Yellow Strip onward
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrg-CWC7XuWKqNoPgOtDWNWnIPGbXiI3S&si=V85a04opqI3u6qW8
I was out for 4 years before coming back to do my 2nd Dan, hoping to do my third early next year
I found it was good to take each pattern a week at a time, would find the most used stance and technique and practice it before adding in the changes, once I had the basic structure and xould do ghe basic pattern, I could move into the next.
Once I had them all in there roughly I went through them and took them a part and perfected them
I took a 24 year break from ITF after getting my 4th dan, teaching and running a school. Now near retirement I am training again. The encyclopedia of TKD by General Choi and ITF pattern books are the best references to refresh and learn patterns. There are some good you tube videos now. The ITF made CDs of patterns in the late 90s you might be able to find.
I concentrate on two patterns, get them solid in memory and then add 2 more. Practice all patterns you know each session if you can.
I went back to TKD last January after a 20 year break. I found the TUL TKD ITF app amazing. You can view all the patterns from multiple angles and it also takes you through them step by step in written form, it I'd absolutely fantastic. It's a white app logo with 3 black stripes going horizontally. (Don't know how to add a photo here)
Yes, I use books, and there are good videos on YouTube. I have a 5th dan in Shotokan and started Taekwondo 2 years ago, so it's been hard I injured by back. Hope this helps.
I'm not a black belt yet but I practice all of my patterns every single day. I've seen a few people who get up to brown belt and then realize that they have to demonstrate all of the patterns as part of the black belt test and have to go back and relearn them. I do not want to be in that situation. My first 5 patterns have become muscle memory now.
Tbh, I was 1st Dan at one dojang and moved to another and almost start again. Was 3rd Kup and I’m 1st Kup now. I still practice all the patterns I know up to Po Eun (second pattern of 1st Dan) at home and it takes about 20mins everyday.
Just gotta do them regularly. Best way to relearn is to practice with someone else, in my opinion. Just say...."I can't remember such and such pattern...care to go through it with me?" Best way to relearn and to remember them... do them with other people
I took a break for 12 years and spent about a week to re-learn all the forms. TLDR: Practice each form daily until it feels solid. I re-learned 3-4 forms / day for Taegeuk, and then slowed down to 1-2 / day for Yudanja. For each form, I looked up reference material and practiced it about 4-6 times - I also continued practicing it 1-2 times on each subsequent day. After a week, I had a all the forms down, but kept practicing all of them once daily for about a month just to reinforce them. It took about 30-45 minutes each day when learning, and less when reinforcing. In terms of resources, KKW has some great videos for Poomsae nowadays. Not sure if ITF has similar resources for Tuls. For Palgwae (which were not part of my original re-learning since they were new to me), I resorted to the diagrams in the [TKD wiki](https://taekwondo.fandom.com/wiki/Taekwondo_Forms) and random YouTube videos - so that's always an option for all forms.
I was out for 4 years, relearned my forms watching YouTube videos. It worked, they came back in a couple of weeks (and I was even able to pick out a few mistakes on the videos). When I eventually got back into TKD, for my 2nd degree testing board, the guy that had posted the videos happened to have traveled into town (to have 1 of his students test at the testing) and sat on the testing board. Funny stuff.
Do your tul as often as you can. I practice my poomsae at least three 3x a week. From taeguek 1 through Hansu. Somedays, I only make it through to taegeuk 8, then I'll run through all the bb forms the next day. I keep the Kukkiwon Youtube channel up if I forget a move or am unsure of the technique. I tend to forget the lower belt forms more than the bb forms. Since I compete as an old guy, I need to know all the bb poomsae. I'm missing Ilyeo but will figure it out soon. Let's not talk about the high dan basic movements. I have been taught them, but I don't practice them regularly. For ITF Chang-ho tul, there are several channels I follow. They are not as well done as the Kukkiwon videos because these are mainly individuals creating their own helpful videos. It also shows how fractured the ITF groups are. For ITF, I have TKDtube, sonkalvideo, and globalfitnessandmartialarts channels. In the past, I would not need these videos. As an older practitioner, I find I need them to help me remember, and it's not a great feeling, but time is unforgiving. Repetition is key to building muscle memory and in helping you remember your tul.
I do them in my head when going to sleep - it's really helped me learn and retain them, but as a blue belt I only need to know 3 currently (Tan Gun, To San, Won Hyo) so it's not been much of an issue. Some of the higher level ITF kata/ forms look pretty complicated, at least compared to the Taeguk forms.
How come you don't need to know SaJu Juruigi, SaJu Mahki, Chon Ji, Yul Gok or Joon Gun? As a blue belt you need to know those too.
Never heard of those
Those are the ITF TaeKwon-Do forms required up to.blue belt. White belt routines Sa Ju Juruigi https://youtu.be/weiDnCTeflM?si=To13j5kKjhcjM_F9 Sa Ju Mahki https://youtu.be/v9j4dN6Kzeo?si=gGFST0_qLULoNZ3f Forms from. Yellow Strip onward https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrg-CWC7XuWKqNoPgOtDWNWnIPGbXiI3S&si=V85a04opqI3u6qW8
Ah, we don't do the sine wave stuff either- guess my dojang style is more of an off shoot
I was out for 4 years before coming back to do my 2nd Dan, hoping to do my third early next year I found it was good to take each pattern a week at a time, would find the most used stance and technique and practice it before adding in the changes, once I had the basic structure and xould do ghe basic pattern, I could move into the next. Once I had them all in there roughly I went through them and took them a part and perfected them
I took a 24 year break from ITF after getting my 4th dan, teaching and running a school. Now near retirement I am training again. The encyclopedia of TKD by General Choi and ITF pattern books are the best references to refresh and learn patterns. There are some good you tube videos now. The ITF made CDs of patterns in the late 90s you might be able to find. I concentrate on two patterns, get them solid in memory and then add 2 more. Practice all patterns you know each session if you can.
Videos videos videos. Constantly watching then repeating.
I went back to TKD last January after a 20 year break. I found the TUL TKD ITF app amazing. You can view all the patterns from multiple angles and it also takes you through them step by step in written form, it I'd absolutely fantastic. It's a white app logo with 3 black stripes going horizontally. (Don't know how to add a photo here)
Yes, I use books, and there are good videos on YouTube. I have a 5th dan in Shotokan and started Taekwondo 2 years ago, so it's been hard I injured by back. Hope this helps.
I'm not a black belt yet but I practice all of my patterns every single day. I've seen a few people who get up to brown belt and then realize that they have to demonstrate all of the patterns as part of the black belt test and have to go back and relearn them. I do not want to be in that situation. My first 5 patterns have become muscle memory now.
How do I get good at kicking fast and hard
Tbh, I was 1st Dan at one dojang and moved to another and almost start again. Was 3rd Kup and I’m 1st Kup now. I still practice all the patterns I know up to Po Eun (second pattern of 1st Dan) at home and it takes about 20mins everyday.