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Two more forms were created to preserve and identify fundamental self-defense techniques. One of relatively recent origin, Kodokan goshin jutsu, accepted in 1958, demonstrates that the formulation of the kata themselves can be an ongoing historical process. A "gentleness" form, ju-no-kata,  expresses techniques that demonstrate fundamental movements. Another form, kime no Kata, demonstrates kicking and punching techniques that are not permitted in competition Judo. An "ancient forms" series, koshiki no kata, preserves ancient Jujitsu technical skills that are used competitive Judo. A highly unusual, philosophical form, Iitsutsu no kata, seeks to identify natural movements that describe the fundamental theory of Judo without using combative movements. As Judo competition rules and strategies evolve, the official Kodokan kata preserve the technical skills and philosophies of Judo. Early Taekwondo pattern development did not have these lofty goals and neither do current Taekwondo patterns.

Jigoro Kano believed that "both kata and randori [free sparring] are forms of mental training, but of the two, randori is the most effective," so most of the Judo kata do not reiterate techniques found in randori, where such skills are best practiced. Only the randori no kata, represents skills found in the practice of randori. The remaining six forms represent practice of skills and movements not used in Judo competitions.

During the early days of Taekwondo development, patterns and techniques were basically a Korean variation of karate. The patterns being developed closely resembled the "Pinan" and "Heian" kata that the Korean masters had learned from Shotokan . One of the influential pioneers of Taekwondo during this period was General Choi Hong Hi who claimed to be the originator of the first Taekwondo patterns.

First Taekwondo Patterns

In the very first editions of his book Taekwon-Do, General Choi only mentioned twenty Taekwondo patterns, along with some karate patterns. The original Taekwondo patterns were: Chon-Ji, Dan-Gun, Do-San, Won-hyo, Yul-kok, Chung-gun, Toi-gye, Hwa-rang, Chung-mu, Gwang-gae, Po-eun, Ge-baek, Yu-sin, Choong-jang, Ul-ji, Sam-il, Ko-Dang, Choi-yong, Se-jong, and tong-il.  In the 1970's, Choi removed the karate patterns and added four more Taekwondo patterns, moon-moo, yon-gae, So-san, and Eui-Am, for a total of twenty-four Taekwondo patterns. During the early 1980's, Choi thought some important techniques were missing from the original patterns, so he replaced one of the original patterns (Ko-Dang) with a new pattern (Juche). This kept the total number of patterns at twenty-four. The order of the patterns has changed somewhat over time, as well as the total number, but regardless of the number of patterns, Tong-Il will be always the last one. This is because it stands for the hope that North and South Korea will one day be unified.

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