Patterns help students develop

• Stronger, faster, and more effective kicks, blocks, and strike
• Stronger and more secure fighting stances and positions
• Sparring techniques
• Defensive and offensive moves for every self-defense situation
• Build endurance
• Condition muscles to be harder and stronger
• Rhythm and grace of movement
• Awareness of oneself and body
• Effective breathing techniques

Patterns mark the progress of student development. Higher ranks require more complex patterns that challenge them to increase their level of discipline and proficiency. As students progress in rank, the patterns they are required to learn increase in complexity and difficulty. Traditionally, students must perform a pattern hundreds of times before learning the next one, but in modern Taekwondo, this level of proficiency is not usually required.