Hi,
The answer is a little more basic than that. It is the same reason
that your less trusted advisor is on your left hand side. Most people
are right handed, yes, so trained fighters will attack to that side of
you more often. So you practice your first move to counter a strike
that will most often happen.
Moving to the left in the Korean styles such as Harawg do, Tang So Do
and Tae Kwon Do, also has the spiritual aspect of regarding your art
as art rather than martial. The left side of the body is the creative,
spiritual side, where as the right is the active, earthly side. Moving
to the left is regarding the purpose of the pattern as more spiritual
than martial.
Another reason is that most of the forms end in a left hand strike.
Hwa Rang is named after the Silla Dynasty Hwa Rang youth movement of
the 7th century. The 29 movements however refer to the ROK 29th
Infantry Division, where TaeKwonDo as it was originally called was
conceived and developed.
Choong Moo was the common name of Admiral Yi Soon-Sin of the Lee
Dynasty. He was reputed to have invented the first armored sea craft
(KoBukSon) in 1592. The form ends with a left hand attack to symbolize
his inappropriate death and its circumstances.
Choong Jang is thought to be the one of the original 3rd Dan pattern.
It has 52 movements, and refers to General Kim Duk Ryang who lived
during the Lee Dynasty. The pattern ends with a left hand attack to
symbolize his untimely death at age 27 while in prison.
By the way it is not just the Korean styles that do this, most of the
Japanese and Chinese arts do it as well.
Links
1st Representation - The right hand (representing the physical) and
the left hand (representing the spiritual) are plaved together for
peace and avoidance of conflict.
http://pottsville.koz.com/servlet/randhsite_ProcServ/dbpage=page&mode=display&expanded=1&gid=01004010170950297844167554&pg=01005010170950734139138669&item_collect_id=01017010170956615435187235
Korean Martial Arts
://www.google.com/search?q=cache:QfeKfB2aB1kC:user.domaindlx.com/jlim50480/hap_doc/hap17.html+Spiritual+Martial+Arts+%22left+hand%22+Korean&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Meaning of the Hyung of Taekwondo
http://www.seghea.com/pat/martialart/meanings.html
Meanings of the Patterns
http://mwma_tkd.tripod.com/meaning_of_patterns.htm
Thanks,
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