Blue Belt to Red Tag (4^th Kup to 3^rd Kup)

Techniques

Kick

Pattern

Sparring

Destruction

Under 17 and over 40 do not break.

Reverse turning kick both legs 1 board.

Theory

Application of Technique

Releases from double rear shoulder grab

Pattern: Joong Gun

Meaning:

Is named after the patriot An Joong Gun who assassinated Hiro Bumi Ito, the first Japanese governor general of Korea, known as the man who played the leading part of the Korea-Japan merger.  There are 32 movements in the patter to represent Mr An’s age when he was executed at Lui-Shung prison in 1910.

Pattern Pointers:

Deliver from chest line, thumb positioned inside palm.

Finish block inside shoulder line

Target on same line of blocking arm

Keep shoulders square on when striking

At the moment of impact arms at 45° angles, elblows slightly bent.

Delivery is from chest line (palms facing upwards).  Rotate fists only on the last quarter of the movement.

At the moment of impact arms at 45° anglr, elbows slightly bent.

Delivery is from chest line (palms facing downwards).  Rotate fists only on the last quarter of the movement.

Rotate the back knuckle fist until the back fist faces downwards whist slipping the front foot from L stance to walking stance.

§         Pressing block

Rotate palms at the start of the block following through til the moment of impact.

Right palm block movement 27 / Left palm block movement 29

Fingertips face forward on completion of the block

§         Angle punch

Finishes in front of the left side of the chest line

§         Two sets of fast movements 14 & 15 and 17 & 18.

§         Three slow movements 27, 29 & 30

§         Release movements 15 & 18

One Step Sparring (Ilbo Matsoki)

In all cases the attacker lines up and attacks from the ready stance.  The attack is a middle section obverse punch in all cases and is repeated on each side. 

As the attack sequence is identical throughout 1 step sparring, only the defense movements are documented.

The Attacker is positioned at A facing the Defender at B.

Number 7 – Simultaneous Knifehand Block / Strike

1.       Counter attack by moving the right foot towards A assuming a sitting stance whilst executing a middle outward block with the knife hand and a high inward strike with the knifehand to the temple of side of neck simulataneously.
annun so kaunde bakuro sonkal magki, napunde sonkal taerigi

Number 8 – Front Snap Kick / Double Punch

1.       Step back with right foot forming right L stance whilst executing a middle outward block with the outer forearm of the left arm to the attackers inner forearm
niunja so kaunde bakuro bakat palmok magki

2.       Counter attack with a low front snap lick to lower abdomen landing in walking stance, then execute high obverse punch and high reverse punch to the point of the jaw in fast motion.
ap cha busigi, gunnun so napunde baro ap joomuck jirigi, napunde bandae ap joomuck jirugi

Two Step Sparring (Ibo Matsoki)

Number 3 – Front Snap Kick / Twin Punch

Attacker: Move the right foot to A forming a right L stance whist executing a forearm guarding block.

Defender: Move the left foot to form a parallel reading stance.

A:   Move the right foot to B executing a low front snap kick to the lower abdomen.
najunde ap cha busigi

D:   Move the right foot to B forming a left walking stance while executing a pressing block with X.
gunnun so kyocha joomuk noolo magki

A:   Move the left foot to B forming a left walking stance while executing a high twin vertical punch.
gunnun so napunde sang sewo jirugi

D:   Move the left foot to B forming a left L stance while executing a high wedging block and counter attack by slipping towards A into a right walking stance grabbing the head with both palms, pulling downwards while executing an upward kick with the left knee.
niunja so napunde hechyo magki, gunnun so miro uitjabe ollyo chagi

Number 4 – Fingertip thrust / Side Kick

Attacker: Move the right foot to A forming a right L stance whist executing a forearm guarding block.

Defender: Move the left foot to form a parallel reading stance.

A:   Move the right foot to B forming a right walking stance while executing a high thrust with the right fingertips.
gunnun so napunde sunsonkut tulgi

D:   Move the right foot to B forming a left walking stance while executing a high block with the left knifehand.
gunnun so napunde sonkal magki

A:   Move the left foot to B executing a middle side piercing kick.
kaunde yop cha jirugi

D:   Move the left foot to B forming a left L stance while executing a middle inward block with the outer forearm and counter attack with a left low front snap kick towards A to the base of the spine and execute a twin upset punch upon landing into as left walking stance.
niunja so kaunde anuro bakat palmok magki, najunde ap cha busigi, gunnun so sang dwijibo jirugi