Penrith Tae Kwon-Do

Green Tag to Green Belt (7^th Kup to 6^th Kup)

Techniques

	Walking stance – straight finger tip thrust
	Walking stance – Wedging block

Kick

Reverse turning kick from sitting stance

Pattern

Do San Tul

Sparring

	1 step sparring No 1 & 2
	Free sparring

Destruction

No destruction required

Theory

English	Korean
Backfist strike	Dung joomuk taerigi
Front snap kick	Ap cha busigi
High section	Napunde
Knifehand guarding block	Sonkal dabae magki
Knifehand strike	Sonkal taerigi
Mid section	Kaunde
Obverse punch	Baro jirugi
Outer forearm block	Bakat palmok magki
Parallel ready stance	Narani chunbi sogi
Reverse punch	Bandae jirugi
Rising block	Chukyo magki
Straight fingertip thrust	Sun sonkut tulgi
Wedging block	Hechyo magki

Application of Technique

Releases from single rear wrist grab

Pattern: Do San

Meaning:

Is the pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Ch’ang Ho (1876 – 1938). The 24 movements represent his entire life, which he devoted to furthering the education of Korea and its independence movement.

Pattern Pointers:

High outer forearm side block

The thumb level with eyes at the moment of impact.

Dip knee when punching motions 2 & 4 to obtain sine wave motion.

Middle straight fingertip thrust:

The thrusting hand must be directly in front of the solar plexus and the fingertips of the supporting hand are covered by the arm that is thrusting.

Chamber hands on chest lime palms facing inwards

High wedging outer forearm block

Chamber crossed hands on chest line palms facing inwards.

The distance between the blocking fists is equal to one shoulder width.

Whichever leg is in front, same side arm is chambered inside

Middle front snap kick

At a 75° angle while keeping the position of the hands as they were in the previous movement.

	Punch from chest after wedging block, dipping knee on second punch to obtain sine wave motion.
	Two sets of fast movements on movements 15 & 16 and 19 & 20
	Execute front snap kick explosive from back leg, mass propelled forwards.
	If hips are at 45° angle, use waist twist
	If hips are both parallel front facing, dip knee (General Rule)
	Distance of hands from the body in junbi position are A: 30 cm B: 15 cm C: 10 cm
	Low Blocks: Arm bent :- closed hand 25°

Arm bent :- open hand 15°

Palm block:

Bend all fingertips slightly towards palm gripping lightly of reinforce palm

If both hands are away from the body when blocking, the next movement, if an attacking technique, is delivered from the chest line

One Step Sparring (Ilbo Matsogi)

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 1 – Outer Forearm Block / Punch

1. Step back towards B assuming walking stance while executing a middle outward block with the outer forearm to the attackers inner forearm.
gunnun so bakuro kaunde bakat palmok magki

2. Counter attack with a high reverse punch to the point of the jaw.
gunnun so napunde bandae ap joomuk jirugi

Number 2 – Outer Forearm Block / Knifehand Strike

1. Step back with the left foot towards B assuming left L-stance whilst executing a middle outward block with the outer forearm to the attackers outer forearm with the right hand.
niunja so bakuro kaunde bakat palmok magki

2. Counter attack - Step with the left foot towards A into walking stance. Step with the right foot to L stance executing middle right knifehand strike to the back of the attacker’s neck.
niunja so kaunde sonkal taerigi

Green Tag to Green Belt (7th Kup to 6th Kup)