Red Tag 3rd Kup

Red Tag to Red Belt (3^rd Kup to 2^nd Kup)

Techniques

	Walking stance upset fingertip thrust
	L stance pushing block

Kick

Flying front kick (followed by kick flying side kick if advanced)

Pattern

Toi Gye Tul

Sparring

	One step sparring flying front kick
	One step sparring flying side kick
	Free sparring

Destruction

Under 17 and over 40 do not break.

Flying back piercing kick both legs 1 board

Theory

English	Korean
Circular block	Dollimyo magki
Closed ready stance	Moa junbi sogi
Closed stance	Moa sogi
Double forearm block	Do palmok magki
Double forearm low pushing block	Palmok najunde mito magki
Flat fingertip thrust	Opun sonkut tulgi
Front snap kick	Ap cha busigi
Inner forearm block	An palmok magki
Knife hand guarding block	Sonkal dabae magki
Obverse punch	Baro jirugi
Reverse punch	Bandae jirugi
Side back fist strike	Dung joomuck yopdwi taerigi
Twin side elbow strike	Sang yop palkup taerigi
Upset finger tip thrust	Dwijibun sonkut tulgi
Vertical punch	Sewo jirugi
W shaped block	San magki
X fist pressing block	Kyocha koomuck noollo magki
X stance	Kyocho sogi

Application of Technique

Releases from double front throat grab

Releases from double rear throat grab

Pattern: Toi Gye

Meaning:

Is the pen name of the noted scholar Yi Hwang (16th century), an authority on neo Confucianism. The 37 movements of the pattern refer to his birthplace on 37° latitude, the diagram represents ‘scholar’

Pattern Pointers:

Low upset finger tip thrust:

Deliver from slightly closed hand from shoulder line.

Bring the reaction hand (side fist) in front of shoulder of thrusting hand.

High rear back fist strike in movements 3 & 6 of pattern:

Back fist strike is at a 90° angle, shoulders square on. Reaction hand is inside body line.

High rear back fist strike in movement 28 of pattern

Back fist strike is at a 90° angle, body is at a 45° angle. Reaction hand is on body line.

Twin side elbow thrust

Chamber arms in X position in front of solar plexus before delivery.

W shaped block

At the moment of impact fists are on the shoulder line

Low double forearm pushing block

Fix eyes ahead & back straight on delivery

X stance – X fist (Jumping)

Keep back straight fixing eyes towards A

	One set of fast movements on movements 10 & 11
	Three slow movements on movements 3, 6 & 12
	One set of continuous movements 7 & 8
	Set of stamping movements 13 to 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 9 – Jump Front Snap

1. Slide on a 45 degree angle toward B assuming L stance whilst executing a forearm guarding block.
niunja so kaunde bakuro bakat palmok magki

2. Counter attack with a high flying front kick landing in L stance guarding block.
Twimyo ap cha busigi

Number 10 – Jump Side Kick

1. Slide on a 45 degree angle toward B assuming L stance whilst executing a forearm guarding block. niunja so kaunde bakuro bakat palmok magki

2. Counter attack with a high flying side kick landing in L stance guarding block.
Twimyo yop cha jirugi

Red Tag to Red Belt (3rd Kup to 2nd Kup)