Taekwon-Do Terminology

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Since the Korean language is written using "Hangul" and not the Roman alphabet, all the spellings you see here are approximate Romanization and may not be the same spellings that some of you are used to seeing.
*BASIC TERMS*		*STANCES*
*SECTIONS & DIRECTIONS*		*NUMBERS & COUNTING*
*BLOCKING TECHNIQUES*		*DESTRUCTION*
*KICKING TECHNIQUES*		*FOOT PARTS*
*HAND TECHNIQUES*		*HAND PARTS*
*SPARRING*
Click on the Korean to hear pronunciation.
BASIC TERMS		STANCES

Tenet	jungshin	Parallel	narani
Oath	sonso	Stance	sogi
Art	do	Close	moa
Foot	tae	Walking	gunnun
Hand	kwon	"L"	niunja
Callisthenics	dosoo dallyon	"X"	kyoch
Limbering up exercise	junbi undong	One leg	waebal
Pattern	tul	Bending a and b	guburyo
Self defence	hosin sul	Vertical	soo jic
Gymnasium	dojang	Diagonal	sasun
Instructor	sabum	Sitting	annun
Student	jeja	Fixed	gojung
Uniform	dobok	Rear foot	dwit bal
Belt	ti	SECTIONS & DIRECTIONS
Bow	kyong	Section	dungboon
Start	si jak	Low	najunde
About turn	duiro dora	Middle	kaunde
At ease	swiyo	High	nopunde
End ( stop )	goman	Inward	anuro
Class dismiss	hae san	Outward	bakuro
Push up	momtong bachin	Inside	an
Demonstration	sibum	Outside	bakat
Attack	gong gyuk	Inner	an
Return to start position	pharo	Outer	bakat
NUMBERS & COUNTING		Front	ap
1	hana	Side	yop
2	dool	Back	dwit
3	set	Reverse	so bandae
4	net	Obverse	so baro
5	tasut	BLOCKING TECHNIQUES
6	yausut	Block	makgi
7	ilgope	Pushing	miro
8	yauldul	Hooking	golcho
9	ahope	Wedging	heycho
10	yaul	Scooping	duro
11	yaul hana	Guarding	daebi
12	yaul dool	Double arc hand	doobandalson
13	yaul set	Circular	dolli myo
14	yaul net	9 shape	gut ja
15	yaul tasut	U shape	mong dung-I
16	yaul yausut	W shape	san
17	yaul ilgope	DESTRUCTION
18	yaul yaudul	Destruction	gyokpa
19	yaul ahope	Dist. board holder	gyokpa tul
1st	ill	KICKING TECHNIQUES
2nd	yee	Foot technique	kok gi
3rd	sam	Front snap kick	apcha busigi
4th	sah	Turning kick	dollyo chagi
5th	oh	Side piercing kick	yop cha jirugi
6th	yook	Side thrusting kick	yop cha tulgi
7th	chil	Back piercing kick	dwitcha jirugi
8th	pal	Stamping kick	cha bapgi
9th	koo	Downward kick	naeryo chagi
10th	shib	Reverse turning kick	bandae dollyo chagi
SPARRING		Reverse hooking kick	bandae dollyo goro chagi
Free	matsoki jayoo	Twisting kick	bituro chagi
Semi free	matsoki banjayoo	Vertical kick	sewo chagi
3 step	matsoki sambo	Flying kick	twimyo chagi
2 step	matsoki ibo	Jumping kick	twigy chagi
1 step	matsoki ilbo	Rising kick	cha olligi
HAND TECHNIQUES		Rising kick front	ap cha olligi
Punch	jirugi	Rising kick side	yop cha olligi
Strike	taerigi	Crescent kick	bandal chagi
Fore fist	ap joomuk	Checking kick	cha mum chagi
Back fist	dung joomuk	Hooking kick	golcha chagi
Hammer fist	yop joomuk	Sweeping kick	goro chagi
Knife hand	sonkal	Jumping	twigy
Reverse knife hand	sonkal dung	Flying	twinmo
Back forearm	dung palmok	Flying front kick	twimyo apchagi
Bear hand	konson	Flying turning kick	twimyo dollyo chagi
Palm heel	pyon joomuk	Flying reverse turning kick	twimyo bandae dollyo chagi
Double forearm	doo palmok	Flying side piercing kick	twimyo yopcha jirugi
Twin forearm	sang palmok	Flying side thrusting kick	twimyo yopcha tulgi
Elbow	palkup	Flying high kick	twimyo nopi chagi
Back elbow	dwit palkup	Flying twisting kick	twimyo bituro chagi
Side elbow	yop palkup	Consecutive Kick	yonsok chagi
Double side elbow	jau palkup	FOOT PARTS
Straight elbow	sun palkup	Foot part	habansin
Upper elbow	wi palkup	Front sole	ap kumch'I
Front elbow	ap palkup	Foot sword	balkal
High elbow	nopun palkup	Heel	dwichook
Vertical punch	sewo jirugi	Heel base	dwi kunchi
Upset punch	dwijibo jirugi	Instep	baltung
Cresent punch	bandal jirugi	Toes	balkut
U shape punch	digut ja jirugi	Knee	murup
Turning punch	dollyo jirugi	HAND PARTS
Horizontal punch	soopyong jirugi	Hand parts	sang bansin
Knuckle fist	songarak jirugi	Finger tips	sonkup
		Forearm	palmok
		Elbow	palkup


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