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Promotion from one geup to the next can proceed rapidly in some schools, since schools often allow geup promotions every two, three, or four months. Students of geup rank learn the most basic techniques first, and then move on to more advanced techniques as they approach first dan. Many of the older and more traditional schools often take longer to allow students to test for higher ranks than newer, more contemporary schools, as they may not have the required testing intervals. View Taekwondo belt levels »

Taekwondo Preschool Hand Blade Twisting Outward Block ( 손날 비틀어 바깥막기 sonnal-bitureo-bakkat-makgi )

Hand Blade Twisting Outward Block

( 손날 비틀어 바깥막기 sonnal-bitureo-bakkat-makgi )

 

Difficulty Level:  Intermediate      Technique: Blocks ( 막기 makgi )

The Hand Blade Twisting Outward Block ( 손날 비틀어 바깥막기 sonnal-bitureo-bakkat-makgi ) is a technique that uses the blade of your hand ( 손날 sonnal ) to block ( 막기 makgi ) your neck and face area. This intermediate level technique is introduced in Taegeuk #6 태극 6장 Yuk Jang Poomse.

When you block ( 막기 makgi ), make sure to turn your waist and upper body sideways and then to twist your hand ( 손 son ) at the last second. The front leg should be the opposite side of the blocking hand ( 손 son ) to make the proper posture. The Hand Blade Twisting Outward Block ( 손날 비틀어 바깥막기 sonnal-bitureo-bakkat-makgi ) is an effective self-defense ( 호신술 hosinsool ) move if mastered properly by the practitioner.

While if successful in the block ( 막기 makgi ), then grab your opponents wrist ( 팔목 palmok ) and counterattack with a kick ( 차기 chagi ) or knee ( 무릎 mureup ) strike to the sternum, stomach, or face. Practitioners may combine techniques in a series to ensure one or more strikes impact their opponents. These attacks are thrown at various targets on the body, with the greatest force typically thrown with a particular technique in the sequence such as the Knee Upward Strike ( 무릎 올려치기 mureup-ollyeo-chigi ).

Experienced practitioners learn through repetition and muscle memory when (not just how) to launch particular blocks ( 막기 makgi ), based on the circumstances they are facing. Fights and fighters may have ebbs and flows in momentum and action that become predictable. Disrupting this flow may give the blocker an advantage.

* Please see a certified Master Instructor ( 사범님 sabeomnim ) for training. Proper guidance and instructions are needed to ensure safe training.

 

Hand Blade Twisting Outward Block ( 손날 비틀어 바깥막기 sonnal-bitureo-bakkat-makgi ) Hand Blade Twisting Outward Block ( 손날 비틀어 바깥막기 sonnal-bitureo-bakkat-makgi ) Hand Blade Twisting Outward Block ( 손날 비틀어 바깥막기 sonnal-bitureo-bakkat-makgi )
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Taekwondo Mental Toughness

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Mental toughness is very hard to explain through words and can truly be understood when put to the test in an intense situation where you feel like you are at a breaking point, and find an inner will within you to push forward and overcome the situation. There are those who face stressful situations and back down and let them trample them, these people crumble during life. Then there are those who when faced with stressful, energy draining situations take them by the horns and conquer them, and it fills you with such a great energy and confidence, that helps you with every obstacle that you have from there on. For more information View Mental Toughness »

Indomitable spirit ( 백절불굴 baekjul-boolgool ): To have indomitable spirit means to have the courage to stand up for what you believe in, no matter what odds you are up against, and to always give 100% effort in whatever you do.

Self-control ( 극기 geuk-gi ): This means to not only have control over one's physical acts, but also their mental thoughts and actions.

Perseverance ( 인내 in-nae ): One will persevere time and time again until they have achieved a result which is adequate towards what one was trying to achieve.

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Taekwondo Quiz Questions
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Question. What is the korean terminology for Blocking?

In martial arts, blocking is the act of stopping or deflecting an opponent's attack for the purpose of preventing injurious contact with the body. A block usually consists of placing a limb across the line of the attack. Blocks are considered by some to be the most direct and least subtle of defensive techniques.



Question. What is the name of Taegeuk #4 in Korean?

Taegeuk 태극 (in World Taekwondo (WT)) refers to a set of poomse 품새 used to create a foundation for the teaching of taekwondo. A poomse or form is a detailed pattern of defense-and-attack motions and techniques used in traditional martial arts. Each taegeuk form symbolizes a specific state thought to be indicative of the belt the student currently holds, and is represented in World Taekwondo (WT) by trigrams similar to those found in the four corners of the South Korean flag.



Question. What is the korean terminology for Back Stance?

Back Stance is specifically focused on shifting weight to the back leg, as it offers much more control, and makes it easier to kick off the front leg. To perform the stance ( 서기 sogi ), the body faces to the side, with the front foot facing forward and the front leg bent. The back leg is bent slightly and the foot is turned outwards perpendicular to the front foot making the letter "L" for this stance ( 서기 sogi ).

 

There are five tenets defined in the International Taekwondo Federation (ITF) and several more in World Taekwondo (WT).

Perseverance ( In Nae / 인내 ): "One will persevere time and time again until they have achieved a result which is adequate towards what one was trying to achieve." View Taekwondo Tenets »

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