Grading Material for 5th Kup
Requirements:
- Yul-Gok Tul(click for description & Video)
- One Step Sparring (ILBO MATSOGI)
- Free Sparring (JAYU MATSOGI)
Power:
- Side Piercing Kick
- Reverse Turning Kick
English - Korean Dictionary |
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Attacking Techniques | |||
Front Elbow Strike |
Ap Palkup Taerigi |
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Defending Techniques |
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Palm Hooking Block | Son Badak Golcho Makgi | ||
Twin Knifehand Block | Sang Sonkal Makgi | ||
Double Inner Forearm Block | Doo An Palmok Makgi | ||
Stances | |||
X-Stance | Kyocha Sogi |
Yul-Gok Tul (38 Movements):
Yul-Gok is the pseudonym of a great philosopher and scholar Yi I (1536-1584) nicknamed the 'Confucius of Korea'. The 38 movements of this pattern represent his birthplace on 38 degrees latitude and the diagram represents the word 'scholar'.
Meaning of Blue Belt:
Blue signifies the Heaven towards which the plant matures into a towering tree as training in Taekwon-Do progresses.