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DEFINITION OF TAEKWONDO
 
The art (or way) of hand and foot.
 
Tae = Foot          Kwon = Hand       Do = The art or The way
 
 
 
KOREAN TERMINOLOGY
 
General: 
Counting (Numbers)
(Forms)
Exercise Area
– Dojang
One
– Ha-na 
One
– Il
Uniform
– Dobok
Two
– Dool
Two
– Yi
Attention
– Char-yut 
Three
– Set
Three
– Sam
Bow
– Kyong – yae
Four
– Net 
Four
– Sa
Ready
– Jhoon –bi
Five
– Da-sot
Five
– Oh
Begin
– Si-jak
Six
– Ya-sot
Six
– Yuk
Turn
– Dwito dur-ra
Seven
– Il-gob
Seven
– Chil
Return
– Ba-ro 
Eight
– Yol-dle
Eight
– Pal
Relax
– Shi-ut
Nine
– A-hop
 
 
 
 
Ten
– Yol
 
 
 
 
Eleven
– Yol ha-na
 
 
 
 
Twenty
– Su-mul
 
 
 
 
 Thirty
– So-run
 
 

 

 
Hand Techniques: 
Down Block –
Ha-dan-Maki  
Middle Block –
Mon-tong-Maki
 Rising Block –
Chuk-kyo-Maki 
Middle Punch –
Choon dan-chiki
High Punch –
Sang -dan chi-ki 
Reverse Knife Hand Strike –
Sohn-nal-mok-chi-ki
  Side block –
Yup Maki
Knife Hand Guarding Block –
Sto-ta-bi-mak-ki
Knife Hand Strike –
Sto-yup-tae-ri-ki

 

 
Foot Techniques:
Rising Kick –
Ap-cha-ol-li-gi
Crossing kick –
Ap-cha-dol-ri-ki
Front snap kick –
Yup cha-gi
Side Kick –
Ap-cha-dol-ri-ki
Roundhouse Kick –
Tol-lyo-cha-gi