After extensively practicing this exercise the student should be able to ....

1.  Select an appropriate defence for a low, middle or high attack.
2. Correctly perform parallel ready stance, and walking stance.
3. Correctly perform middle and high punch, and also front smashing kick,
4. Correctly perform low, middle and rising forearm block.

Number 1:
Attack:
Start in attention stance, then move right leg back walking stance low forearm block.

1. Step forward right walking stance obverse middle punch
2. Step forward left walking stance obverse middle punch
3. Step forward right walking stance obverse middle punch

Step back to parallel ready stance

Defence:

1. Move right leg back into left walking stance inner forearm middle block (left arm)
2. Move left leg back into right walking stance inner forearm middle block (right arm)
3. Move right leg back into left walking stance inner forearm middle block (left arm)

Counter Attack:
On the spot, walking stance right reverse middle punch
Then step forward to parallel stance

Number 2:
Start in attention stance, then right leg back walking stance low forearm block.

1. Front kick right leg, landing in right walking ready stance
2. Front kick left leg, landing in left walking ready stance
3. Front kick right leg, landing in right walking ready stance

Step back to parallel ready stance

Defence:
Step forward to parallel ready stance

1. Move right leg back into left walking stance low forearm block (left arm)
2. Move left leg back into right walking stance low forearm block (right arm)
3. Move right leg back into left walking stance low forearm block (left arm)

Counter Attack:
On the spot, walking stance right reverse middle punch
Then step forward to parallel stance

 Number 3:
Attack:
Start in attention stance, then right leg back walking stance low forearm block.

1. Step forward right walking stance obverse high punch
2. Step forward left walking stance obverse high punch
3. Step forward right walking stance obverse high punch

Step back to parallel ready stance

Defence:
Step forward to parallel ready stance

1. Move right leg back into left walking stance forearm rising block (left arm)
2. Move left leg back into right walking stance forearm rising block (right arm)
3. Move right leg back into left walking stance forearm rising block (left arm)

Counter Attack:
On the spot, walking stance right reverse high punch
Then step forward to parallel stance

3 –step for 9th kup. (pre-arranged, with partner)

After extensively practicing this exercise the student should be able to:
• Select an appropriate defence for a low, middle or high attack.
• Correctly perform attention stance, parallel ready stance, walking stance and sitting stance
• Correctly perform middle and high punch, and also front smashing kick
• Correctly perform low, middle and rising forearm block.
• Correctly measure up for a given technique.
• Select an appropriate counter attack.
• Explain and demonstrate the advantage and disadvantages of performing and inside (an makgi) and an outside block (bakat makgi).

Number 1:

Person A (attacker) and B (defender)

Measure:
A) Bow in attention stance
B) Bow in attention stance

A) Measures up in walking stance, overlap the top half of the feet.
Then return to attention stance.
B) Stays in attention stance.

Ready:
On the command '3-Step sparring ready' (Sambo Matsogi Junbi)
A) Right leg back walking stance low forearm block. Shout 'Ya', as a ready signal.
B) Moves left foot in to parallel ready stance. Shout 'Ya' as a ready signal.

Attack:
1. On the command 'commence' Step forward right walking stance obverse middle punch. (place right foot on outside of defender's front foot, overlap top half of feet)
2. Step forward left walking stance obverse middle punch. (place left foot on inside of defenders foot, overlap top half of feet)
3. Step forward right walking stance obverse middle punch. (place right foot on outside of defender's front foot, overlap top half of feet)

Defence:
4. Move right leg back into left walking stance inner forearm middle block (left arm)
5. Move left leg back into right walking stance inner forearm middle block (right arm)
6. Move right leg back into left walking stance inner forearm middle block (left arm)

Counter Attack:
On the spot, walking stance right reverse middle punch

Both A and B return to attention stance, because they need to
re-measure

Number 2:

Measure:
A) Measures up in walking stance, overlap heel to heel. Then return to attention stance.
B) Stays in attention stance.

Ready:
On the command '3-Step sparring ready'
A) Right leg back walking stance low forearm block. Shout 'Ya'.
B) Moves left foot in to parallel ready stance. Shout 'Ya'.

Attack:
On the command 'commence'
1. Front kick right leg, landing in right walking ready stance. (place right foot on outside of defender's front foot, overlap heel to heel)
2. Front kick left leg, landing in left walking ready stance. (place left foot on inside of defender's front foot, overlap heel to heel)
3. Front kick right leg, landing in right walking ready stance. (place right foot on outside of defender's front foot, overlap heel to heel)

Defence:
4. Move right leg back into left walking stance low forearm block. Left forearm blocks the tibia.
5. Move left leg back into right walking stance low forearm block. Right forearm blocks the tibia.
6. Move right leg back into left walking stance low forearm block. Left forearm blocks the tibia.

Counter Attack:
On the spot, walking stance right reverse middle punch

Both A and B return to attention stance because they need to
re-measure.

Number 3:

Measure:
A) Measures up in walking stance, overlap heel to heel. Then return to attention stance.
B) Stays in attention stance.

Ready:
On the command '3-Step sparring ready'
A) Right leg back walking stance low forearm block. Shout 'Ya'.
B) Moves left foot in to parallel ready stance. Shout 'Ya'.

Attack:
On the command 'commence'
1. Step forward right walking stance high obverse punch. (place right foot on outside of defender's front foot, overlap the back half of the feet)
2. Step forward left walking stance high obverse punch. (place left foot on outside of defender's front foot, overlap the back half of the feet)
3. Step forward right walking stance high obverse punch. (place right foot on outside of defender's front foot, overlap the back half of the feet)

Defence:
4. Move right leg back into left walking stance forearm rising block (left arm)
5. Move left leg back into right walking stance forearm rising block (right arm)
6. Move right leg back into left walking stance forearm rising block (left arm)

Counter Attack:
On the spot, walking stance right reverse high punch

Both A and B return to attention stance because they need to
re-measure.

Number 4:

Note:
This is an example of an outside block.

Measure:
A) Measures up in walking stance, overlap heel to heel. Then return to attention stance.
B) Stays in attention stance.

Ready:
On the command '3-Step sparring ready'
A) Right leg back walking stance low forearm block. Shout 'Ya'.
B) Moves left foot in to parallel ready stance. Shout 'Ya'.

Attack:
On the command 'commence'
1. Step forward right walking stance obverse middle punch. (place right foot so that the top half of feet overlap)
2. Step forward left walking stance obverse middle punch. (place left foot so that the top half of feet overlap)
3. Step forward right walking stance obverse middle punch. (place right foot so that the top half of feet overlap)

Defence:
4. Move left leg back into right walking stance inner forearm middle block (right arm)
5. Move right leg back into left walking stance inner forearm middle block (left arm)
6. Move left leg back into right walking stance inner forearm middle block (right arm)

Counter Attack:
move left foot across to the right side of A and perform a middle punch in sitting stance.

Stop:
On the command 'Stop'. Both A and B return to parallel ready stance.

7th kups 'attacker' will not forewarn the 7th kup 'defenders'.

After extensively practicing this exercise the student should be able to:
• Select an appropriate defence for a low, middle or high attack.
• Correctly select and perform the appropriate stance for an attacking and defensive technique
• Correctly perform middle and high punch, and also front smashing kick
• Correctly perform blocks.
• Correctly perform walking stance and L-stance.
• Correctly measure up for a given technique.
• Select an appropriate counter attack; match the attacking technique, tool and target.
• Block on either the inside or outside of the attacking technique.
• Adjust the distance of the 3rd stance to correctly execute an appropriate counter attack.

Main points

• The defenders stance must be the same as the attacker stance, otherwise the distances between the two people will change over the three steps.
• The attacker and defender must use a common rhythm as this in a training exercise not real sparring. The idea is not to try and catch out your partner but to practice together.
• All attacks start with a right hand or foot attack.

Attacker

• The attacker must measure up in the appropriate stance and overlap the feet correctly.
• Take 3 steps forwards and perform 3 attacks using the same technique.
• The attacks can be in either walking stance or L-stance. The attacks
will typically be; walking stance middle punch or high punch, L-Stance middle punch, front smashing kick, knife hand strike.

Defender
• Defenders should use all the blocks from 4-directional punch, 4-directional block, Chon-Ji and Dan Gun (and Do San for 7th kups)
Example; walking stance; inner forearm middle block, rising block, low forearm block, low knife hand block, outer forearm high side block
L-stance, inner forearm middle block, knifehand guarding block, twin forearm block, (6th kups circular block)

Counter attack:

Instructors and students should do various examples of this in their classes but they should not number them or write them down for the students to learn off.