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 |
| Attacking Techniques |
| Front Elbow Strike |
Ap Palkup Taerigi |
| Defending Techniques |
| 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 |
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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. |
