Tenets of TaeKwonDo
ye ui : courtesy
yom chi : integrity
in nae : perseverance
kuk gi : self-control
(also "jah jeh")
baekjool : indomitable spirit (also "boolgool eui jung shin")
Counting
1 : hanah
2 : dool
3 : set
4 : net
5 : dasot
6 : yasot
7 : ilgop
8 : yadol
9
: ahop
10 : yool
Directions
Oo : right (also "oh-ruen")
Joa : left (also "wen")
Ahp : front
Ahn : inner
bahkat :
outer
bahndae : reverse
dwi : back
ahnuro : inward
bahkuro : outward
whee : high (up)
whee uro : upward
guande
: middle
ulgool : high section (also "sahngdahn")
momtong : middle section (also "chungdahn")
ahrae : low section
(also "hahdahn")
Ordinal Numbers
1 : il
2 : ee
3 : sahm
4 : sah
5 : oh
6 : ryook
7 : chil
8 : pal
9 :
koo
10 : ship
Rank
Kagup : rank
Gup : grade
Dan : degree
Simsa : grading (or promotional) test
simsa
kwan : examiner
dan gup jedo : system of rank
Body Movements
mom omgigi : movement of the body
mahki : block
chagi : kick
chirugi : thrust (or punch)
chigi
: strike (with the hand)
jeek gi : strike (with the foot)
bahk gi : strike (with the head)
sahn ki sool : hand technique
bahl
ki sool : foot technique
kyorugi : sparring
bituro : twisting
gamya : stepping (also "omkyuh didigi")
kuht neun
: walking
uro : moving in a particular direction
bang hyang bakoogi : changing direction
bitkyuh surgi : escaping
tdwim
yu : jumping
dora : to turn
dolmyo : spinning
mee keul my : sliding (also "mee kul gi")
jupgi : holding/grabbing
donzigi
: throwing
goorugi : rolling/tumbling
pyihagi : dodging
hecho : spreading
moyo : gathering
bojoo : covering
Basic
Body Parts
mom : body
kwanjeol : joint
ulgool : face & head
muh ree : head
noon : eye
gui : ear
ko : nose
in
joong : philtrum
eep : mouth
tuhk : chin
mokoomeong : throat
mok : neck
ouka : shoulder
myung chi : solar
plexus
pahl : arm
pahlkup : elbow
pahlmahk : forearm
ahn pahlmahk : inner side of forearm
bahkat pahlmahk :
outer side of forearm
meet pahlmahk : palm side of forearm
wi pahlmahk : back side of forearm
deung pahlmahk : back
of forearm
sahnmahk : wrist
sahn: hand
sahnkal : outside edge of hand (knifehand)
sahnkal deung : inside edge
of hand (ridgehand)
sahn deung : back hand
joomok : fist
sahnkahrak: finger
sahnkeut : fingertip
momtong :
trunk (middle section)
huri : waist
ahrae : lower body (low section)
noolro : groin
dahree : leg
mooreup :
knee
ahp jung kang yi : shin
bahl mahk: ankle
bahl: foot (or feet)
bahldung : instep
bahlbong oh ri : arch
of foot
bahl nahl : outside edge of foot
an bahl nahl : inside edge of foot
bahl badak: sole of foot
ahp chook:
ball of foot
dwi koomchi : heel
dwi chook: bottom of heel
bahlkeut : toes
Hand Positions
Sahnkal : knifehand
sahnkal jecho : knifehand with palm up
sahnkal deung : ridgehand (also
"oppun sahnkal")
sahn bahtong : palm heel (also "bahtong sahn")
sahn deung : back hand (also "deung sahn")
ah keum
sahn : arc hand
galkwi sahn : ripping (or raking) hand
jipke sahn : pincers hand
joomok : fist
deung joomuk :
back fist
yup joomuk : side fist
me joomuk : hammer-fist
inju joomuk : forefinger one-knuckle fist
bamchu joomuk
: middle-finger one-knuckle fist
doo bam joomuk : two-knuckle fist
pyun joomuk : flat (or open) fist
omji joomuk
: thumb-knuckle fist
kwan soo : spearhand (also "pyun sahnkeut")
sahnkeut : spearfinger
gawi sahnkeut : scissors-shaped
spearfingers
Hand Attacks
bahro chirugi : straight (return) punch
bahndae chirugi : reverse punch
gullgi chirugi :
hook punch
yung seuk chirugi : combination (consecutive) punch
doo bun chirugi : double punch
sae bun chirugi : triple
punch
sahnkeut chirugi : spearfinger thrust
sewo chirugi : vertical punch
gotjang chirugi : vertical fist punch
dolrya
chirugi : round punch
dwijubo chirugi : upset punch
soteum chirugi : spring punch
nehryuh chirugi : downward punch
chi
chirugi : uppercut punch
jae chuh chirugi : upper punch (also "jae chin chirugi")
doo joomuk chirugi : doublefist punch
dikootja
chirugi : `U' (or `C') shaped punch (hi-lo)
sosum chirugi : double uppercut punch
keumgang chirugi : diamond-shaped
punch
nalgeh chirugi : wing-shaped punch
Blocks
bahkat palmahk mahki : outer forearm block
ahn palmahk mahki : inner forearm block
sahng palmahk
mahki : twin forearm block
ahnuro mahki : inward block
bahkuro mahki : outward block
ahrae mahki : low block
cho
kyo mahki : rising block
daebi mahki : guarding block
bituro mahki : twisting block
gahwi mahki : scissors block
keumgang
mahki : diamond-shaped (Hercules) block
gutjha mahki : `9'-shaped block (cross block)
yeot pero mahki : `X'-shaped block
(also "kyo cha mahki")
santeul mahki : mountain-shaped block (also "osanteul mahki")
weh santeul mahki : part mountain-shaped
block
utgallruyuh mahki : cross block (also "utgiruh mahki")
hechuh mahki : scattered block (or wedge block)
hwang
so mahki : ox (or "bull") block
bahtangsahn nooluh mahki : pressing down block
deuluh oll ryu mahki : upward scooping
fist block
Kicks
cha olligi : stretching kick
jillo chagi : thrusting kick
ahp chagi : front kick
yup chagi :
side kick
dolrya chagi : turning (roundhouse) kick
dwi chagi : back kick
bahndae dolrya chagi : reverse round kick
dwi
dolrya chagi : back round kick ("hook kick" for some styles)
gullgi chagi : hook kick (also "golcho chagi" or "golro chagi")
bahndall
chagi : crescent kick (literally "half moon kick")
hoohrio chagi : wheel kick
beet chagi : slant (or instep) kick
bahn
dolrya chagi : half round kick (also "instep kick")
beakya chagi : slap kick
nehryuh jeek gi : ax kick; literally "downward
foot strike"
hwe jun chagi : swing kick
mil a chagi : pushing kick (also "mil gi chagi")
gokwang i chagi : pickax
kick
pyojuk chagi : target kick
dolmyo chagi : spinning kick
tdwim yah chagi : jumping kick
yung seuk chagi :
combination (consecutive) kick
meekulmyu chagi : sliding kick (also "mikulgi chagi")
goollruh chagi : rolling kick
natgeh
tdwim yu chagi : hopping kick
nalla chagi : flying kick (also "goong jung chagi")
gahwi chagi : scissors kick
illja
chagi : linear kick
japgo chagi : holding (grasp) kick
ohpo chagi : falling kick (leg sweep)
nachu oh chagi : stooping
kick
Stances
sohgi : stance
ahnjun sohgi : sitting stance
ahp sohgi : front stance
ahp koo bi sohgi : front
bent knee stance (also just "ahp koo bi")
dwi sohgi : back stance
dwi koo bi sohgi : back bent knee stance (also just
"dwi koo bi")
beom sohgi : cat (or tiger) stance (also "goyang-i sohgi")
kuht neun sohgi : walking stance
juchoom
sohgi : horseback riding stance
mot sohgi : fighting stance
kyorugi sohgi : sparring stance
choon bi sohgi : ready
stance (also "pyeonhi sohgi")
gibon sohgi : basic stance
guande sohgi : middle stance
naranhee sohgi : parallel stance
niun
ja sohgi : `L'-stance
gojang sohgi : fixed (lower-back) stance
sa sun sohgi : diagonal stance
gyuttari sohgi : fixed
balance (or bent knee) stance
koh ah sohgi : crossed foot stance
kyo cha sohgi : `X'-stance
mo ah sohgi : close stance
joong-rib
sohgi : neutral stance
dong yuk sohgi : dynamic stance
cha yun sohgi : natural stance
chagi sohgi : kicking stance
hahktari
sohgi : crane stance (also "ue bal sohgi")
Forms
Poomse : form (pronounced "poom-say"), also "hyung"
Tul : patterns
Jang : similar to a page or a
chapter
yung seuk : combination
sa bang hyang : four direction
Sparring
Kyorugi : (free) sparring
han bun kyorugi : one step sparring
doo bun kyorugi : two step sparring
sae
bun kyorugi : three step sparring
bahn ja yu kyorugi : semi free sparring
machu oh kyorugi : arranged free sparring
jeon
: round (competition segment)
shihap : bout or match
jeum : point
shi gan : time out
keum bahk : out of bounds
kyong
go : warning
gam jeum : deduction of point
shil kyuk : disqualification
boo sang : injury
seung : win
bi kim
: tie
chung : blue
hong : red
hin : white
jajun bahl : use of footwork to dodge a technique
nachugi : body
evasion by "ducking"
Commands
cha ryuht : attention
choon bi : ready
bah ro : return to starting position
dwi uro dorah
: about face
dorah : turn
elosoh : stand
gomahn : stop (also "mum cho")
geuk gi hyang ha yoh : face the flag
jwa
woo hyang woo : face each other
sah bum nim keh : face instructor/master
sun bae nim keh : face senior student
simsa
kwan nim keh : face examiner/tester
dobok dahnjung : fix your uniform
dhee dahnjung : fix your belt
hai sahn : class
dismissed (also "hae cho")
jonglee : line up (also "ji hap" and "jung yul")
kyung nae : bow
ahnjoe : sit
kool
o angi : kneel (kneeling)
bah ro angi : sit in lotus position (yoga posture)
bahl bah kwah : switch your stance (switch
your feet)
koo ryung op see : in your own time
seijak : begin
shiuh : relax
kalyeo : break (or stop)
kae sok
: continue
Uniform
Tee : belt
dobok : uniform
ha'I : training pants