Stances

Rear foot stance (dwitbal sogi)

  • Width: None
  • Length: One (1) shoulder length (footsword of rear foot-to-toes of front foot)
  • Weight Distribution (F% : R%): 90:10 (most of weight on front foot)
  • Right/Left: Name for the rear foot

Notes: The practitioner stands with in the feet in the shape of a capital “L”. The rear foot is turned forward 15 degrees. The front foot is pivoted inward on the heel 25 degrees such that the ball of the foot is approximately aligned with the middle of the rear foot. The heel of the front foot is slightly off the ground.

 

Low stance (nachuo sogi)

  • Width: One (1) shoulder width (center of front foot-to-center of rear foot)
  • Length: One (1) and 1/2 shoulder length (toes of rear foot-to-back heel of front foot)
  • Weight Distribution (F% : R%): 50:50
  • Right/Left: Name for the front foot

Notes: The practitioner stands to form a walking stance and then shifts the front foot forward by one (1) foot length. The rear foot is turned forward 25 degrees (maximum) while the front foot is turned inward 15 degrees.

 

Closed ready stance type “B” (moa junbi sogi)

  • Width: None
  • Length: None
  • Weight Distribution (F% : R%): 50:50
  • Right/Left: N/A

Notes: The practitioner stands with both feet together and parallel with both knees locked. The right hand forms a fist while the fingertips of the left hand are placed upon the knuckles of the right fist.

The hands are held six (6) inches in front of the belly button (umbilicus).

 

Patterns

Joong-Gun

Diagram: Capital “I”

Pattern Details: Video

Beginning Ready Stance: Closed Ready Stance Type B

Number of Movements: 32

Pattern Meaning: Joong-Gun is named after the patriot Ahn Joong-Gun who assassinated Hiro-Bumi Ito who was the first Japanese governor-general of Korea. Ito was known as the man who played the leading role in the Korea-Japan merger.

The 32 movements represent Mr. Ahn’s age when we was executed in Lui Shung prison in 1910.

Step Sparring

Beginning 1-Step Sparring

No-Contact Free Sparring ( 1 opponent )

Hand Techniques

Basic Hand Techniques

  • Side block with the reverse knife hand
  • Upward block with the palm
  • Upward strike with the front elbow
  • Vertical punch with the twin fore fists
  • Upset punch with the twin fore fists
  • Rising block with the X-fists
  • Pressing block with the X-fore fists
  • Angle punch with the fore fist
  • U-shape block with the arc-hands

Mid-Air Techniques

  • 180 Mid-air side strike with the back fist

Demonstrate a 180 degree mid-air strike with the back fist from an L-stance spinning in the direction of the “rear” shoulder.

Foot Techniques

Basic Kicking Techniques

  • Vertical kick with the footsword
  • Vertical kick with the reverse footsword
  • Reverse crescent kick with footsword
  • Reverse turning kick to the side front
  • Reverse turning kick to the front
  • Sweeping kick

Skip Kicking

  • Skip twisting kick

Consecutive Kicking

  • Three (3) consecutive kicks

Demonstrate multiple (3) advanced kicks focused at different targets towards different directions.

Mid-Air Kicking

  • Mid-air 180 back piercing kick
  • Mid-air side piercing kick (lead leg)

Flying Kicking

  • Flying crescent kick

Vertical Kicking

  • Triple Kicking
    – Lead leg; Rear leg and Stepping motions

Demonstrate vertical (triple) kicking focused at different targets using more advanced kicks.

Balance/Strength Training

Demonstrate a mid-air side front snap kick.

The practitioner shall land on the “non-kicking” leg while maintaining a side front snap kick extended and held as high as possible. Hold the “landed” kicking position for two (2) seconds and repeat using the other leg.

Ho Sin Sul

Releases

  • Defend against a full nelson grab from the rear
  • Defend against a bear hug from behind
  • Defend against a bear hug from the front

Takedowns

  • Scissor-leg takedowns

Foot Sweeps

  • Demonstrate sweeping kick against an attacking opponent

Demonstrate a sweep to an opponents front leg against an attack with a front punch.

Destruction

Men (16+ years)

Hand-Breaking Techniques

  • 1 Board – Mid-air front punch with fore fist;or Mid-air side strike with knife hand; or
  • 2 Boards – Inward strike with knife hand; or Downward punch with fore fist; or Front elbow strike

Foot-Breaking Techniques

  • 2 Boards – Reverse turning kick; or Flying side front snap kick; or Flying turning kick
  • 3 Boards – Flying side piercing kick

Ladies/Juniors (16+ years/11-15 years)

Hand-Breaking Techniques

  • 1 Board – Mid-air front punch with fore fist; or Mid-air side strike with knife hand; or Front elbow strike
  • 2 Boards – Inward strike with knife hand; or Downward punch with fore fist

Foot-Breaking Techniques

  • 1 Board – Reverse turning kick; or Flying side front snap kick; or Flying turning kick; or
  • 2 Board – Flying side piercing kick

Children (5-10)

Hand-Breaking Techniques

  • 3/4 Board (Orange Board) – Downward strike with knife hand

Foot-Breaking Techniques

  • 1 Board (Green Board) – Side piercing kick