Bakat Palmok San Makgi
Literally: mountain block with the outer forearm
Also known as: Outer Forearm W Block, Mountain Block, Outer forearm W-shape block
An outer forearm block shaped like the letter W, named after a mountain (san); in the tul Toi-Gye it forms six consecutive movements.
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Bakat palmok san makgi is, in ITF terminology, a mountain block with the outer forearm (outer forearm W-shape block, mountain block). The word san means mountain, and according to the Taekwondo Fandom wiki the block is named after the shape of the arms, which resemble a mountain or the letter W. The tool is the outer forearm, bakat palmok; according to the same source, the knife-hand, sonkal, is also used. It defends against a hand or foot attack from below the nose upward. Olympic taekwondo (Kukkiwon, WT) knows a similar santeul makgi, or a wedging version, hecho santeul makgi. It is performed differently: the fists are at the temples and the arms parallel to the floor, while ITF stresses the outer forearm and knife-hand. In the tul Toi-Gye it forms the 13th to 18th movement, in Ge-Baek the 39th and 40th movement.