Dung Joomuk Yop Dwi Taerigi
Literally: back-fist strike to the side rear
Also known as: Dung Joomuk Yopdwi Taerigi, Back fist side-back strike
A back-fist strike delivered diagonally backward to the side; in ITF Taekwon-Do it appears in the patterns Toi-Gye, Po-Eun and Choong-Moo.
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CategoryStrikes (Uchi/Tsuki)
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In ITF Taekwon-Do, dung joomuk yop dwi taerigi is a back-fist strike (dung joomuk) delivered diagonally backward to the side (yop dwi); pattern breakdowns also spell it dung joomuk yopdwi taerigi. Toi-Gye: movement 3 and 6, from the closed stance moa sogi with no level specified; movement 28 is a high-level (nopunde) variant from the L-stance niunja sogi. Po-Eun: movement 16 and 34, a side back-fist strike in a sitting stance with the other arm extended. Choong-Moo: movement 21.