Dwitbal Sogi
뒷발서기
Literally: rear foot stance
Also known as: Rear foot stance, Dwit-bal Seogi
An ITF taekwondo stance with most weight on the rear leg; the front foot barely touches the ground with the ball of the foot, free for a kick.
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Dwitbal sogi (뒷발서기), literally rear-leg stance, carries most weight on the rear leg. The little toes are one shoulder-width apart, the front foot turns about twenty-five degrees inward and the rear one about fifteen degrees. The rear leg bends so the knee sits above the toes and slightly inward, its heel a little further back than the front heel. The front leg is bent and touches the ground only lightly with the ball of the foot. The stance serves mainly defence, sometimes attack, taken turned side-on. It lets the practitioner adjust distance or kick with the front leg without shifting weight. In the ITF syllabus it is taught at blue belt, 4th kup, with the preparatory dwitbal junbi sogi.