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Giokja Jirugi

Literally: angle punch

Also known as: Angle Punch

A punch with the fore fist along an angled path, not straight; a 4th gup attacking technique in the New Zealand syllabus, practised in Po-Eun and Joong-Gun.

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Martial Arts
CategoryStrikes (Uchi/Tsuki)

Katas containing this technique

Joong-GunStep: 30Po-EunStep: 5, 23Choong-JangStep: 3Yoo-SinStep: 2, 3, 45, 48

About

Giokja jirugi, in English angle punch, is a punch with the fore fist (ahp joomuk) in ITF taekwondo whose path is angled rather than straight. Per the 2017 New Zealand manual, it belongs among the 4th gup attacking techniques. In Po-Eun it is the 5th and 23rd movement, in Joong-Gun the 30th, performed in the moa sogi stance.

Further sources on this topic (6)
  1. seznam itf
  2. Wexford Taekwondo – Hand Techniques
  3. Greenwich Taekwondo – TKD Dictionary
  4. Techniques Handbook 2017 (ITF, Nový Zéland)
  5. Do Taekwondo – Po-Eun
  6. Kildare Taekwondo – manuál