Gunnun Sogi

걷는서기

Literally: walking stance

Also known as: Walking stance

The basic walking stance of ITF taekwondo with weight evenly on both legs; it carries most of the movements in the tuls Chon-Ji and Dan-Gun.

Quick Facts

Martial Arts

Taekwondo ITF Taekwondo

CategoryStances (Tachi-waza)

DifficultyBasic

Stance widthshoulder width

Weight Dist.50/50

⚠️ Common Mistakes

Feet placed too close together, the rear foot turned out almost to a right angle instead of twenty-five degrees, a bent rear leg that robs the strike of power, and a raised rear heel.

Katas containing this technique

Se-JongStep: 1, 4, 8, 10, 11, 18, 20 So-SanStep: 2, 4, 5, 7, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 52, 53, 57, 58, 64, 70, 72 Do-SanStep: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 Chon-JiStep: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19 Choong-MooStep: 2, 4, 11, 13, 20, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30 Won-HyoStep: 12, 19, 21, 22, 24 Yul-GokStep: 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38 Ge-BaekStep: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34, 41, 42, 43, 44 Toi-GyeStep: 2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 20, 24, 27, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36 Hwa-RangStep: 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 20, 24 Choi-YongStep: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 30, 31 Yoo-SinStep: 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 65, 66 JucheStep: 9, 21, 28, 30, 31, 32, 44, 45 Sam-IlStep: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 12, 19, 21, 27, 30, 31, 33 Choong-JangStep: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 18, 25, 28, 34, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52 Yon-GaeStep: 2, 6, 9, 13, 17, 20, 46, 48 Eui-AmStep: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 25, 27, 28, 32, 33, 42, 44, 45 Kwang-GaeStep: 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32, 35, 36, 39 Ul-JiStep: 1, 2, 3, 4, 18, 21, 23, 24, 31, 39, 40 Moon-MooStep: 7, 8, 16, 17, 21, 24, 33, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 55, 60, 61 Tong-IlStep: 1, 2, 4, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, 37, 38, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 56 Dan-GunStep: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21 Joong-GunStep: 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23

About

Gunnun sogi (걷는서기), literally "walking stance," is a strong ITF taekwondo stance for attack and defence, forward and back. The big toes are one and a half shoulder widths apart, the instep centres one shoulder width apart sideways. The front foot points forward, the rear foot turns out twenty-five degrees. The front knee bends above the heel, the rear leg stays straight, and the weight sits evenly on both legs. The stance is taken facing the opponent as well as turned sideways, in both attack and defence. It carries most of the movements in the first tuls: in Chon-Ji, the first form for 9th kup, the practitioner holds gunnun sogi for 17 of 19 movements, in Dan-Gun for 15 of 21. The rest belong to the L-stance, niunja sogi.

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