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Homi Sonkut Nopunde Tulgi

Literally: high angle-fingertip thrust

Also known as: Angle Fingertip High Thrust

Homi sonkut nopunde tulgi is a high thrust with the angle fingertips (homi sonkut) in ITF Taekwondo, movements 30 and 34 in the tul Tong-Il.

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Martial Arts
CategoryStrikes (Uchi/Tsuki)

Katas containing this technique

Tong-IlStep: 30, 34

About

Homi sonkut nopunde tulgi, literally high angle-fingertip thrust, is in ITF Taekwondo a thrust (tulgi) with the angle fingertips (homi sonkut) at a high level (nopunde). The ITF lexicon on praevidere.com lists the base form homi sonkut tulgi (angle fingertip thrust); the tul breakdown on taekwondo.sk gives it as gunnun sogi homi sonkut nopunde bandae tulgi, that is, with the walking stance and the qualifier bandae, reverse. In the tul Tong-Il it is movement 30 and 34, per the breakdowns of both dotaekwondo.net and taekwondo.sk. Movement 30 is described by dotaekwondo.net as a high thrust with the right angle fingertips while moving the right foot into a left walking stance (gunnun sogi); movement 34 is mirrored, with the left hand in a right walking stance.

Further sources on this topic (4)
  1. Lexique de Taekwon-Do ITF (praevidere.com)
  2. Burbage Taekwon-Do – Korean Terminology
  3. dotaekwondo.net – Tong-Il (ITF), rozpis tulu
  4. Športový klub TAEKWONDO (ITF Slovensko) – Tong-Il, rozpis tulu