Kyocha Joomuk Momcho Makgi
Literally: checking block with crossed fists
Also known as: X-Fist Checking Block, Kyocha Joomuk Momchau Makgi
Checking block with the fists crossed into an X (kyocha joomuk); in the ITF tul Yon-Gae the practitioner performs it in an L-stance in movements 5 and 16.
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Kyocha joomuk momcho makgi, in English X-fist checking block, is in ITF Taekwon-Do a checking block performed with the fists crossed into an X shape; kyocha makgi means X-shaped block, joomuk fist. It is recorded this way by the Slovak breakdown taekwondo.sk and the jirugi.se overview. The Irish Taekwon-Do Association grading requirements use the form kyocha joomuk momchau makgi. In the tul Yon-Gae, per the dotaekwondo.net breakdown, these are movements 5 and 16. The practitioner moves in direction C, holds an L-stance (niunja sogi) facing D, and performs a block with the crossed fists in direction D; in movement 5 in a left, in movement 16 in a right L-stance.