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Moorup Ap Cha Busigi

Literally: front snap knee kick

Also known as: Knee Low Front Snap Kick, Moorup Apcha Busigi

Moorup ap cha busigi is an ITF Taekwon-Do front snap knee kick; in the tul Choong-Jang it is movement 19, aimed at a low level.

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Martial Arts
CategoryKicks (Geri-waza)

Katas containing this technique

Choong-JangStep: 19

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Moorup ap cha busigi, literally front snap knee kick (in English knee front snap kick), is in ITF Taekwon-Do a forward snap kick that strikes with the knee (moorup). The terminology overview of ITF Taekwon-Do Australia lists moorup as knee and ap cha busigi as front snap kick. The pattern breakdown of Choong-Jang on the Weston Taekwon-Do website writes the full name as moorup apcha busigi. In the tul Choong-Jang it is movement 19. The dotaekwondo.net breakdown describes it as a low front snap kick with the right knee, during which both hands pull in the opposite direction, as if grabbing the opponent's leg. The Slovak breakdown taekwondo.sk lists it under the name moorup najunde apcha busigi, that is, with the low-level marker (najunde).

Further sources on this topic (5)
  1. ITF Taekwon-Do Australia – Taekwondo Kicks (terminologie)
  2. Weston Taekwon-Do – Choong-Jang
  3. Športový klub TAEKWONDO (ITF Slovensko) – rozpis tulu Choong-Jang
  4. Trident Taekwon-Do Group – Grading Terminology
  5. dotaekwondo.net – rozpis tulu Choong-Jang (ITF)