Nopunde Bakat Palmok Hechyo Makgi
Literally: high outer forearm wedging block
Also known as: High Outer Forearm Wedging Block, Outer Forearm High Wedging Block, Bakat palmok nopunde haechyo makgi
A high wedging block with the outer forearm in ITF Taekwon-Do; in the tul Do-San it is the 13th and 17th movement.
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In the final position the thumb should be level with the eyes, the arms shoulder-width apart, and the elbow bent about 35°.
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Nopunde bakat palmok hechyo makgi is, in ITF terminology, a high outer forearm wedging block (high outer forearm wedging block). It belongs to the wedging blocks, hechyo; the outer side of the forearm, bakat palmok, blocks at the upper level, nopunde, that is, at the height of the head and face. The Wexford Taekwondo club transcribes it as bakat palmok nopunde haechyo makgi. According to the itftkdtheory guide, in the final position the thumb is level with the eyes, the arms are shoulder-width apart and the elbow is bent about 35°. The same wedging-block principle is known in Olympic taekwondo (WT, Kukkiwon) as hechyeo makgi, where it defends against a grip on the shoulders, chest or neck. In the tul Do-San it is the 13th and 17th movement.