Palmok Ppaegi
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Literally: wrist release
Also known as: Wrist Pulling Escape
Palmok ppaegi is a WT taekwondo release of the wrist from an opponent's grip; it appears once in the poomsae Taebaek, in the front stance ap kubi.
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Martial Arts
CategoryFootwork & evasion
Katas containing this technique
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Palmok ppaegi (English: wrist pulling escape) is the release of a grabbed wrist (palmok). Kukkiwon terminology describes ppaegi as a technique by which the defender frees a body part the opponent has grabbed; it also lists the forms nulleo ppaegi, teureo ppaegi and hwidulleo ppaegi. The Taekwondo Compendium classes palmok ppaegi among the special skills of the poomsae Taebaek. The Phoenix Taekwondo photo breakdown captures it once in Taebaek, in the front stance ap kubi.