Sang Sonbadak Chookyo Makgi
Literally: rising block with both palms
Also known as: Twin Palm Rising Block
Rising block with both palms at once; in the ITF tul Juche the practitioner performs it in movement 38 while landing in a diagonal stance.
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Sang sonbadak chookyo makgi, in English twin palm rising block, is in ITF Taekwon-Do a rising block (chookyo makgi) performed with both palms at once; sang means double, sonbadak palm. It is listed by the ITF Taekwon-Do Australia block overview and the Cardiff Martial Arts overview. From the block sang sonbadak noollo makgi, also listed by Cardiff, it differs in direction: noollo makgi is a pressing block. In the tul Juche, per the dotaekwondo.net breakdown, it is movement 38: the practitioner lands in direction D into a left diagonal stance (sasun sogi) while performing a rising block with both palms.