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Sang Sonbadak Soopyong Makgi

Literally: twin palm horizontal block

Also known as: Twin Palm Horizontal Block

Horizontal block with both palms (twin palm horizontal block); in the tul Tong-Il the breakdown lists it in the 11th movement, in the L-stance, performed slowly.

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Martial Arts
CategoryBlocks (Uke-waza)

Katas containing this technique

Tong-IlStep: 11

About

Sang sonbadak soopyong makgi, in English twin palm horizontal block, is a horizontal block with both palms in ITF taekwondo; sang means both, twin, sonbadak palm and soopyong horizontal. The ITF Taekwon-Do Australia overview lists other twin-palm blocks, for example sang sonbadak ollyo makgi (twin palm upward block). In the tul Tong-Il it is, according to the dotaekwondo.net breakdown, the 11th movement: the practitioner lowers the left leg, slides it, and in the right L-stance (niunja sogi) performs a horizontal block with both palms, the whole movement performed slowly. The Slovak breakdown calls this movement niunja sogi sang sonbadak soopyong makgi.

Further sources on this topic (4)
  1. ITF Taekwon-Do Australia – Taekwondo Blocks and Korean Terminology
  2. ITF Taekwon-Do Theory – Practice guide
  3. Športový klub TAEKWONDO (ITF Slovensko) – rozpis tulu Tong-Il
  4. dotaekwondo.net – rozpis tulu Tong-Il (ITF)