Sang Su Ha Dan Makgi
쌍수하단막기
Literally: two-hand low block
Also known as: Ssang soo ha dan mahk kee, Two fist low block, X block
Low block with both fists crossed in an X shape in tang soo do and soo bahk do; practised in both front and back stance.
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Sang su ha dan makgi (쌍수하단막기), written ssang soo ha dan mahk kee in tang soo do and soo bahk do, means literally a block with both hands at a low level. Both fists cross into an X shape and catch an attack aimed low at the same time, which is why it is also called the cross block. It is performed in front stance; the terminology of the British soo bahk do federation lists a separate back-stance variant, hu gul ssang soo ha dan mahk kee, and a one-armed ha dan mahk kee. Tang soo do builds on Japanese karate. Chung Do Kwan, one of the founding kwans, was established in 1944 by Lee Won-kuk, a student of Gichin Funakoshi holding 4th dan in Shotokan, who also carried over the Pinan forms from Shotokan as Pyong-Ahn hyung.