Sang Yop Joomuk Soopyong Taerigi
Literally: horizontal strike with both side fists
Also known as: Twin Side Fist Horizontal Strike
Sang yop joomuk soopyong taerigi is a horizontal strike with both side fists, with which the ITF tul Ul-Ji opens in a walking stance.
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Sang yop joomuk soopyong taerigi, literally horizontal strike with both side fists (in English twin side fist horizontal strike), is in ITF Taekwon-Do a horizontal (soopyong) strike with the side fist (yop joomuk) performed with both hands. The Trident Taekwon-Do glossary translates yop joomuk as side fist, while the ITF Taekwon-Do Australia overview lists the form yup joomuk as hammer fist. In the tul Ul-Ji it is movement 1. The dotaekwondo.net breakdown describes it as the left foot moving into a right walking stance (gunnun sogi) while a horizontal strike with both side fists is performed at the same time; the Slovak breakdown taekwondo.sk places it at middle level.