Sang Yop Palkup Tulgi
Literally: double thrusting strike with side elbows
Also known as: Sang Palkup Yop Tulgi, Twin side elbow thrust
A simultaneous thrusting strike with both elbows to the sides from a closed stance; in ITF Taekwon-Do it appears in the pattern Toi-Gye.
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CategoryStrikes (Uchi/Tsuki)
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In ITF Taekwon-Do, sang yop palkup tulgi is a simultaneous thrusting strike with both elbows to the sides: sang means double, yop palkup side elbow, tulgi a thrusting strike. Performed from the closed stance moa sogi. Toi-Gye: movement 12, written as moa sogi sang palkup yop tulgi. It differs from the related sang palkup tulgi of Po-Eun in direction: there both elbows thrust forward, here to the sides.