Sondung Soopyong Taerigi
Literally: horizontal back hand strike
Also known as: Back Hand Horizontal Strike
A horizontal strike with the back of the hand (sondung) in ITF taekwondo; in the tuls Yoo-Sin and Ul-Ji the practitioner performs it in a sitting stance (annun sogi).
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Sondung soopyong taerigi, literally back hand horizontal strike, is in ITF taekwondo a strike with the back of the hand (sondung) delivered horizontally (soopyong). From the strike dung joomuk soopyong taerigi it differs by the striking surface: there the back of the clenched fist (dung joomuk) strikes. Per dotaekwondo.net it is movements 54 and 57 of tul Yoo-Sin and movement 5 of tul Ul-Ji. In all three cases the practitioner strikes in direction C in a sitting stance (annun sogi): in the 54th movement of Yoo-Sin with the right hand, in the 57th movement of Yoo-Sin and the 5th movement of Ul-Ji with the left hand.