Sonkal Ap Naeryo Taerigi
Literally: front downward knifehand strike
Also known as: Knife-hand Front Downward Strike
Knifehand strike forward and downward (front downward strike); in the tul Juche the breakdown lists it in the 44th movement, in the gunnun sogi stance.
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Sonkal ap naeryo taerigi, in English knife-hand front downward strike, is a strike with the knifehand (sonkal) directed forward and downward in ITF taekwondo; ap means forward, naeryo downward, as in the name of the kick naeryo chagi. The Czech ITF Taekwon-Do Union gives it as gunnun so sonkal ap naeryo taerigi. In the tul Juche it is, according to the dotaekwondo.net breakdown, the 44th movement: the practitioner moves the right leg, takes the right gunnun sogi stance and strikes forward and downward with the left knifehand. The Slovak breakdown calls this movement gunnun sogi sonkal bandae ap naeryo taerigi.