Sonkal Bakuro Taerigi
Literally: knife-hand strike outward
Also known as: Knife-hand outward strike
A knife-hand strike driven outward from the body; in the ITF tul Dan-Gun the practitioner performs it in the 18th and 20th movement.
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Martial Arts
CategoryStrikes (Uchi/Tsuki)
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Sonkal bakuro taerigi, literally knife-hand strike outward, is in ITF Taekwon-Do a knife-hand strike (sonkal) driven outward from the body; bakuro means outward, out. The guide ITF Taekwon-Do Theory gives it in the combination niunja so sonkal bakuro taerigi, that is, with an L-stance. In the tul Dan-Gun (ITF) it is the 18th and 20th movement. The Kildare Taekwondo breakdown describes movement 18 as a strike with the left knife-hand outward at the middle level while taking a right L-stance.