Sonkal Bandae Chookyo Makgi
Literally: reverse rising block with the knifehand
Also known as: Knifehand Reverse Rising Block
Rising block with the knifehand performed in reverse; in the ITF tul Eui-Am the practitioner performs it in movements 6 and 19 in a walking stance.
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Sonkal bandae chookyo makgi is in ITF Taekwon-Do a rising block (chookyo makgi) with the knifehand (sonkal), performed in reverse (bandae). Cardiff Martial Arts and the Slovak breakdown taekwondo.sk both translate it as knifehand reverse rising block; the name also appears in the ITF Taekwon-Do Australia block overview. In the tul Eui-Am, per the dotaekwondo.net breakdown, these are movements 6 and 19. In movement 6 the practitioner blocks with the right knifehand, holding a left walking stance (gunnun sogi), performed fluidly with movement 5. Movement 19 mirrors it: left knifehand, right walking stance, fluidly with movement 18.