Sonkal Dollimyo Makgi
Literally: knife-hand circular block
Also known as: Knife-hand Circular Block
A circular block with the knife hand (sonkal) in ITF taekwondo; in the tul Tong-Il the practitioner performs it in the 51st and 53rd movement in a walking stance.
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Sonkal dollimyo makgi, literally knife-hand circular block, is in ITF taekwondo a circular block (dollimyo makgi) performed with the knife hand (sonkal). The ITF Taekwon-Do Australia overview also lists a circular block with the inner forearm (an palmok dollimyo makgi) and with the ridge hand (sonkal dung dollimyo makgi). In the tul Tong-Il it is, per the dotaekwondo.net breakdown, the 51st and 53rd movement. In the 51st movement the right knife hand blocks while the practitioner takes a left walking stance (gunnun sogi), in the 53rd movement the left knife hand in a right walking stance.