Sonkal Dung Dollimyo Makgi

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Sonkal dung dollimyo makgi, in English reverse knifehand circular block, is a circular block with the reverse knifehand (sonkal dung) in ITF taekwondo. The ITF Taekwon-Do Australia overview lists it next to the circular block with the inner forearm, an palmok dollimyo makgi; the two techniques share the word dollimyo, circular, and differ in what blocks. The Czech ITF Taekwon-Do Union's grading syllabus gives it in the sequence gunnun so sonkal dung dollimyo makgi. In the tul Eui-Am it is, according to the dotaekwondo.net breakdown, the 28th and 33rd movement. In movement 28 the practitioner blocks with the left reverse knifehand while holding the right gunnun sogi stance (in English walking stance), in movement 33 the right hand blocks to the other side in the left gunnun sogi stance. The Slovak breakdown calls both movements gunnun sogi sonkal dung dollimyo makgi.