Sonkal Dung Kaunde Makgi
Literally: reverse knifehand middle block
Also known as: Reverse Knifehand Middle Block, Knifehand reverse middle block
A middle block with the reverse knife-hand in ITF Taekwon-Do, the opposite surface to the basic sonkal makgi; the tul Joong-Gun opens with it.
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Sonkal dung kaunde makgi is, in ITF terminology, a reverse knifehand middle block (reverse knifehand middle block). The tool is sonkal dung, the reverse knife-hand, and the level is kaunde, the middle level at torso height. The UKTA (Caterham) syllabus gives it in the terminology for 4th kup. The reverse knife-hand is the opposite surface to the knife-hand, sonkal, with which the basic sonkal makgi blocks. The related sonkal dung najunde daebi makgi, a low guarding block with the reverse knife-hand, occurs in the tuls Po-Eun and Ge-Baek. In the tul Joong-Gun it is the 1st and 4th movement.