Sonkal Dung Najunde Ap Makgi
Literally: low front block with the reverse knifehand
Also known as: Reverse Knifehand Low Front Block
Low front block with the reverse knifehand (sonkal dung); in the ITF tul Juche the practitioner performs it in an X-stance in movements 10 and 22.
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Sonkal dung najunde ap makgi, in English reverse knifehand low front block, is in ITF Taekwon-Do a block with the reverse knifehand (sonkal dung) at low level (najunde) directed forward (ap). The ITF Taekwon-Do Australia block overview lists it alongside the related blocks sonkal dung najunde daebi makgi and sonkal dung najunde anuro makgi, which differ in direction: a guarding block and an inward block. In the tul Juche, according to the dotaekwondo.net breakdown, these are movements 10 and 22. Movement 10 is described as crossing the left leg over the right into a right X-stance (kyocha sogi) with a low front block by the left reverse knifehand, while the fingertips of the right hand rest on the back of the left forearm. The Slovak breakdown taekwondo.sk records this movement as sonkal dung najunde bandae ap makgi.