Sonkal Twio Dolmyo Taerigi
Literally: knifehand strike in the air
Also known as: Knife-hand Mid-air Strike
Sonkal twio dolmyo taerigi is a knifehand strike performed in a jumping turn; in the ITF tul Juche it is movements 12 and 24, landing in an L-stance.
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Sonkal twio dolmyo taerigi, literally knifehand strike in the air (in English knife-hand mid-air strike), is in ITF Taekwon-Do a strike with the knifehand (sonkal) performed in the air. The combination twio dolmyo also appears in the Cambridge Taekwon-Do terminology with the kick twio dolmyo chagi, in English mid-air kick. In the tul Juche it is, according to the dotaekwondo.net breakdown, movements 12 and 24. In movement 12 the practitioner strikes with the left knifehand in the air during a turn counter-clockwise and lands in a right L-stance (niunja sogi) with the left arm extended; movement 24 is the mirror image, with the right knifehand, a turn clockwise, and landing in a left L-stance.