Sonnal Naeryeo Makgi
손날 내려막기
Literally: downward knife hand block
Also known as: Knife Hand Downward Block
Knife hand (sonnal) block moving from top to bottom against an attack on the stomach or groin; in WT poomsae Pyongwon in dwit kubi stance.
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Sonnal naeryeo makgi (손날 내려막기), in English knife hand downward block, is in Kukkiwon terminology a form of the naeryeo makgi block, done top to bottom; naeryeo means downward, sonnal the edge of the hand. Kukkiwon describes it as a block against an attack on the stomach or groin, from chest height to the groin. It differs from arae makgi (naeryeo makgi with the outer wrist edge) in blocking surface, and from sonnal geodeureo naeryeo makgi in that the other hand does not support the blocking arm. Taekwondo Compendium lists it among the blocking techniques of the Pyongwon poomsae; Phoenix Taekwondo's photo breakdown shows it there in dwit kubi.