Sonnal Yeop Makgi
손날 옆막기
Literally: side knife-hand block
Also known as: Knife Hand Side Block
Sonnal yeop makgi is a WT taekwondo side knife-hand block; done in juchum seogi in Taegeuk Chil Jang and in dwit gubi in Pyongwon.
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Sonnal yeop makgi, literally side knife-hand block (in English Knife Hand Side Block), is a WT taekwondo knife-hand block (sonnal) directed to the side. The Kukkiwon terminology dictionary explains yeop makgi as a block against an opponent's strike from the side. The Taekwondo Compendium lists it among the defensive techniques of the poomsae Taegeuk Chil Jang and Pyongwon. In the Phoenix Taekwondo photo breakdown it corresponds, in Taegeuk Chil Jang, to a knife-hand block in juchum seogi near the poomsae's end, and in Pyongwon to a knife-hand block in dwit gubi at the opening.