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Tae Kwon Do in Korean is űǵµ. Even though there are slight differences between Korean and western Tae Kwon Do terminology, the sport (or discipline) has gained immense popularity, which led to its recent addition in the Olympic Games. Many of the terms used are listed below, but Romanization is not provided. Please refer to the Pronunciation page for assistance.
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Belts (¶ì)

White Belt - Èò¶ì
Yellow Belt - ³ë¶õ¶ì
Green Belt - ³ì»ö¶ì
Blue Belt - ÆÄ¶õ¶ì
Red Belt - »¡°£¶ì
Black-and-Red Belt - ǰ¶ì
Black Belt - °ËÁ¤¶ì

Weapons (¹«±â)

cane - ÁöÆÎÀÌ
short stick - ´ÜºÀ
middle staff - ÁߺÀ
long staff - ÀåºÀ
knife - Ä®
dagger - ´Üµµ
sword - °Ë
handle - ÀÚ·ç
spear - â
fan - ºÎä
rope - ÁÙ

The Body (¸ö)

fist - ±Ç
fore fist - ¾ÕÁÖ¸Ô
back fist - µîÁÖ¸Ô
hammer fist - ¸ÅÁÖ¸Ô
side hammer fist - ¿·ÁÖ¸Ô
hand - ¼Õ
knife hand - ¼ÕÄ®
inner knife hand - ¼Õ³¯µî
reverse knife hand - ¼ÕÄ®µî
palm - ¼Õ¹Ù´Ú
palm heel hand - ÀåÄ®
spear finger - ¼Õ³¡
rake hand - °¥±Í¼Õ
fingers - ¼Õ°¡¶ô
elbow - ÆÈ²ÞÄ¡
forearm - ÆÈ¸ñ
upper elbow - ¾ÕÆÈ²Þ
back elbow - µÚÆÈ²Þ
side elbow - ¿·ÆÈ²Þ
downward elbow - ³»·ÁÆÈ²Þ
solar plexus - ¸íÄ¡
heel - µÚ²ÞÄ¡
foot blade - ¹ß³¯
instep - ¹ßµî
back sole - µÚ²ÞÄ¡
foot sword - ¹ßÄ®
knee - ¹«¸­
toes - ¹ß³¡

Stances

bending ready - ±¸ºÎ·Á Áغñ
parallel ready - ³ª¶õÈ÷ Áغñ
forward stance - ¾Õ±ÁÀÌ ¼­±â
back stance - µÞ±ÁÀÌ ¼­±â
riding horse stance - ÁÖÃã ¼­±â
tiger stance - ¹ü¼­±â
fixed - °íÀå
low - ³·Ãç
crossed - ±³Â÷
closed - ¸ð¾Æ

Punches (Áö¸£±â, Ä¡±â, Â±â)

high punch - ¾ó±¼ Áö¸£±â
body punch - ¸öÅë Áö¸£±â
reverse punch - ¹Ý´ë Áö¸£±â
side punch - ¿· Áö¸£±â
uppercut - Ä¡Áö¸£±â, Á¦ÃÄ Áö¸£±â
low punch - ¾Æ·¡ Áö¸£±â
vertical punch - ¼¼¿ö Áö¸£±â
knifehand strike at neck - ¼Õ³¯ ¸ñ ¾ÈÄ¡±â
double punch - µÎ¹ø Áö¸£±â
strangle punch - Ä®Àçºñ

Kicks (Â÷±â)

front kick - ¾ÕÂ÷±â
side kick - ¿·Â÷±â
round house kick - µ¹·Á Â÷±â
round house low kick - ¹Ý´Þ Â÷±â
crescent kick - ¹Ý´Þ Â÷±â
crescent (outside) - ¹Ý´Þ ¹Ù±ù Â÷±â
crescent (inside) - ¹Ý´Þ ¾ÈÂ÷±â
back kick - µÞÂ÷±â
spinning side kick - µÚ µ¹·Á ¿·Â÷±â

Blocks (¸·±â)

high block - »ó´Ü ¸·±â
face block - ¾ó±¼ ¸·±â
middle block (inside out) - ¸öÅë ¹Ù±ù ¸·±â
middle block (outside in) - ¸öÅë ¾È¸·±â
low block - ¾Æ·¡ ¸·±â
cross block - ½Ö¼ö ¸·±â
knife hand block - ¼Õ³¯ ¸·±â
double forearm block - ÇØÃÄ ¸·±â
palm press block - °¡À§ ¸·±â
mountain high block - »êƲ ¸·±â
circular block - µ¹·Á ¸·±â
double knife hand block - µÎ ¼Õ³¯ ¸·±â



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