Tae Kwon Do Terminology

TAE KWON DO TERMINOLOGY

GENERAL TERMS:

Attention (Cha-ryot ) Ready (Choon-be ) Uniform (Do-Bok)

School (Do-Jang) Belt (Dee) Sa-bum-neem (Instructor)

Kwan-Jang-Nim (Grand master) Meditation (Mook-nyum) Begin (She-chak)

BLOCKS AND ATTACKS:

Single punch (Han-bon jio reu ki) Double punch (Do-bon jio reu ki)

Triple punch (Se-bon jio reu ki) Low block (A lae mokki)

Middle block (Momtong mokki) High block (Ul-gool mokki)

Middle punch (Momtong Chiki) High punch (Ul-gool Chiki)

Front snap kick (Ap chaki) Inside crescent kick (Ban dal ahnhuro chaki)

Outside crescent kick (Ban dal bakhuro chaki)

COUNTS:

One (Hana) Two (Dul) Three (Set)

Four (Net) Five (Da-sut) Six (Yo-sut)

Seven (ILL-gop) Eight (Yo-dul) Nine (Ah-hop)

Ten (Yul)

GREETINGS:

How are you? (Ahn Young Ha say yo?)

Thank you. (Gam sa ham nee da.)

Good-bye, sir. (Ahn Young hee gae say yo.)

COLORS:

White belt (Hin Dee)

Orange belt (Orengi Dee)

Yellow belt (Noran Dee)

Green belt (Cho rok Dee)

Blue belt (Purun Dee)

Red belt (Balkan Dee)

Black belt (Komun Dee)