Red Stripe - Printer Version

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For students grading from Red Stripe to Red Belt

Step Sparring

One Step Sparring (Ilbo Matsoki)

In one step sparring, both partners are in ready stance. The attacker shouts, then steps forward with the left leg into walking stance executing a mid section punch with the left hand. The defender takes the appropriate blocks and counters.
Both partners then come back to ready stance. The attacker steps forward with the right leg into walking stance, executing a mid section punch with the right hand. The defender must counter with exactly the same techniques but reversed.

Both partners come to ready stance, and the opposite partner attacks.

Why do we do 1-step sparring?
1-step sparring is the most realistic type of controlled sparring, other than advance self defence. This is because the defender needs to be ready, and have fast reflexes and decision making in order to stop the attack, and perform a counter. 1-step is good way to focus and practice your self defence techniques, which will improve further improve you skills in many ways as your Tae Kwon-Do training progresses.

Free Sparring

Expect to have to do free sparring on your grading. At this level you should be showing carefully controlled techniques, demonstrating the ability to spot openings or weaknesses in your opponents guard, and exploit these through your attack techniques. In addition you should be guarding, countering and blocking and attacks with your defence and dummy techniques.
Remember that on your grading, you shold be showing off both yours and your opponents skills, you would loose marks for being overly aggressive against an opponent who might not be as strong as you in a free-sparring arena

Korean Terminology

Blocks
Waist Block, Backfist Strike - Hori Maki, Dung Joomuk Taerigi
X Fist Pressing Block - Kyocha Joomuk Noolo Maki
W Block - San Maki
Double Forearm Pushing Block - Doo Palmok Miro Maki

Other terms

Grasp / Knee Kick - Gapchi / Moorup Chagi

Closed Ready Stance B - Moa Chumbi Sogi B

Flat Fingertip Thrust - Opun Sonkut Tulgi
Upset Fingertip Thrust - Dwijibo Sonkut Tulgi

Belt Meanings

RED

Signifies danger, cautioning the student to exercise control, and warning the opponent to stay away.

Pattern

Toi-Gye - 37 moves

Interpretation

Toi Gye is the pen name of the noted scholar Yi Hwang (16th century A.D.), an authority on neo-confucianism. The 37 movements of this pattern refer to his birthplace on a 37 degree latitude and the diagram represents the scholar.

The Starting Position

Closed Ready Stance ‘B’ - Moa Junbi Sogi ‘B’

Diagram

The Movements

1) 90° FACE A, RIGHT L STANCE, LEFT MIDDLE INNER FOREARM BLOCK
2) SLIP FRONT FOOT FORWARD, LEFT WALKING STANCE, UPSET FINGERTIP THRUST
3) BRING LEFT FOOT TO RIGHT FOOT, MAKE CLOSED STANCE FACING E, LEFT OUTER FOREARM WAIST BLOCK, RIGHT HIGH BACKFIST STRIKE (SLOW)
4) 90° FACE B, LEFT L STANCE, RIGHT MIDDLE INNER FOREARM BLOCK
5) SLIP FRONT FOOT FORWARD, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, UPSET FINGERTIP THRUST
6) BRING RIGHT FOOT TO LEFT FOOT, MAKE CLOSED STANCE FACING E, RIGHT OUTER FOREARM WAIST BLOCK, LEFT HIGH BACKFIST STRIKE (SLOW)
7) STEP FORWARD TO E, LEFT WALKING STANCE, LOW X-FIST PRESSING BLOCK
8) SAME STANCE, TWIN VERTICAL PUNCH (7 & 8 AS ONE MOVEMENT)
9) STEP FORWARD, EXECUTE LOW FRONT SNAP KICK WITH RIGHT LEG WHILE PULLING BOTH HANDS BACK
10+11) LOWER RIGHT FOOT TO E, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, MIDDLE SECTION DOUBLE PUNCH
12) BRING LEFT FOOT TO RIGHT FOOT, FACE C, COLSED STANCE POSTURE POSITION, BRINGING FOREFISTS ONTO HIPS SIMU;TANEOUSLY (SLOW)
13) RIGHT SITTING STANCE TO C, OUTER FOREARM W-SHAPED BLOCK
14) LEF T FOOT 180° TO C, FACE E, SITTING STANCE, OUTER FOREARM W-SHAPED BLOCK
15) LEF T FOOT 180° TO D, FACE F, SITTING STANCE, OUTER FOREARM W-SHAPED BLOCK
16) RIGHT FOOT 180° TO D, FACE E, SITTING STANCE, OUTER FOREARM W-SHAPED BLOCK
17) LEF T FOOT 180° TO D, FACE F, SITTING STANCE, OUTER FOREARM W-SHAPED BLOCK
18) LEF T FOOT 180° TO C, FACE E, SITTING STANCE, OUTER FOREARM W-SHAPED BLOCK
19) BRING RIGHT FOOT TO LEFT FOOT, SLIP LEFT FOOT FORWARD, RIGHT L STANCE, FACE E, LOW DOUBLE FOREARM PUSHING BLOCK
20) SLIP FRONT FOOT FORWARD, LEFT WALKING STANCE, SEND BOTH HANDS FORWARD TO HIGH SECTION AS IF TO GRAB
21) KICK UPWARDS WITH THE RIGHT KNEE WHILE PULLING BOTH HANDS DOWNWARDS
22) LOWER RIGHT FOOT TO LEFT FOOT, FACE F, 180° RIGHT L STANCE, KNIFE HAND GUARDING BLOCK
23) EXECUTE A LOW FRONT SNAP KICK WITH THE LEFT FOOT (HANDS SAME AS STEP 22)
24) SLIP FORWARD, FACE F, LEFT WALKING STANCE, LEFT HIGH FLAT FINGERTIP THRUST
25) STEP FORWARD, LEFT L STANCE, KNIFE HAND GUARDING BLOCK
26) EXECUTE A LOW FRONT SNAP KICK WITH THE RIGHT FOOT (HANDS SAME AS STEP 25)
27) SLIP FORWARD, FACE F, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, RIGHT HIGH FLAT FINGERTIP THRUST
28) SLIDE BACKWARDS TO E, RIGHT L STANCE, HIGH BACKFIST FRONT STRIKE WITH RIGHT HAND, AND LOW LEFT OUTER FOREARM BLOCK
29) JUMP TO F, FACE B, RIGHT X STANCE, X PRESSING BLOCK TO LOW SECTION
30) STEP FORWARD WITH RIGHT LEG, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, HIGH DOUBLE FOREARM BLOCK
31) SPIN 270° FACE A, RIGHT L STANCE, LOW KNIFE HAND GUARDING BLOCK
32) SLIP FRONT FOOT FORWARD TO LEFT WALKING STANCE, RIGHT CIRCULAR BLOCK FACING A
33) BRING LEFT FOOT TO RIGHT FOOT, 180°, LEFT L STANCE, LOW KNIFE HAND GUARDING BLOCK
34) SLIP FRONT FOOT FORWARD TO RIGHT WALKING STANCE, LEFT CIRCULAR BLOCK, FACING B
35) PIVOT ON THE SAME SPOT, LEFT WALKING STANCE, RIGHT CIRCULAR BLOCK FACING E
36) PIVOT ON THE SAME SPOT, RIGHT WALKING STANCE, LEFT CIRCULAR BLOCK FACING B
37) SLIP RIGHT FOOT BACK TO SITTING STANCE ON LINE AB, FACE E, RIGHT MIDDLE FOREFIST PUNCH
END BRING RIGHT LEG BACK TO CLOSED READY STANCE B

Stances

There are SIX stances in this pattern:
Moa Jumbi Sogi B
Niunja Sogi
Dwit Bal Sogi
Gunnun Sogi
Gojung Sogi
Moa Sogi

Blocks

There are EIGHT blocks in this pattern:
Sonkal Dung, Keunde Makgi
Ollyo Sunbadak Makgi
Sonkal Daebi Makgi
Kyocha Joomuk, Chookyo Makgi
Doo Plamo Makgi
Plamo Daebi Makgi
Sunbadak Noollo Makgi
Digucha Makgi

The Punches in this pattern are:

San Sewo Jirugui
San Dwigibun Jirugi
Bandae Jirugi (to midsection)
Yop Jirugi
Dollyo Jirugi