In this Korean Olympic sport we find punches that are mostly direct to the target. The emphasis of this martial art is the use of legs where kicks are your first weapon.
On this page you will find the strikes and punches that you will see in Taekwondo.
- Knife hand – Sahnkal
- Knife hand with palm up – Sahnkal jecho
- Ridge hand – Sahnkal deung
- Palm heel – Sahn bahtong
- Back hand – Sahn deung
- Arc hand – Ah keum sahn
- Ripping (or raking) hand – Galkwi sahn
- Pincers hand – Jipke sahn
- Back fist – Deung joomuk
- Side fist – Yup joomuk
- Hammer-fist – Me joomuk
- Forefinger one-knuckle fist – inju joomuk
- Middle-finger one-knuckle fist – Bamchu joomuk
- Two-knuckle fist – doo bam joomuk
- Flat (or open) fist – pyun joomuk
- Thumb-knuckle fist – Omji joomuk
- Spear hand – kwan soo
- Spear finger – sahnkeut
- Scissors-shaped spearfingers – Gawi sahnkeut
- Straight (return) punch – Bahro chirugi :
- Reverse Punch – Bahndae chirugi
- Hook punch – Gullgi chirugi
- Combination (consecutive) punch – Yung seuk chirugi
- Double punch – Doo bun chirugi
- Triple punch – Sae bun chirugi
- Spear finger thrust – Sahnkeut chirugi
- Horizontal Punch
- Vertical Punch – Sewo chirugi
- Round Punch – Dolrya chirugi
- Upset Punch – Dwijubo chirugi
- Spring Punch – Soteum chirugi
- Downward punch – Nehryuh chirugi
- Uppercut punch – Chi chirugi
- Upper punch – Jae chuh chirugI
- Double fist punch – Doo joomuk chirugi
- Double uppercut punch – Sosum chirugi
- Diamond-shaped punch – Keumgang chirugi
- Wing-shaped punch – Nalgeh chirugi
Taekwondo Techniques
- Main Taekwondo Page
- Taekwondo Kicks
- Taekwondo Stances
- Taekwondo Punches and strikes
- Taekwondo Blocks
- Taekwondo Forms
- Taekwondo Sparring Training
- Stretching exercises for Taekwondo
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