Yulgok

율곡

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Revised Romanisation: Yulgok

McCune-Reischauer Romanisation: Yulgok

Sometimes written: Yul-gok, Yul Gok

Floor Diagram for Yulgok

Movements of Yulgok

There are 38 movements in Yulgok.

Form a parallel ready stance towards A.

1. Step towards F with the left foot, forming a sitting stance towards A. Extend the left hand forwards.
2. Without changing stance, punch to the mid section with the right fore-fist.
3. Punch to the mid section with the left fore-fist.
4. Move the left foot to the right foot, then step towards D with the right foot, forming a sitting stance towards A. Extend the right hand forwards.
5. Without changing stance, punch to the mid section with the left fore-fist.
6. Punch to the mid section with the right fore-fist.
7. Step towards C with the right foot, forming a right walking stance towards C. Block to the high section with the right inner-forearm.
8. Perform a front snapping kick to the low section towards C with the left foot.
9. Lower the left foot towards C, forming a left walking stance towards C. Punch to the mid section with the left fore-fist.
10. Without changing stance, punch to the mid section with the right fore-fist.
11. Move the left foot to the right foot, turn to the left, and step towards G with the left foot, forming a left walking stance towards G. Block to the high section with the left inner-forearm.
12. Perform a front snapping kick to the low section towards G with the right foot.
13. Lower the right foot towards G, forming a right walking stance towards G. Punch to the mid section with the right fore-fist.
14. Without changing stance, punch to the mid section with the left fore-fist.
15. Move the right foot to the left foot, turn to the right, and step towards A with the right foot, forming a right walking stance towards A. Perform a hooking block to the mid section with the right arc-hand.
16. Without changing stance, perform a hooking block to the mid section with the left arc-hand.
17. Punch to the mid section with the right fore-fist.
18. Step towards A with the left foot, forming a left walking stance towards A. Perform a hooking block to the mid section with the left arc-hand.
19. Without changing stance, perform a hooking block to the mid section with the right arc-hand.
20. Punch to the mid section with the left fore-fist.
21. Step towards A with the right foot, forming a right walking stance towards A. Punch to the mid section with the right fore-fist.
22. Bring the left foot up to the right knee, forming a right bending ready stance towards A.
23. Perform a side piercing kick towards A to the mid section with the left foot-sword.
24. Lower the left foot towards A, forming a left walking stance towards A. Perform a front strike with the right elbow, hitting the left palm.
25. Step across with the left foot so that it is on the line of the right, then bring the right foot up to the left knee, forming a left bending ready stance towards E.
26. Perform a side piercing kick to the mid section towards E with the right foot-sword.
27. Lower the right foot towards E, forming a right walking stance towards E. Perform a front strike with the left elbow, hitting the right palm.
28. Move the left foot to the right foot, turn to the left, and step towards B with the left foot, forming a right ‘l’ stance towards B. Perform a twin block with the left and right knife-hand.
29. Step towards B with the right foot, forming a right walking stance towards B. Thrust to the mid section with the right spear-hand, moving the left fingertips to beneath the right elbow, with the left palm facing downwards.
30. Turn to the right and step towards H with the right foot, forming a left ‘l’ stance towards H. Perform a twin block with the left and right knife-hand.
31. Step towards H with the left foot, forming a left walking stance towards H. Thrust to the mid section with the left spear-hand, moving the right fingertips to below the left elbow, with the right palm facing downwards.
32. Turn to the left and step towards E with the left foot, forming a left walking stance towards E. Block to the high section with the left outer-forearm.
33. Without changing stance, punch to the mid section with the right fore-fist.
34. Step towards E with the right foot, forming a right walking stance towards E. Block to the high section with the right outer-forearm.
35. Without changing stance, punch to the mid section with the left fore-fist.
36. Jump towards E, leading with the left foot, and land in a left ‘x’ stance towards E. Perform a side strike to the high section with the left back-fist.
37. Turn to the right and step towards D with the right foot, forming a right walking stance towards D. Perform a double forearm block to the high section.
38. Move the right foot to the left foot, turn to the left, and step towards F with the left foot, forming a left walking stance towards F. Perform a double forearm block to the high section.

Move the left foot to the right foot, forming a parallel ready stance towards A.

Korean terminology relevant to Yulgok

English	Korean
high section inner-forearm block	높은데 안팔목 막기 nopunde anpalmok makki
low section front snapping kick	낮은데 앞 차부수기 najunde ap chabusugi
arc-hand	반달손 bandalson
hooking block	걸쳐 막기 golchyo makki
elbow	팔굽 palgup
front elbow strike	앞 팔굽 때리기 ap palgup taerigi
twin knife-hand block	쌍 손칼 막기 sang sonkal makki
‘x’ stance	교차 서기 gyocha sogi

More information

You can find more information on this topic in the book Changheon-yu Taekwondo: Foundation Syllabus, which is a handbook for colour belt students who are training in Changheon-yu Taekwondo (ITF Taekwondo). It contains movement descriptions, floor diagrams, and relevant Korean terminology for all of the colour belt patterns.