| 6. THE TECHNIQUES | |||||||
| There is a certain oder in the (complete) names of techniques. The first part refers to the stance, followed by the direction and the technique itself: | |||||||
| a1) Right or left leg a2) right or left hand/foot that performs the technique | |||||||
| b) The part of the body that is used to attack or defend | |||||||
| c) The part of the body that is attacked | |||||||
| d) The direction of the technique | |||||||
| e) The form of the technique. | |||||||
| This is f.i. the translation of a right hand knife hand strike to the neck in a tall stance with the right foot in the front: | |||||||
| OREUN | AP KOOBI SEOGI | OREUN | HAN | SONNAL | MOK | AN | CHIGI |
| (a1) | (stand) | (a2) | (b) | (c) | (d) | (e) | |
| (the word Han = ‘one’, indicate that only one hand is open (knife hand), the other is in the shape of a fist, close to the waist. | |||||||
| Not always the elements of a till e will be used. This is the case when there are no varieties in techniques and a technique is unique. The short version will be indicated by underlining. | |||||||