KOREAN KARATE
Free Fighting Techniques
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Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.
of Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan
with editorial offices at
Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032
Copyright in Japan, 1968 by Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc.
All rights reserved
Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-18608
International Standard Book No. 978-1-4629-0401-3 (ebook)
First edition, 1968
Twentieth printing, 1981
Book design by Keiko Chiba
printed in Japan
Table of Contents
| Foreword | 9 |
| Introduction | 11 |
| PART I The Development of Karate | 13 |
| 1. Historical Background 14 | |
| 2. Tae-Kwon Do, the Korean Karate 16 | |
| 3. Tae-Kwon Do and Japanese Karate 18 | |
| 4. Tae-Kwon Do, the Modern Karate 21 | |
| PART II Calisthenics and Stances | 25 |
| 5. Calisthenics 26 | |
| • Neck Exercise 27 | |
| • Shoulder Exercise 27 | |
| • Back and Forth Exercise 28 | |
| • Side Exercise 28 | |
| • Twisting Exercise 29 | |
| • Hip Exercise 30 | |
| • Knee Exercise 30 | |
| • Leg-Stretching Exercise 30 | |
| • Push-Up Exercise 31 | |
| • Loosening-Up Exercise 31 | |
| 6. Stances (Chwa Seh) 32 | |
| • Natural Stance (Cha-yun Seh) 33 | |
| • Horseback-Riding Stance (Kee-mah Seh) 33 | |
| • Side Stance (Yup Seh) 34 | |
| • Forward Stance (Chun-gool Seh) 35 | |
| • Back Stance (Hoo-gool Seh) 37 | |
| • Cat Stance (Tuit-bal Seh) 39 | |
| • Others 40 | |
| PART III Free Fighting Basics and Foot Moves | 43 |
| 7. Basic Position and Adjustment for Distance 44 | |
| • Vital Spots of Human Body 46 | |
| • Adjustment for Distance 46 | |
| • Fake 49 | |
| 8. Foot Moves 50 | |
| • Stepping (Bal Ohmkigi) 50 | |
| • Body Shifting (Mohm Ohmkigi) 54 | |
| PART IV Blocking Techniques (Makgi) | 61 |
| 9. Arm Block (Pah/Makgi) 63 | |
| • Low Block (Hah-dan Makgi) 63 | |
| • Middle Block (Choong-dan Makgi) 65 | |
| • High Block (Sahng-dan Makgi) 67 | |
| 10. Applied Arm Block 69 | |
| • Double-Arm Block (Yahng-pahl Makgi) 69 | |
| • X-Block (Kyo-Cha Makgi) 72 | |
| • Others 74 | |
| PART V Hand Techniques (Sohn Tsugi) | 77 |
| 11. Straight Fist Punch (Chung-kwon Chigi) 79 | |
| • How to Make the Straight Fist Punch 79 | |
| • Practice of the Straight Fist Punch 82 | |
| • How to Use the Straight Fist Punch 85 | |
| • Defense Against the Straight Fist Punch 91 | |
| 12. Knife-Hand Strike (Shooto Chigi) 95 | |
| • How to Make the Knife-Hand Strike 96 | |
| • Knife-Hand as a Block 98 | |
| • How to Use the Knife-Hand Strike 100 | |
| 13. Other Attacks 102 | |
| • Back-Fist Punch (Choo-Muk-dung Chigi) 102 | |
| • Palm-Heel Attack (Chahng-kwon Chigi) 106 | |
| • Elbow Attack (Pahl-koom-chi Chigi) 109 | |
| • Miscellaneous Attacks 112 | |
| PART VI Front Kick Moves (Ahp Chagi) | 119 |
| 14. How to Make the Front Kick 120 | |
| • Front-Limbering-Up Kick (Ahp Ohlligi) 121 | |
| • Front Snap Kick (Ahp Cha-pusugi) 122 | |
| • Front Thrust Kick (Ahp Cha-tzirugi) 123 | |
| • Front-Pushing Kick (Ahp Cha-meelgi) 124 | |
| • Flying Front Kick (Dtuiyu Ahp-chagi) 125 | |
| 15. How to Use the Front Kick 128 | |
| • Basics for Front-Kick Application 129 | |
| • Front Kick in Combination Attacks 136 | |
| • Front-Thrust Kick Following Fake Moves 140 |