Ready Posture - PARALLEL STANCE WITH A TWIN SIDE ELBOW
KO-DANG
Ready Posture - Closed ready stance C
Movements – 39
1. Move the right foot to AC to form a sitting stance toward AD, at the same time executing a
middle pushing block to AD with the left palm.
2. Execute a middle punch to AD with the right fist, maintaining a sitting stance toward AD.
3. Move the right foot on line CD, forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a middle
guarding block to D with the forearm.
4. Execute a low block to AD with the right outer forearm and a middle side block to D with
the left inner forearm, maintaining a right L-stance toward D.
5. Move the left foot to BC forming a sitting stance toward BD, at the same time executing a
middle pushing block to BD with the right palm.
6. Execute a middle punch to BD with the left fist, maintaining a sitting stance toward BD.
7. Move the left foot on line CD, forming a left L-stance toward D while executing a middle
guarding block to D with the forearm.
8. Execute a low block to BD with the left outer forearm and a middle side block to D with the
right inner forearm, maintaining a left L-stance toward D.
9. Turn the face toward C forming a left bending ready stance B toward D.
10. Execute a middle back piercing kick to C with the right foot.
11. Lower the right foot to C, forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a middle
block to D with the left knife hand
12. Turn the face toward C forming a right bending ready stance B toward D.
13. Execute a middle back piercing kick to C with the left foot.
14. Lower the left foot to C, forming a left L-stance toward D while executing a middle block
to D with the right knife hand
15. Move the right foot to C, forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a downward
thrust to D with the left straight elbow.
16. Move the left foot to C, forming a left L-stance toward D while executing a downward
thrust to D with the right straight elbow.
17. Move the left foot to D to form a left walking stance toward D while executing a pressing
block to D with the right palm.
18. Move the right foot to D to form a right walking stance toward D while executing a
pressing block to D with the left palm.
19. Move the right foot to C forming a right L-stance toward D, while executing a downward
block to D with the left outer forearm.
20. Move the right foot to D forming a left L-stance toward D, while executing a downward
block to D with the right outer forearm.
21. Move the left foot to D, forming a right rear foot stance toward D, at the same time
executing an upward block to D with the left palm.
22. Move the right foot to D, forming a left rear foot stance toward D, at the same time
executing an upward block to D with the right palm.
23. Move the right foot to C, forming a right rear foot stance toward D, and then execute a
middle side front snap kick to D with the left foot, keeping the position of the hands as they
were in 22.
Perform 24 and 25 in a continuous motion:
24. Lower the left foot to D, forming a left walking stance toward D while executing a high
inward strike to D with a twin knife-hand.
25. Execute a rising block with the left knife hand, maintaining a left walking stance toward D
26. Execute a low guarding block to D with a knife hand, while forming a right L-stance
toward D, pulling the left foot.
27. Execute a downward punch to D with the right fist while forming a left walking stance
toward D, slipping the left foot.
28. Move the left foot to the side rear of the right foot and then slide to C, forming a right L-
stance toward D while executing a middle guarding block to D with a knife hand.
29. Jump and land on the same spot, forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a
middle guarding block to D with a knife hand.
30. Jump to D to form a right X-stance toward BD, while executing a high side strike to D with
the right back fist.
31. Move the left foot to C, forming a left walking stance toward C, at the same time
executing a high side block to C with the left outer forearm.
32. Move the left foot on line CD, forming a right walking stance toward D while executing a
high side block to D with the right outer forearm.
33. Move the left foot to D, forming a right L-stance toward D, at the same time executing an
upset punch to D with the right fist and bringing the left side fist in front of the right
shoulder.
34. Execute a middle hook kick to A with the right foot.
35. Lower the right foot to A, forming a left L-stance toward A while executing a high cross
cut to A with the right flat finger tip.
36. Bring the right foot to the left foot and then execute a middle hook kick to B with the left
foot.
37. Lower the left foot to B, forming a right L-stance toward B, at the same time executing a
high cross cut to B with the left flat finger tip.
38. Bring the left foot to the right foot, and then move the right foot to A forming a left L-
stance toward A, at the same time executing a high guarding block to A with a knife hand.
39. Bring the right foot to the left foot, and then move the left foot to B forming a right L-
stance toward B, at the same time executing a high guarding block to B with a knife hand.
END: Move the left foot to a ready stance C facing D.
KO-DANG
Ready Posture - Closed ready stance C
Movements – 39
1. Move the right foot to AC to form a sitting stance toward AD, at the same time executing a
middle pushing block to AD with the left palm.
2. Execute a middle punch to AD with the right fist, maintaining a sitting stance toward AD.
3. Move the right foot on line CD, forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a middle
guarding block to D with the forearm.
4. Execute a low block to AD with the right outer forearm and a middle side block to D with
the left inner forearm, maintaining a right L-stance toward D.
5. Move the left foot to BC forming a sitting stance toward BD, at the same time executing a
middle pushing block to BD with the right palm.
6. Execute a middle punch to BD with the left fist, maintaining a sitting stance toward BD.
7. Move the left foot on line CD, forming a left L-stance toward D while executing a middle
guarding block to D with the forearm.
8. Execute a low block to BD with the left outer forearm and a middle side block to D with the
right inner forearm, maintaining a left L-stance toward D.
9. Turn the face toward C forming a left bending ready stance B toward D.
10. Execute a middle back piercing kick to C with the right foot.
11. Lower the right foot to C, forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a middle
block to D with the left knife hand
12. Turn the face toward C forming a right bending ready stance B toward D.
13. Execute a middle back piercing kick to C with the left foot.
14. Lower the left foot to C, forming a left L-stance toward D while executing a middle block
to D with the right knife hand
15. Move the right foot to C, forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a downward
thrust to D with the left straight elbow.
16. Move the left foot to C, forming a left L-stance toward D while executing a downward
thrust to D with the right straight elbow.
17. Move the left foot to D to form a left walking stance toward D while executing a pressing
block to D with the right palm.
18. Move the right foot to D to form a right walking stance toward D while executing a
pressing block to D with the left palm.
19. Move the right foot to C forming a right L-stance toward D, while executing a downward
block to D with the left outer forearm.
20. Move the right foot to D forming a left L-stance toward D, while executing a downward
block to D with the right outer forearm.
21. Move the left foot to D, forming a right rear foot stance toward D, at the same time
executing an upward block to D with the left palm.
22. Move the right foot to D, forming a left rear foot stance toward D, at the same time
executing an upward block to D with the right palm.
23. Move the right foot to C, forming a right rear foot stance toward D, and then execute a
middle side front snap kick to D with the left foot, keeping the position of the hands as they
were in 22.
Perform 24 and 25 in a continuous motion:
24. Lower the left foot to D, forming a left walking stance toward D while executing a high
inward strike to D with a twin knife-hand.
25. Execute a rising block with the left knife hand, maintaining a left walking stance toward D
26. Execute a low guarding block to D with a knife hand, while forming a right L-stance
toward D, pulling the left foot.
27. Execute a downward punch to D with the right fist while forming a left walking stance
toward D, slipping the left foot.
28. Move the left foot to the side rear of the right foot and then slide to C, forming a right L-
stance toward D while executing a middle guarding block to D with a knife hand.
29. Jump and land on the same spot, forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a
middle guarding block to D with a knife hand.
30. Jump to D to form a right X-stance toward BD, while executing a high side strike to D with
the right back fist.
31. Move the left foot to C, forming a left walking stance toward C, at the same time
executing a high side block to C with the left outer forearm.
32. Move the left foot on line CD, forming a right walking stance toward D while executing a
high side block to D with the right outer forearm.
33. Move the left foot to D, forming a right L-stance toward D, at the same time executing an
upset punch to D with the right fist and bringing the left side fist in front of the right
shoulder.
34. Execute a middle hook kick to A with the right foot.
35. Lower the right foot to A, forming a left L-stance toward A while executing a high cross
cut to A with the right flat finger tip.
36. Bring the right foot to the left foot and then execute a middle hook kick to B with the left
foot.
37. Lower the left foot to B, forming a right L-stance toward B, at the same time executing a
high cross cut to B with the left flat finger tip.
38. Bring the left foot to the right foot, and then move the right foot to A forming a left L-
stance toward A, at the same time executing a high guarding block to A with a knife hand.
39. Bring the right foot to the left foot, and then move the left foot to B forming a right L-
stance toward B, at the same time executing a high guarding block to B with a knife hand.
END: Move the left foot to a ready stance C facing D.
Cho was born in Kangsŏ-gun, South P'yŏngan Province, now in North Korea. In his youth he was an
activist within Korea's Christian community,[1] but from 1910 with Japan's annexation of Korea he
became increasingly involved with his country's independence movement. His participation in the 1919
Sam-Il protest marches led to his arrest and detention, along with tens of thousands of other Koreans.
After his release, he dedicated himself to non-violent resistance to the occupation, a stance which
earned him the epithet "The Gandhi of Korea".[2] He advocated a principal of self-sufficiency for the
nation, and formed a number of commercial enterprises intended to encourage Koreans to buy home-
produced goods and so instil a sense of nationalism.
Activism post World War II
In August 1945, with Japanese surrender imminent, Cho was approached by the Japanese governor of
Pyongyang and asked to organise a committee to maintain stability in the power vacuum that would
inevitably follow.[1] He agreed to co-operate, and formed governing councils throughout the north;
they generally being composed of right-wing nationalists opposed to communism.[3] The Soviet Union
arrived in Pyongyang in the days following the Japanese surrender, bringing with them the Korean
communist Kim Il-sung, who had trained in the Soviet army for ten years, rising to the rank of captain.
Under Soviet pressure, Cho was obliged to reorganise his party, and accept more communists onto the
councils.[4] Unsurprisingly, the opposing ideologies of Kim and Cho led to a clash between the two
men, and the forced power-sharing failed to sit well with either of them.
The 1945 Moscow Conference between the victorious Allied powers discussed the statehood of Korea,
proposing a four-power trusteeship for a period of five years, after which Korea would become an
independent state. For Cho, this would result in excessive foreign, and particularly communist,
influence over his country, and he refused to co-operate.[5] In early 1946 he was forced to resign from
his position, and was placed under house arrest by the Soviets. For some time he was kept under
comfortable conditions at the Koryo Hotel, from which position he continued to vocally oppose the
communists. Later transferred to a prison in Pyongyang, he was executed on 15 October 1950, shortly
before the city was captured by UN forces during the Korean War. Cho's removal opened the way for
Kim Il-sung to consolidate his power in the north, a position he was able to hold for 48 years until his
death in 1994.
In 1970, Cho's deeds gained posthumous recognition when he was awarded the Order of Merit for
National Foundation and the Republic of Korea medal by the South Korean government.
activist within Korea's Christian community,[1] but from 1910 with Japan's annexation of Korea he
became increasingly involved with his country's independence movement. His participation in the 1919
Sam-Il protest marches led to his arrest and detention, along with tens of thousands of other Koreans.
After his release, he dedicated himself to non-violent resistance to the occupation, a stance which
earned him the epithet "The Gandhi of Korea".[2] He advocated a principal of self-sufficiency for the
nation, and formed a number of commercial enterprises intended to encourage Koreans to buy home-
produced goods and so instil a sense of nationalism.
Activism post World War II
In August 1945, with Japanese surrender imminent, Cho was approached by the Japanese governor of
Pyongyang and asked to organise a committee to maintain stability in the power vacuum that would
inevitably follow.[1] He agreed to co-operate, and formed governing councils throughout the north;
they generally being composed of right-wing nationalists opposed to communism.[3] The Soviet Union
arrived in Pyongyang in the days following the Japanese surrender, bringing with them the Korean
communist Kim Il-sung, who had trained in the Soviet army for ten years, rising to the rank of captain.
Under Soviet pressure, Cho was obliged to reorganise his party, and accept more communists onto the
councils.[4] Unsurprisingly, the opposing ideologies of Kim and Cho led to a clash between the two
men, and the forced power-sharing failed to sit well with either of them.
The 1945 Moscow Conference between the victorious Allied powers discussed the statehood of Korea,
proposing a four-power trusteeship for a period of five years, after which Korea would become an
independent state. For Cho, this would result in excessive foreign, and particularly communist,
influence over his country, and he refused to co-operate.[5] In early 1946 he was forced to resign from
his position, and was placed under house arrest by the Soviets. For some time he was kept under
comfortable conditions at the Koryo Hotel, from which position he continued to vocally oppose the
communists. Later transferred to a prison in Pyongyang, he was executed on 15 October 1950, shortly
before the city was captured by UN forces during the Korean War. Cho's removal opened the way for
Kim Il-sung to consolidate his power in the north, a position he was able to hold for 48 years until his
death in 1994.
In 1970, Cho's deeds gained posthumous recognition when he was awarded the Order of Merit for
National Foundation and the Republic of Korea medal by the South Korean government.
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| Movements - 39 Ready Posture - CLOSED READY STANCE C Pattern Meaning Pseudonym of the patriot Cho Man Shik, who dedicated his life to the Korean Independence Movement and to the education of his people. |
