Foothills Taekwon-Do

Taekwon-Do History and Information

ENGLISH:KOREAN TRANSLATIONS

Taekwon-Do classes use many Korean commands in the classes. Some classes use only Korean, while others teach in the countries native language. These pages list the common (and not so common) commands in the USTF, and include some of the less common words and phrases available in the Encyclopedia. Some of the terms have a play symbol (); press the play button to hear General Choi Hong Hi say the command in Korean.

Counting
First Il One Hana
Second Ee Two Tul
Third Sam Three Set
Fourth Sa Four Net
Fifth Oh Five Tasot
Sixth Yuk Six Yosot
Seventh Ch'il Seven Ilgop
Eighth P'al Eight Yodol
Ninth Gu Nine Ahop
Tenth Ship Ten Yol

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Opening Ceremony
Closing Ceremony
Attention Charyot Attention Charyot
Face the flag Kukiye-te-he Face the flag Kukiye-te-he
Salute the flag Kyong-ye Salute the flag Kyong-ye
Return to ready posture Baro Return to ready posture Baro
Kneel Anjo Kneel Anjo
Meditate Muk nyum Meditate Muk nyum
Stop Guman Stop Guman
Return to ready posture Baro Return to ready posture Baro
Attention charyot Attention charyot
Face the instructor Sabum-nim-ge Face the instructor Sabum-nim-ge
Bow Kyong-ye Bow Kyong-ye
Face the assistant instructor Boo-sabum nimge
Bow Kyong-ye
Class dismissed Eesang
Thank you Komapsumneeda

Audio clips of General Choi are from the CD-ROM used with permission from ComDo.

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