Taekwondo stances - Wikipedia

The Korean martial art Taekwondo has several stances used for different activities. Taekwondo has a wide variety of stances in its repertoire. Taekwondostances FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Taekwondostances Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Taekwondostances" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(September2014)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) TheKoreanmartialartTaekwondohasseveralstancesusedfordifferentactivities.Taekwondohasawidevarietyofstancesinitsrepertoire.ThesestancesaremostcommonlyseenintheformcompetitionofHyeong,andarecriticalforbalance,precision,andgoodtechniqueinthemartialart. Contents 1Basicstances 2Differentstances 2.1Fightingstance 2.2Diagonalstance 2.3Crouchedstance 3Seealso 4References Basicstances[edit] TherearetwomajororganizationsofTaekwondo:theWorldTaekwondoFederationandtheInternationalTaekwondoFederation.Thesetwoschools,whilesimilar,showvarianceintheirteachingsofsomeofthestances.Individualschoolswithintheselargerumbrellaswillalsovaryslightlyintheirteachings,butnottothelargeextentseenbetweenWTF,ITFandLTFtaekwondo. Diagram Name Description Attentionstance Alsoknownas: CharyotSeogi[1] Inthisstance,thearmsandlegsarestraightandtouchingeachother,withtoespointingforward.Thearmsarestraightandheldstifflyatone’sside.InITFstyleTaekwondo,thefeetareputata45degreeangleasopposedtostraightinWTFstyle.Thisisthestancethatallbowscomefrom. ClosedStance[2] Alsoknownas: MoaSeogi[1] FoundinITFtaekwondo.Thisismostlyseenasareadystanceatthebeginningandendofpatterns,butcanalsobeseenlessfrequentlyduringpatternexecution.Feetareplacedtogether,andweightisdistributedevenlybetweenthem. Frontstance Alsoknownas: ApKubi GunnunSeogi(ITF) Inthisstance,thelegsareheldoneinfrontandtothesideoftheother,inawideanddeepposewithhipsfacingforward.Thefrontlegisbentandtheotherisstraightened.Thisisaveryfirmandsteadystance,oneofthefirstlearnedbybeginners,andisoftenusedinpoomsae/tul. ThereisavariantofthisstancecalledNachuoSeogiorLowStancewhichisOnefootlengthlonger(asillustrated).ThestancecanbeeitherFull,HalforReversehalffacing.ThisvariantisfoundinITFtaekwondo. Backstance Alsoknownas: DwiKubi NiunjaSeogi Hoogulsagee LStance Readystance Inthisstance,onefootisinfrontoftheother,withthebackfootpointed90degreesperpendicular,andthefrontfootpointedstraight.Themajorityofthebodyweightisplacedonthebackleg. ThereisavariantofthisstancecalledGojungSeogiorFixedStancewhichisOnefootwidthlonger,theweightdistributionis50-50,Sowhenperformingthisstanceoneshouldjustbeabletoseethetoesofone'sbackfootovertheknee.ThisvariationisfoundinITFtaekwondo. AlltechniquesinL-Stancecanonlybehalffacing. Readystance Alsoknownas: NaranhiSeogi Commandposition Inthisstance,thelegsarestraight,withtoespointingstraightforward,feetshoulderwidthapart.Thearmsareheldinfrontofthebody,withclosedfistsandelbowsslightlybent,handsaboutsixinchesawayfromthenavel.Thisisthepositionthatallpoomsaeformsstartfrom,andreturnto.NotallITFtulstartandfinishinthisstance,butitisstillusedasareadystanceintheChangHonpatternset. Rearfootstance Alsoknownas: Catstance Tigerstance BumSeogi(KoreanforTigerstance) ForwardStance DwitbalSeogi Inthisstance,thelegsareheldbentandclosetogether,withthebackfootperpendiculartothebodyandthefrontfootstraightandenpointe.Thisstanceisfoundinthehigherlevelforms. Sittingstance Alsoknownas: AnnunSeogi JumchumSeogi horseridingstance middlestance Inthisstance,thelegsareinasquatposition,withfeetfarapartfacingforwardandkneesbent.Thisstancecanalsobeusedasastretch.Theobjectistypicallytokeepthebackstraightwhileloweringthebuttocksdowntothegroundwiththelegsspreadkeepingshinsperpendiculartothefloor. Differentstances[edit] Fightingstance[edit] Thisstancevarieswiththemartialartandpractitioner,butisthebasicall-purposestanceusedinsparringandcombat.Commonfeaturesacrosstheartsincludeturningthebodytothesidetopresentasmallertarget,slightlybentkneesforbalanceandagility,feetabouttwoshoulderwidthsapart,andhandsup,protectingthehead.Inanartrelyingheavilyonkicks,thebody'smassisusuallyshiftedslightlytothebackleg,makingthefrontlegeasiertoliftandincreasingthespeedofkicks.Regardlessoftheexactstance,thisisthemostfamiliarstanceforamartialartist.Allotherstances,blocks,andattacksflowfromthisstance.Interestinglyenoughthisoftenresultsinanincreasedpowerlevel. Diagonalstance[edit] SasunSeogi.FoundinITFtaekwondo.Thisstanceisverysimilartothesittingstance,howeveronefootwillbeslightlymoreforwardthantheother. Crouchedstance[edit] OguryoSeogi.FoundinITFtaekwondo.Inthisstance,thefeetarespreadwideapart,onefootslightlyinfrontoftheother.Thekneesarebentinward. Seealso[edit] Karatestances References[edit] ^ab"KoreanTaekwondoGlossary(Translations)".Olympictaekwondo.org.Retrieved17February2015. ^[1]ArchivedSeptember5,2012,attheWaybackMachine Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taekwondo_stances&oldid=1067113828" Categories:TaekwondoHiddencategories:WebarchivetemplatewaybacklinksArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidataArticlesneedingadditionalreferencesfromSeptember2014Allarticlesneedingadditionalreferences Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages Čeština Editlinks