The Basic Stances - Kildare Taekwondo

There are four varieties, Moa Junbi Sogi A, Moa Junbi Sogi B, Moa Junbi Sogi C and Moa Junbi Sogi D. Moa Sogi 'A' – the distance between the philtrum and ... Home AboutClub ClubHistory Instructors Do-JangRules UpcomingEvents StudentArea Do-JangRules GradingRevision Patterns BeltsAndThereMeanings TenetsOfTaekwondo HistoryOfTaekwondo StudentManual DownloadMaterial 3-Step 2-Step StudentQuiz QuestionSheets Grading TheBasics WhiteBelt YellowTag YellowBelt GreenTag GreenBelt BlueTag BlueBelt RedTag RedBelt Patterns Chon-Ji Dan-Gun Do-San Won-Hyo Yul-Gok Joon-Gun Toi-Gye Hwa-Rang Choong-Moo Kwang-Gae Po-Eun Ge-Baek Eui-Am Choong-Jang Juche Sam-IL Yoo-Sin Choi-Yong Yong-Gae Gallery ClassTimes UpcomingEvents ContactUs TKDKids Search Skiptocontent Close StudentManual YouAreHere:TheBasicStances StudentManual-Pages TheBasicStances  (CharyotSogi) AttentionStance Thefeetareat45degrees.Thisistheattentionpositioncalledatthestartoftheclassandattheendofclass.  (NaraniSogi) ParallelReadyStance ThisisthebasicreadystanceinTaekwon-Do.Weightdistributionis50/50.Movementsmaybeperformedinthisstance–sinewaveisgeneratedbycomingupontotheballsofthefeetanddroppingthebody’sweight.  (GunnunSogi) WalkingStance   ThisisthebasicreadystanceinTaekwon-Do.Weightdistributionis50/50.Movementsmaybeperformedinthisstance–sinewaveisgeneratedbycomingupontotheballsofthefeetanddroppingthebody’sweight.  (NiunjaSogi) L-Stance   Therearlegisbentandtheforwardlegisalmoststraight.Thetoesofbothfeetpointinwardsslightly.Thebodyisalwayseithersideorhalffacinginthisstance.Weightdistribution:70percentoftheweightisontherearleg.  (GojongSogi) FixedStance   FixedstanceissimilartoalengthenedL-stance,exceptthattheweightdistributionisevenandbothlegsareequallybent.Whetheritisaleftorrightstanceisthereforedeterminedbytheforwardleg.  (AnnunSogi) SittingStance Insittingstance,sinewaveisgeneratedbyalmoststraighteningtheknees,thenbendingthem.Weightdistributionis50/50.Thereisnoobverseorreverse.  (MoaSogi) ClosedStance Thiscanbeeitherfullfacingorsidefacing.Therearefourvarieties,MoaJunbiSogiA,MoaJunbiSogiB,MoaJunbiSogiCandMoaJunbiSogiD. MoaSogi‘A’–thedistancebetweenthephiltrumandthefistsisapproximately30cm MoaSogi‘B’–thedistancebetweenthefistsandthenavelisapproximately15cm MoaSogi‘C’–thedistancebetweenthefistsandtheabdomenisapprox.10cm  (DwiBalSogi) ClosedStance Standwithyourfrontfootfacingforwardsandthebackfootturned45degreestotheside,keepthefeetquiteclosetogetherWeightdistribution:90percentoftheweightisontherearleg.Additionally,yourfrontfootshouldbeupontheballofthefoot(heelofftheground).ThisstanceappearsinJoong-Gun. WiththankstoGrandmasterDonatoNardizzi