Korean Terms

• General Terms
• Body Parts
• Stances 

This is a short dictionary of the common Korean general terms used in Taekwon-Do.

 General Terms

Directions
Front	Ap
Back	Dwit
Side	Yop
Obverse	Baro
Reverse	Bandae
Low	Najunde
Middle	Kaunde
High	Nopunde
Left	Wen
Right	Orun
Forwards	Apro kaggi
Backwards	Dwiyro kaggi
Inward	Anaero
Outward	Bakaero
Commands
Attention	Charyot
Bow	Kyong ye
Bow to instructor	Sabum nim geh, kyong ye
Ready	Junbi
Start	Si jak
Break/cease	Hechyo
Stop	Goman
Rest/relax	Chose
About turn	Dwiyro torro
Return to ready stance	Barol
Dismiss	Hae san

Counting
One	Hanna
Two	Dool
three	Set
Four	Net
Five	Dasool
Six	Yosool
Seven	Ilgop
Eight	Yodoll
Nine	Ahop
Ten	Yoll
Eleven	Yoll hanna
Twelve	Yoll dool
Twenty	Soo mool

Sparring Matsoki
Free sparring	Jayoo matsoki
Semi-free sparring	Ban jayoo matsoki
3 step sparring	Sambo matsoki
2 step sparring	Ibo matsoki
1-step sparring	Ilbo matsoki