Korean Terms Commonly Used in Taekwondo | |||||||
One of the exciting things about learning taekwondo is the opportunity to learn a little bit about the Korean culture and the Korean language. We don't use as much Korean language in the ATA as some organizations do, (after all, we are the AMERICAN Taekwondo Association) but there is enough of the language used to make it very confusing for the beginning student. There are no standardized English spellings for the korean words and there are certainly variations in pronunciation from one student to the next, depending on how you hear it from your instructor. It is always best to hear the commands from a Korean speaker, to get the pronunciations correct. |
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This is a link to a site that contains the Korean commands spoken by a native Korean speaker. It is interesting to hear and is a good reference for a word you've seen but never heard. Recorded Korean Terms |
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Some terms we commonly use Charyut (char-ree-ut) Stand at Attention Kyungnae (key-young-nay) Bow Jhoonbee (joon-bee) Ready Position Shijahk (shee-jahk) Start/Begin Kohmahn (koe-mahn) Stop Bahroh (bah-roe) Stop and return to joon-bee Shi-uh (shee-oh) At Ease/Rest Kihap (key-hop) Taekwondo Yell Dobok (doe-bahk) Uniform Dojang (doe-jahng) School Sahbum nim (sah-bum-nihm) Instructor Tae Sah Boo Nim (tah sah boo nim) Master instructor An-nyong haseyo Hello An-nyong-ee keseyo Good bye Kamsa-ham-needa Thank you Doo wee Doe Rah About face Korean Counting Il = First Hana = 1 Ee = Second Dul = 2 Sahm = Third Set = 3 Sahng = Fourth Net = 4 Oh = Fifth Dosot = 5 Yosot = 6 Ilgulp = 7 Yodul = 8 Ahup = 9 Yul = 10 |