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.
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
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
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