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Ko-Dang 39 Moves
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Ko-Dang is the pseudonym of the patriot Cho Mansik who dedicated his life to the independence movement and education of his people. The 39 movements signify his times of imprisonment and his birthplace on the 39th parallel.
Destruction
Any Hand Technique Including Elbow
Any Standing Kick
Any Jumping Technique
Please note: This information is for guidance only.
The exact format is set at the Black Belt Grading Panel's discretion.
Starting Position: Close ready stance C.
Move the right foot to AC to form a sitting stance, at the same time executing a middle
pushing block with a left palm
Execute a middle punch with the right fist
Move the right foot on line CD, forming a right L stance while executing a middle guarding
block with the forearm
Execute a low block with the right forearm and a middle side block with the left inner
forearm
Move the left foot to BC forming a sitting stance at the same time executing a middle
pushing block with a right palm
Execute a middle punch with the left fist
Move the left foot on line CD, forming a left L-stance while executing a middle guarding
block with the forearm
Execute a low block with the left forearm and a middle side block with the right inner
forearm
Turn the face toward C forming a left bending ready stance B
Execute a middle back piercing kick to C with the right foot
Lower the right foot to C, forming a right L-stance toward D while executing a middle block
with a left knife-hand
Turn the face toward C forming a right bending ready stance B
Execute a middle back piercing kick to C with the left foot
Lower the left foot to C forming a left L-stance toward D, while executing a middle block with
a right knife-hand
Move the right foot to C forming a right L-stance while executing a downward thrust with a
left straight elbow
Move the left foot to C, forming a left L-stance while executing a downward thrust with a
right straight elbow
Move the left foot to D to form a left walking stance while executing a pressing block with a
right palm. Perform in a slow motion
Move the right foot to D, forming a right walking stance, at the same time changing the
position of the hands. Perform in a slow motion
19. Move the right foot to C forming a right L-stance, while executing a downward block with the left outer forearm.
Move the right foot to D to form a left L-stance, while executing a downward block with the
right outer forearm
Move the left foot to D, forming a right rear foot stance, at the same time executing an
upward block with a left palm
Move the right foot to D to form a left rear foot stance, at the same time executing an
upward block with a right palm
Move the right foot to C, forming a right rear foot stance, and then execute a middle front
snap kick with the left foot, keeping the position of the hands as they were in 22
Lower the left foot to D, forming a left walking stance while executing a high inward strike
with both knife-hands
Execute a rising block with a left knife-hand
Execute a low guarding block with the knife-hand while forming a right L-stance, pulling the
left foot
Execute a downward punch with the right fist while forming a left walking stance, slipping
the left foot
Move the left foot to the side rear of the right foot and then slide to C, forming a right Lstance
toward D while executing a middle guarding block with a knife-hand
Jump to land on the same spot, forming a right L-stance while executing a middle guarding
block with a knife-hand
Jump to D to form a right X-stance, while executing a high side strike to D with a right back
fist
Move the left foot to C, forming a left walking stance, at the same time executing a high side
block with the left outer forearm
Move the left foot on line CD, forming a right walking stance toward D while executing a
high side block with the right outer forearm
Move the left foot to D, forming a right L-stance, at the same time executing an upset punch
with the right fist and bringing the left side fist in front of the right shoulder
Execute a middle hooking kick to A with the right foot
Lower the right foot to A, forming a left L-stance while executing a high cross cut with a right
flat fingertip
Bring the right foot to the left foot, and then execute a middle hooking kick to B with the left
foot
Lower the left foot to B, forming a right L-stance, at the same time executing a high cross
cut with a left flat fingertip
Bring the left foot to the right foot, and then move the right foot to A forming a left L-stance,
at the same time executing a high guarding block with a knife-hand
Bring the right foot to the left foot, and then move the left foot to B forming a right L-stance,
at the same time executing a high guarding block with a knife-hand.
Perform 24 and 25 in a continuous motion.
End: Bring the left foot back to a ready stance
For more detailed meaning see right box.
TAGB 3rd Open World Champs - Musical Pattern Winner
Cho was born in Kangso-gun, South P'yongan Province, now in North Korea. In his youth he was an
activist within Korea's Christian community,[1] but from 1910 with Japan's annexation of Korea he
became increasingly involved with his country's independence movement. His participation in the 1919
Sam-Il protest marches led to his arrest and detention, along with tens of thousands of other Koreans.
After his release, he dedicated himself to non-violent resistance to the occupation, a stance which
earned him the epithet "The Gandhi of Korea".[2] He advocated a principal of self-sufficiency for the
nation, and formed a number of commercial enterprises intended to encourage Koreans to buy home-
produced goods and so instil a sense of nationalism.
Activism post World War II
In August 1945, with Japanese surrender imminent, Cho was approached by the Japanese governor of
Pyongyang and asked to organise a committee to maintain stability in the power vacuum that would
inevitably follow.[1] He agreed to co-operate, and formed governing councils throughout the north;
they generally being composed of right-wing nationalists opposed to communism.[3] The Soviet Union
arrived in Pyongyang in the days following the Japanese surrender, bringing with them the Korean
communist Kim Il-sung, who had trained in the Soviet army for ten years, rising to the rank of captain.
Under Soviet pressure, Cho was obliged to reorganise his party, and accept more communists onto the
councils.[4] Unsurprisingly, the opposing ideologies of Kim and Cho led to a clash between the two
men, and the forced power-sharing failed to sit well with either of them.
The 1945 Moscow Conference between the victorious Allied powers discussed the statehood of Korea,
proposing a four-power trusteeship for a period of five years, after which Korea would become an
independent state. For Cho, this would result in excessive foreign, and particularly communist,
influence over his country, and he refused to co-operate.[5] In early 1946 he was forced to resign from
his position, and was placed under house arrest by the Soviets. For some time he was kept under
comfortable conditions at the Koryo Hotel, from which position he continued to vocally oppose the
communists. Later transferred to a prison in Pyongyang, he was executed on 15 October 1950, shortly
before the city was captured by UN forces during the Korean War. Cho's removal opened the way for
Kim Il-sung to consolidate his power in the north, a position he was able to hold for 48 years until his
death in 1994.
In 1970, Cho's deeds gained posthumous recognition when he was awarded the Order of Merit for
National Foundation and the Republic of Korea medal by the South Korean government.
