IMPORTANT TANG SOO DO TERMS
Note:
The spellings of Asian words used here are produced phonetically, to conform to the pronunciations that are currently prevalent and may not be representative of traditional spellings used in other texts.
Although there are hundreds of foreign language words that pertain to the martial arts, only the ones that are commonly used in our Tang Soo Do studio are included in this manual.
CI-JARRIOT:
attention (Korean)
CHUMBAE:
ready stance
DAN:
Black Belt ranks; means rank or degree (Japanese & Korean)
DO:
“the way”
DOCHINE:
studio (Korean)
DOJO:
studio (Japanese)
GI:
uniform (Japanese)
GUP:
non-Black Belt rank; means “grade” or class (Korean)
HYUNG:
formal exercises or “forms” (Korean)
KATA:
forms (Japanese)
KE-I:
means “spirit meeting” and is a loud shout for power
KWON:
association (Korean)
KI:
breath; spirit; body energy centralized through concentration;
KUMITE:
fighting (—pronounced ‘KOO-mi-tay’)
KUN YET:
bow (Korean)
PEROW:
return to Chumbae stance
SOO:
hand (Korean)
TANG:
Chinese dynasty
TE:
hand (Chinese)
TOBAK:
uniform (Korean)