Taekwondo (Korean) Terminology
KOREAN | ENGLISH | NUMBERS | COUNTING |
Sabum nim | Master Instructor | One | Hana |
Sabum nim ke – kyung ye | Bow To Master Instructor | Two | Tul |
Jokyo nim | Assistant Instructor | Three | Set |
Seonbae nim | Senior | Four | Net |
Hubae | Junior | Five | Tasot |
Kukki adae hayeo | Salute The National Flag | Six | Yasot |
Dobok | Uniform | Seven | Il-gup |
Dojang | Gym/School | Eight | Yoh Dul |
Kukki | National Flag | Nine | A Hop |
Moo nye | Meditation (Empty Thoughts) | Ten | Yul |
An young hasayeo | How Are You? | Eleven | Yul-hana |
Kum sum ni da | Thank You! | Twenty | Sumul |
Kihap | Yell (Power & Confidence) | Twenty-one | Sumul-hana |
Poomse | Pattern (Form) | Thirty | Sulhun |
Kyor ugi | Sparring | Thirty-one | Sulhun-Hana |
Hoshinsul | Self-Defense | ||
Hanbeon Kyorugi | One-Step Sparring | First | Il |
Kyok pa | Breaking | Second | Ie |
Third | Sam | ||
Basic Commands | Fourth | Sa | |
Charyot | Attention | Fifth | Oh |
Kyung ye | Bow | Sixth | Yook |
Joonbi | Ready | Seventh | Chil |
Si jak | Begin | Eighth | Pal |
Baro | Return | Nineth | Gu |
Geuman | Finish/Stop | Tenth | Sip |
Shiyo | End (At Ease) | ||
0 Gup – WB | 5th Gup – BS | ||
Dan Black Belt | Students 15 years of age and older | 9th Gup – YS | 4th Gup – BB |
Poom Black Belt | Students under the age of 15 | 8th Gup – YB | 3rd Gup – RS |
Gup Belt | Colored Belt Students | 7th Gup – GS | 2nd Gup – RB |
6th Gup – GB | 1st Gup – BLK ST. |