• Jin Gum:
  • 
    A real sword, sharpened and functional
    
    
• Ka Gum:
  • 
    An imitation practice sword that is metal and unsharpened
• 
  Juk Do:
  • 
    Bamboo Sword for practice and sparring
• 
  Mok Gum:
  • 
    Wooden sword for practice

Gum-Ko:

• The “Sword Nose”
  ( It is the tip of the sword used for stabbing)

Gum-Nal:

The "blade of the sword"
(Used for cutting and blocking)

Gum-Deung:

The “Sword Back”
(It is unsharpened and used for blocking)

Gum-Mak-Ee:

The “Sword Guard”
(It protects the hands and wrist)

Gum-Ja-Ru:

The "handle of the sword"
(Wrapped in a material for better grip)

Gum-Ja-Bee-Gut:

The "but of the handle"
(Sometimes used to strike with)

Gum-Bae:

The "side of the blade"
(Used to block and parry)

Charyut-Jaseh....................................Attention position
Dan-Jun Ho-Heup..........Abdominal Breathing exercise
Pahl Do........................Technique of Drawing the sword
Chak Gum.................Technique of Sheathing the sword
Kyuk Gum........................One step sparring techniques
Gumbup.........................“Sword form” or Sword method

Gi-ma-sae:

Horse riding position, feet at shoulder width with the knees turned inward and bent at 2 fists width apart. The back is straight and arched forward with the head and neck straight up and down.

Dae-do-sae:

Long stance position, feet are spread from front to back in a straight line through the body. Back knee is straight and front knee is bent so that the front foot cannot be seen. The waist is pushed forward and the back is straight.

So-do-sae:

Small stance position, front foot is turned 90 degrees perpendicular to the body with the ball of the back foot supporting the body wth the heal pointing upward at 90 degrees. Knees should be two fist widths apart.

Cho-chun-sae:

A poised ready stance. Feet are in a short Dae-do-sae with the sword help above the head at 45 degrees ready to strike or block downward.

Chi`-un-sae:

Natural stance, feet are positioned close together with the trailing foot on its ball.

Forms

Ssangsoo Gumbup:

“Two Handed Sword Form” The basic sword forms taught to beginners up to the rank of black belt. Characterized by large powerful motions and cuts that teach the fundamentals of body power, footwork and stance positioning.

Yedo Gumbup:

A set of faster sword forms that are taught from the rank of black belt to second degree black belt. Characterized by using a smaller faster sword, the movements are quick and more narrow than those of Ssangsoo Gumbup and power generated though quick waist movements.

Bongguk Gumbup:

A series of forms taught from second degree black belt all the way to fourth degree.

 

Numbers/counting in Korean

(Numbers).......... For Cadence ......................For Ranking Order
one..........................Ha Na....................................IL two..........................Dool.......................................E
three.........................Set......................................Sam
four............... ..........Net........................................Sa
five....... ................Da Sot......................................O
six........................Yuh Sot...................................Yook
seven....................IL Gop.....................................Chil
eight.....................Yo Dull......................................Pal
nine.....................Ah-Hop.....................................Koo
ten.........................Yohl........................................Ship
eleven..................Yohlhana..................................Shipil
twelve.................Yohldool.................................Ship-e
thirteen................Yohlset.................................Shipsam
fourteen..............Yohlnet...................................Shipsa
fifteen.................Yohldasot..................................Shipo
twenty...................Sumul....................................E-ship
twenty-one..........Sumulhana.............................E-shipil
twenty-two..........Sumuldool............................E-ship-e
twenty-three..........Sumulset..........................E-shipsam
thirty.....................Sorun.................................Sam-ship
forty.....................Mahun...................................Sa-ship
fifty......................Shwin......................................O-ship
sixty.....................Yesun................................Yook-ship
seventy..................Irun.....................................Chil-ship
eighty...................Yodun....................................Pal-ship
ninety....................Ahun...................................Koo-ship
one hundred...........Paek....................................IL-paek
one thousand..........Chon...................................IL-chon

Basically, numbers above ten are formed by adding the numbers one to nine to words meaning “ten”, “twenty”, “thirty”, etc. For example, 32 is “Sorundool”.

Anatomy

Pahl.......................................................................Arm
Sohn (Korean) or Soo (Chinese)............................Hand
Chu Mok...............................................................Fist
Pal Mok................................................................Wrist
Pahl Coop.............................................................Elbow
Da Ri.....................................................................Leg
Rahl (Korean) or Jok (Chinese)..............................Foot
Moo Roop.............................................................Knee
Hur Ri....................................................................Waist
Mok......................................................................Neck
Eema...............................................................Forehead
Tuck.......................................................................Chin
Myung Chi...................................................Solar Plexus
Dan Jun....................................................Low Abdomen
In Choong...............................Between Mouth and Nose
Ko Hwan...............................................................Groin

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