Second foul

Second foul (Korean 반칙 두 번, banchik du beon, literally «two fouls») is the kumdo match rule under which a competitor who commits certain fouls (banchik, 반칙) twice gives the opponent one point (hanpan, 한판).

• According to the rules as reproduced by a dojang affiliated with the Korea Kumdo Association, the rule applies to the acts in items 2 to 7 of Article 17. Each one is a foul, and a second one gives the opponent a point.
• Fouls are totaled over the whole match.
• If both competitors commit fouls at the same time and both would lose as a result, the fouls cancel out and are not counted. In that offsetting, the first time the fouls are declared in the order blue-white and offset; from the second time on, the offsetting is declared and signaled at once.
• Acts mentioned as fouls include tripping or sweeping the opponent's legs, dropping the jukdo (죽도, bamboo sword) and stepping out of the court (jangoe, 장외). That list comes from an unofficial source.
• The chief referee (jusim, 주심) signals and declares fouls with the referee's flag, and the two sub-referees (busim, 부심) also signal them with their flags. When the fact is clear, such as a dropped jukdo, the referees skip the consultation and signal with the flag.
• It is different from the use of prohibited equipment (Article 19): the user loses and the opponent is given two points.