Attack

In kumdo, gonggyeok (attack) means delivering a technique at the opponent: strikes to the head, wrist and waist, or a thrust to the throat. The Korea Kumdo Association manual groups them as attack techniques.

Gonggyeok (공격, "attack") is, in kumdo, the act of delivering a technique at the opponent. The manual of the Korea Kumdo Association (대한검도회, Daehan Geomdohoe) devotes the first section of its chapter on applied movements to gonggyeok gisul (공격기술, "attack techniques").

Basic movements: the manual lists head (meorichigi, 머리치기), wrist (sonmokchigi, 손목치기), waist (heorichigi, 허리치기) and thrust (jjireum, 찌름) movements. The thrust targets the opponent's throat and can be made with two hands (yangsonjjireum, 양손찌름) or one hand (hansonjjireum, 한손찌름).
Preemptive attack (seonjegonggyeok, 선제공격): the manual treats it as a category of its own. One example is striking the head at the moment the opponent's blade tip opens under strong pressure.
Two- and three-step strikes (i·samdan chigi, 2·3단 치기): these are continuous attacks. The attacker exploits the opening left by the first strike to attack again.
Pressure (gongse, 공세): defined as an act of attack that pressures the opponent from the mutual guard (gyeonumse, 겨눔세) in order to find the chance to strike. It can be done through spirit (gi, 기) or through the body.
Strike on the opponent's start (naol ttae chigi, 나올 때 치기): it catches the instant the opponent is about to begin a strike.
Receiving-and-striking techniques (badachigi gisul, 받아치기 기술): the practitioner responds to the incoming jukdo (죽도, bamboo sword) and immediately strikes the area on the opposite side.

The manual notes that after an attack the practitioner must always return to a correct middle guard (jungdanse, 중단세) and keep lingering alertness (jansim, 잔심).

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