One-hand strike

Hansonchigi (한손치기, “one-hand strike”) is a type of attacking technique in kumdo. The Korea Kumdo Association describes it as having something of the character of throwing the jukdo (죽도, bamboo sword), which makes it effective from long range. It is a surprise attack, but it is hard to recover your movement quickly afterwards.

• The representative techniques are hanson ucheuk meori (한손 우측머리, one-hand strike to the right side of the head) and hanson jjireum (한손 찌름, one-hand thrust).
• The thrust (찌름) has two forms: with two hands, yangson jjireum (양손찌름), and with one hand, hanson jjireum (한손찌름). In the one-hand thrust, the right fist is quickly pulled to the right hip after thrusting.
• According to a training text, the one-hand technique is mostly done with the left hand alone: the strike to the side of the head (옆머리) and the thrust. With the right hand alone there are the front head strike and the left-side head strike, but they are seldom used. The same text recommends it against an opponent in the high guard (sangdan, 상단) or holding two swords.
• From the high guard (sangdan, 상단), a one-hand strike to the sonmok (손목, wrist) or the head is common; a teaching text states that techniques from that guard are mostly one-handed today.

The Japanese sources consulted describe a comparable technique: one hand strikes, usually the left, from long distance.