Two- and three-stage strikes
A kumdo continuous-attack technique: after the first strike, the attacker catches the opening created by the opponent's change and strikes again, in a chain of two or three strikes.
How to say it
- Korean
- 2·3단 치기i-samdan chigi
- Spanish
- Golpes encadenados de dos y tres tiempos
- English
- Two- and three-stage strikes
- Japanese
- 二段三段の技にだんさんだんのわざnidan sandan no waza
2·3단 치기 (i-sam-dan chigi) is, according to the Korea Kumdo Association (Daehan Kumdohoe), a continuous-attack technique: the attacker catches the opening (binteum) that arises from the opponent's change after the first technique and strikes again.
The i-dan form chains two strikes and the sam-dan form chains three. Two-strike combinations listed in the source include:
- sonmok (wrist) → meori (head) and sonmok → heori (waist);
- meori → meori and meori → heori;
- meori → toegyeok meori, meori → toegyeok sonmok and meori → toegyeok heori (toegyeok: a strike made while retreating);
- jjireum (thrust) → sonmok and jjireum → meori.
Three-strike combinations include sonmok → meori → heori, sonmok → meori → toegyeok heori, jjireum → meori → meori and jjireum → meori → toegyeok meori. The association's textbook also lists others, such as sonmok → sonmok → meori, sonmok → heori → meori and meori → sonmok → meori.
The textbook explains the sonmok → meori chain this way: when the opponent's gise (spirit, drive) is strong and leaves no opening, the first attack applies pressure to break the opponent's posture and the second one strikes.
Points of attention:
- the first technique must not be a feint but a precise strike (gyeokja);
- the left foot must be drawn up quickly;
- correct posture must be kept throughout the chain.
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