Draw the sword

In kumdo, the movement of drawing the sword (jukdo) from the waist while stepping out with the right foot into the middle stance (jungdan-se), with the left hand taking the end of the hilt.

Draw the sword (뽑아칼, ppoba-kal) is one of the basic sword-handling movements of Korean kumdo. According to the Korea Kumdo Association, it starts from the sword at the waist (허리에칼, heori-e-kal). The right hand grips the sword below the guard (코등이, kodeungi) and, as the right foot steps forward, raises the jukdo diagonally into the middle stance (중단세, jungdan-se). The left hand then takes the end of the hilt.

In a match: the competitor bows at about 15 degrees, performs heori-e-kal, walks three steps forward to the start line (개시선, gaesi-seon) and performs ppoba-kal there.
Related movements: 꽂아칼 (kkoja-kal) is the reverse movement that returns the sword to the waist. 쉬어칼 (swieo-kal) is taken from ppoba-kal by bringing the left foot beside the right and lowering the tip to the lower right.
In the middle stance: from the ppoba-kal posture, the tip is at throat height and its extension points between the opponent's eyebrows.
Other names: a Korean beginner's article also calls it 발도 (拔刀, baldo) and calls the reverse 납도 (納刀, napdo). It notes that the bamboo sword has no scabbard, so the movement is done as if drawing from one. An English-language kumdo text lists it as "Draw sword" in a list of basic commands, with the rest sword (shi-u-kal) and return sword (ko-ja-kal).

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