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The command with which the chief referee (주심, jusim) starts a kumdo match, after the competitors have bowed, advanced three steps and taken the middle stance. It is also used to start practice drills.
How to say it
- Korean
- 시작sijak
- Spanish
- Comiencen (se dice una sola vez, al empezar)
- English
- Begin
- Japanese
- 始めはじめhajime
시작 (sijak) is the command that starts a match (경기, gyeonggi) in kumdo. According to a version of the Korean match rules, the match begins with the chief referee's (주심, jusim) declaration of 시작, after the competitors have bowed to each other, advanced three steps (3보, sambo) and taken the middle stance (중단 세, jungdan-se).
- The same rules version counts match time from the referee's declaration of the start until the end of the match time.
- The competitors start from the start line (개시선, gaesiseon), drawn in the middle of the match area.
- In an extension (연장, yeonjang), the referee declares the extension and the match resumes.
- In training, the 후리기 (hurigi) drill is ordered with the command 시작, for example «상하 후리기 10회 시작». Other drills, such as head strikes in 1, 2, 3 counts, are ordered with a different command («머리를 쳐»).
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