Counter-attack techniques
Daeung gonggyeok (대응공격, also called daeung gisul) is the group of techniques that answer an opponent's attack with the jukdo and the body, then counter-strike in the opening that results.
How to say it
- Korean
- 대응공격daeeung gonggyeok
- Spanish
- Técnicas de contraataque
- English
- Counter-attack techniques
- Japanese
- 応じ技おうじわざōji-waza
Daeung gonggyeok (대응공격) is the kumdo name for counter-attack techniques. It is also called daeung gisul (대응기술, "response techniques"). According to Korean dojo material, it is the general name for techniques that block the opponent's attack with the jukdo (죽도, bamboo sword) and the body, then strike in the opening that appears.
The sources list these variants:
- Seuchyeoollyeochigi (스쳐올려치기): the attacking jukdo is slid upward to the left or right, followed by an immediate strike.
- Badachigi (받아치기): the incoming jukdo is received, and the target on the opposite side from the receiving side is struck at once. The Korea Kumdo Association explains that the opponent is made to attack, and his momentum is used to strike.
- Ppaeeochigi (빼어치기): the attack is anticipated and avoided, then the strike follows. One example is meori ppaeeo heorichigi (머리빼어 허리치기), avoiding a head strike and hitting the waist.
- Chyeotteoreotteurigi (쳐떨어뜨리기): the incoming jukdo is knocked down, then the strike follows immediately.
Combinations are named after the target the opponent attacks and the target that is struck: meori (머리, head), sonmok (손목, wrist), heori (허리, waist) and jjireum (찌름, thrust).
Korea Kumdo Association guidance: do not respond while standing still, but move according to the distance to the opponent; use the opponent's force to return the strike without strain; and use pressure (gongse, 공세) to draw the opponent into attacking the target you intend.
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