Right high stance
A stance in which the bamboo sword (죽도, jukdo) is raised overhead straight from the middle stance (중단세, jungdanse). The Korean kumdo federation lists it as one of the two basic high stances, with the left high stance (좌상단세, jwasangdanse).
How to say it
- Korean
- 우상단세usangdanse
- Spanish
- Guardia alta derecha
- English
- Right high stance
- Japanese
- 右上段みぎじょうだんmigi-jōdan
Right high stance (우상단세, usangdanse) is one of the high stances (상단세, sangdanse) of kumdo. The Korean Kumdo Association (대한검도회) names two basic high stances. One is the left high stance (좌상단세, jwasangdanse), with the left foot and left hand forward. The other is the right high stance, made by lifting the sword straight up from the middle stance (중단세, jungdanse).
- English and Japanese sources say the right foot is forward, as in the middle stance, with the bamboo sword (죽도, jukdo) held overhead in a straight line.
- In the first long-sword form of the Korean federation's forms (검도의 본, geomdo-ui bon; 대도 1본, daedo ilbon), the 선도 (seondo) takes the left high stance and the 후도 (hudo) takes the right high stance.
- The federation says high stances give an advantage in time and distance when attacking. Their drawback is a slower recovery in close combat or when an attack fails.
- A Korean source states that in actual practice the left high stance is practically the only high stance used.
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