Yang-se
A Korean grading-exam source lists 양세 (yangse) as one of the five kumdo guards (겨눔세, gyeonumse) and equates it with 팔상세 (palsangse). Another Korean source classifies these guards differently.
How to say it
- Korean
- 양세yangse
- Spanish
- Guardia de costado
- Japanese
- 八相の構えはっそうのかまえhassō no kamae
In kumdo terminology, 양세 (yangse) is the name of one of the guards (겨눔세, gyeonumse). A Korean grading-exam answer guide divides the guards, taking the natural posture as the base, into 중단 (jungdan), 상단 (sangdan), 하단 (hadan), 양세 (yangse) and 음세 (eumse).
The same guide lists the "five guards" as follows:
- 상단세 (sangdanse), with right and left variants.
- 중단세 (jungdanse).
- 하단세 (hadanse).
- 양세 (yangse), with 팔상세 (palsangse) added in parentheses.
- 음세 (eumse), with 우협세 (uhyeopse) added in parentheses.
A page from a Korean dojo presents the five guards as the "guards of the five elements" (오행의 겨눔, ohaengui gyeonum): 상단 (fire), 중단 (water), 하단 (earth), 팔상 (wood) and 옆구리겨눔 (yeopgurigyeonum, also called 허리칼, heorikal; metal). In that classification 팔상 is paired with yin (음) and 옆구리겨눔 with yang (양). According to that page, in 팔상 the sword stands upright like a large tree to answer opponents from eight directions. In 옆구리겨눔 the sword is hidden behind the body.
The two Korean sources disagree on which guard is "yang" and which is "yin".
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