This page provides focuses on a wide variety of Taekwondo punches (or Jireugi). It also provides the Korean names for these various Taekwondo punches. For instructions & videos focused on traditional punches and strikes (i.e. jabs, hook punches and reverse punches), please visit Black Belt Wiki’s main Punches & Strikes section. For information on other Taekwondo arm techniques (i.e. knife hand strike), you should visit the Taekwondo Strikes (Chigi) section.
Taekwondo Punches – English to Korean
- Punch – Jireugi (or Jirugi)
- Diguetja Punch (“C” Shaped Punch) – Digeutja Jireugi
- Downward Punch – Naeryeo Jireugi
- Fork Punch – Chetdar Jireugi
- Extended Knuckle Fist Punch – Jipge Jumeok Jireugi
- Geumgang Punch – Geumgang Jireugi
- Half-Clenched Fist Punch – Pyeon Jumek Jireugi
- Lift Punch – Chi Jireugi
- Pincers Fist Punch – Jipge Bamjumeok Jireugi
- Pulling And Punching – Danggyeo Jireugi
- Rear Punch (Punch To The Rear) – Dwi Jireugi
- Side Punch – Yeop Jireugi
- Target Punch – Pyojeok Jireugi
- Turning Punch – Dollyeo Jireugi
- Turn-Over Punch – Jeocheo Jireugi
- Vertical Punch – Sewo Jiruegi
Taekwondo Punches – Korean to English
- Chetdar Jireugi – Fork Punch
- Chi Jireugi – Lift Punch
- Danggyeo Jireugi – Pulling And Punching
- Digeutja Jireugi – Diguetja Punch (“C” Shaped Punch)
- Dollyeo Jireugi – Turning Punch
- Dwi Jireugi – Rear Punch (Punch To The Rear)
- Geumgang Jireugi – Geumgang Punch
- Jeocheo Jireugi – Turn-Over Punch
- Jipge Bamjumeok Jireugi – Pincers Fist Punch
- Jipge Jumeok Jireugi – Extended Knuckle Fist Punch
- Jireugi (or Jirugi) – Punch
- Naeryeo Jireugi – Downward Punch
- Pyeon Jumek Jireugi – Half-Clenched Fist Punch
- Pyojeok Jireugi – Target Punch
- Sewo Jiruegi – Vertical Punch
- Yeop Jireugi – Side Punch
References
- Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Headquarters, Taekwondo Techniques, http://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/front/pageView.action?cmd=/eng/information/taekwondoSkill2