List of Taekwondo Punches – Korean & English Names

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

  1. Kukkiwon World Taekwondo Headquarters, Taekwondo Techniques, http://www.kukkiwon.or.kr/front/pageView.action?cmd=/eng/information/taekwondoSkill2