Dan Gun 단군형
(21L) Is named after the holy Dan-Gun, the legendary founder of Korea in the year 2333 BC.
It is said that in the time of the mythical Chinese Emperor Yao, the supreme deity Hwanin allowed his son, Hwanung, to descend to Earth. This he did at T’aebaek-San (near modern day Pyong-Yang). The legend has it that he overheard a bear and a tiger talking “would that we might become men.” He promised to turn the creature that could complete the challenge that he would set, into a human. The task was to live in a cave for 21 days and to eat only garlic. The tiger, due to its fierceness, could not complete the challenge, but the bear, with greater patience and faith, was able to finish Hwanung’s test. He kept his promise and turned the bear into a beautiful woman, Ungnyo. The two were to have a child; this child was called Dan Gun (this name means “mountain birch ruler” to represent his birth underneath a Pak-Tal tree). Dan Gun eventually founded the Korean nation and led his people to reside on Mount Paekdu.
In what is now North Korea on the Chinese border, Korea’s highest mountain, Paekdu-San (White Headed Mountain) exists. This is an ancient volcano and at its peak a crater lake exists, named Lake Chon.
| Technique | Stance | Target | Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Left | Double knifehand block | Left | Back | Middle | Turn the left foot 90 degrees to the left and double knife hand block in a left back stance. |
| 2 | Right | Punch | Right | Front | High | Step forward to a right front stance and right face punch. |
| 3 | Right | Double knifehand block | Right | Back | Middle | Turn the right foot 180 degrees to the right and double knife hand block in a right back stance. |
| 4 | Left | Punch | Left | Front | High | Step forward to a left front stance and left face punch. |
| 5 | Left | Low block | Left | Front | Low | Turn the left foot 90 degrees to the left and left low block in a left front stance. |
| 6 | Right | Punch | Right | Front | High | Step forward to a right front stance and right face punch. |
| 7 | Left | Punch | Left | Front | High | Step forward to a left front stance and left face punch. |
| 8 | Right | Punch | Right | Front | High | Step forward to a right front stance and right face punch. KI-HAP. |
| 9 | Left | Square block | Left | Back | High | Turn the left foot 270 degrees to your behind and square block in a left back stance. |
| 10 | Right | Punch | Right | Front | High | Step forward and right face punch in a right front stance. |
| 11 | Right | Square block | Right | Back | High | Turn the right foot 180 degrees to the right and square block in a right back stance. |
| 12 | Left | Punch | Left | Front | High | Step forward to left front stance and left face punch. |
| 13 | Left | Low block | Left | Front | Low | Turn the left foot 90 degrees to the left and left low block in a left front stance. |
| 14 | Left | High block | Same | High | Without stepping, left high block. | |
| 15 | Right | High block | Right | Front | High | Step forward to a right front stance and right high block. |
| 16 | Left | High block | Left | Front | High | Step forward to left front stance and left high block. |
| 17 | Right | High block | Right | Front | High | Step forward to a right front stance and right high block. KI-HAP. |
| 18 | Left | Side Knifehand strike | Left | Back | Middle | Turn the left foot 270 degrees to your behind and left knife hand strike in a left back stance. |
| 19 | Right | Punch | Right | Front | High | Step forward and right face punch in a right front stance. |
| 20 | Right | Side Knifehand strike | Right | Back | Middle | Turn the right foot 180 degrees to the right and right knife hand strike in a right back stance. |
| 21 | Left | Punch | Left | Front | High | Step forward and left face punch in a left front stance. |
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