Meaning

Named for Sam Il Undong, the liberation movement "first March." On this day in the year 1919, people all over Korea went on the roads and demonstrated for peace, liberty, and justice. This force-free rebellion was brutally struck down by the Japanese with about 7000 deaths.

Number of Movements:  33

The 33 movements  stand for the 33 patriots, who organized the Korean movement of independence.

Techniques Introduced

(1) Walking stance knife-hand high side reverse block
(2) Diagonal stance back elbow thrust
(3) Middle twisting kick
(4) Sitting stance reverse knife-hand middle wedging block
(5) L-stance outer forearm high outward block
(6) L-stance double fist low punch
(7) L-stance reverse knife-hand high guarding block
(8) Sweeping kick

Ki-bon - Chon-ji - Dan-gun - Do-san - Won-hyo - Yul-gok - Joong-gun - Toi-gye - Hwa-rang - Choong-mu - Kwang-gae - Po-eun - Kae-baek - Eui-am - Yu-sin - Choong-jang - Ul-ji - Sam-il - Choi-yong - Ko-dang - Se-jong - Tong-ill - Moon-moo - Yon-gae - Ju-che - So-san