4th Level (Sa Gûp)
Time in Grade: 4 months (or 48 hrs)
Skills Training:
a.) Six Parts of the Bamboo Sword (Juk-To)
b.) Target Drills
Rising Parry; Head Strike
Outside Parry; Wrist Strike
Inside Parry;
Chest Strikec.) Sword Method:
Snap Cuts
Spinning Cut
Turning Cut
d.) Bon Class:
Hwa Rang O-Gôm: Shin Gôm ( 화 랑 5 검 : 신 검 )
8-Parry Drill: Levels Five and Six
Pal Pung Ta Gôm-Bôp:
E Cho Shik (parts 1&2)
Shue-Ta Gôm-Bôp (쇠 티 검법 ) : To face being distracted with too many interests.
Sam Shik (parts 1&2)
Hyea-Ta Gôm-Bôp ( 혜아타 검법) : To face the desires to speak evil of others.
Ancillary Training
Parts
of the Sword – Juk-To
Hilt: (6) Byoung Hyuk
Guard:
(5) Ko-dûng-i
( 코 등 이 ) w/ rubber
retaining washer
Back of
Sword: Is represented by a yellow cord-- (4) Dûng Jul (
등 )which runs from the guard to the tip. The blade
“edge”--- kal
nal (칼 날 ) ---of the sword is only suggested as that side
of the Juk-To opposite the Dûng
Jul.
Striking Area: The area, approximately six inches long representing the area of the sword intended for making offensive contact with the target is called the (2)Tadolbu. The (3) Joong Hyuk is a leather band representing the nearest limit of the striking area while the (1) Sun Hyuk is the leather cap representing the farthest tip of the sword.)