Nae-ga shin-jang
Nae-ga shin-jang is the very basic stance of Kichunmoon art.
It is the beginning and at the same time, it is the ending.
All Kichunmoon practice starts from standing this Nae-ga shin-jang
and ends by doing this Nae-ga shin-jang again.
Beginners stand Nae-ga shin-jang about 1 to 3 minutes. As time goes
by, the amount of standing time accordingly grow like 5 minutes,
10 minutes, 30 minutes, an hour and so on.
Technically, the one who wants to learn Kichunmoon must be able
to stand Nae-ga shin-jang longer than 5 minutes at least, after
several months of basic exercises.
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Joon-bi
(getting ready)
Pasting both hills and both
knees together, stand straight.
Palms facing upward, slightly fold all fingers and put the
hands on your waist height.
Head and back must be upright.
Look away in between straight forward and 15 degree upward. |
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Kima-seh
or Ma-bup (Horse-riding Stance)
According to the order, move
your feet outside four times.
Each movement must make a right angle (90 degree).
When you finish your movement, the extension line of the two
big tows must make a right angle (90 degree).
The distance between the knees is one hand size. |
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Ji
(The earth)
Stretch out all the fingers and slowly move them upward, keeping
your palms upward.
When the hands are above your head, cross them.
And then, slowly put them down till they get in front of your
abdominal region.
Right hand crosses over left hand.
This is to gether the energy of the earth.
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Chun
(The sky)
Without moving anything, slowly move your hands upward and
as high as you can.
Here, you keep your stance instead of stand up.
This is to gether the energy of the sky. |
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Hap
(Unification)
From Chun stance, now put your arms outside and move them
downward.
Palms are faced down.
Join your hands in front of the abdominal region and move
them upward.
This is to put the energy of the earth and that of the sky
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Teul
(Form or System)
Slowly rub your hands twice, each rub makes 180 degree.
Man puts his left hand outside first, woman puts her right hand
outside first.
This is to put the gathered energy of the earth and the sky
into the body makeing a kind of energy system. |
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Moo
(Nothing or Naught)
Put your both palms outside of your body.
Right hand is placed upper for man and left hand upper for
woman.
The space in between both hands is your eye height.
Make your arms have a circle in front of your face.
This is to put everything in naught and to empty your mind
and body. |
Bum-do
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In Bum-do, 2/3 of
your weight goes to the rear leg.
The angle of the upper body and the upper legs is right angle
(90 degree).
The upper legs and lower legs also make a right angle.
Your back is stretched (It must not be bent).
Bum-do is a stance generally used for defense but it is also
used for attack very often. |
Dae-do
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Fore upper and lower
legs make a right angle and lower leg and foot also make a right
angle in Dae-do stance.
Rear legs are fully stretched.
Keeping that stance, fore leg is pulled backward and rear leg
is pulled forward.
Both of pulling strength or energy gather in the middle of the
body and the united energy goes into the body. |
So-do
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In So-do, every angle
must be right angle.
Especially, rear foot must stand vertically from the floor.
Head and back upright. |
Keum-gyeh
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Keum-gyeh
is called Rooster stance.
All tows of raised leg must point to the floor.
The raised knee should cover upper body.
Standing leg is not completely stretched.
The knee of standing leg is a little bit bent. |
Huh-gong (Bok-ho)
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Huh-gong is the lowest
stance in Kichunmoon.
The upper body must cross stretched leg to back side and lean
toward the foot of stretched leg. |
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