Eolgul Makgi

Eolgul Makgi (얼굴 막기) is a block in taekwondo: face Block. Eolgul makgi (face lock): the fist starts from the opposite hip and moves in an arc in front of the body to above the forehead, the outer forearm (bakkat palmok) tilted slightly downward and the wrist about a fist's width from the forehead, elbow up, while the other hand returns to the hip. The blocking surface is the outer forearm: it deflects a downward attack towards the head (punch from a larger opponent, hammer…

Eolgul makgi (face lock): the fist starts from the opposite hip and moves in an arc in front of the body to above the forehead, the outer forearm (bakkat palmok) tilted slightly downward and the wrist about a fist's width from the forehead, elbow up, while the other hand returns to the hip. The blocking surface is the outer forearm: it deflects a downward attack towards the head (punch from a larger opponent, hammer strike, downward kick). It is mainly practiced in ap seogi (walking) or ap kubi (front position) and returns very often in basic poomsae (Taegeuk).