Four Directional Block (Sajo Makgi)
Number of Movements: 17 (Seventeen)
Ready Stance: Parallel Ready Stance (Narani Chunbi Sogi)
Four Directional is the first exercise given to all Tae Kwon-Do students to help develop co-ordination, direction change and breathing control. It is NOT a pattern and is not taught by all ITF Tae Kwon-Do clubs.
Diagram:
Movements:
| 1 | Move the right foot to C forming a left walking stance towards D while executing a low section knifehand block. |
| 2 | Move the right foot to D forming a right walking stance towards D while executing a middle section block to D with the right fist. |
| 3 | Move the right foot to B forming a left walking stance towards A while executing a low section knifehand block. |
| 4 | Move the right foot to A forming a right walking stance towards A while executing a middle section block to A with the right fist. |
| 5 | Move the right foot to D forming a left walking stance towards C while executing a low section knifehand block. |
| 6 | Move the right foot to C forming a right walking stance towards C while executing a middle section block to C with the right fist. |
| 7 | Move the right foot to B forming a left walking stance towards B while executing a low section knifehand block. |
| 8 | Move the right foot to B forming a right walking stance towards B while executing a middle section block to B with the right fist. |
| 9 | Move right foot back towards D (front) to form parallel ready stance. |
| 10 | Move the left foot to C forming a right walking stance towards D while executing a low section knifehand block. |
| 11 | Move the right foot to D forming a left walking stance towards D while executing a middle section block to D with the left fist. |
| 12 | Move the left foot to B forming a right walking stance towards A while executing a low section knifehand block. |
| 13 | Move the right foot to A forming a left walking stance towards A while executing a middle section block to A with the left fist. |
| 14 | Move the left foot to D forming a right walking stance towards C while executing a low section knifehand block. |
| 15 | Move the right foot to C forming a left walking stance towards C while executing a middle section block to C with the left fist. |
| 16 | Move the left foot to A forming a right walking stance towards B while executing a low section knifehand block. |
| 17 | Move the right foot to B forming a left walking stance towards B while executing a middle section block to B with the left fist. |
| END | Bring the left foot back to a ready posture. |