Bassai

Country: Korea
Style: Tang Soo Do
Movements: 30
Meaning: --Literally means "to penetrate a fortress". The opening movement portrays the practitioner knocking down a door with a reinforced strike.

Starting Position: Facing North, Horse Stance. Draw up with the feet together and the knees slightly bent, the right hand is at trigger position, and the left hand is open and held away from the body at the chest-level. Bring the Right Fist into the Left Palm, and slowly return both of them to left trigger position.

1. Direction: North  Stance: Right Reverse Cat   Action: Right Reinforced Backfist Strike - Kihap
2. Direction: South  Stance: Left Front   Action: Turn 180 degrees left, and execute a Right Inside Block, followed by a Left Outside Block
3. Direction: North  Stance: Right Front   Action: Turn 180 degrees right, and execute a Left Inside Block, followed by a Right Outside Block
4. Direction: North  Stance: Drawn Up   Action: Draw up, keeping the Right Outside Block out
5. Direction: East  Stance: Right Front   Action: Turn 90 degrees right, and execute a Right Outside Block, followed by a Left Outside Block
6. Direction: North  Stance: Horse   Action: Turn 90 degrees left, and execute a Left Knifehand Chop
7. Direction: North  Stance: Horse   Action: Without stepping, execute a Right Reverse Punch, followed by a Right Outside Block
8. Direction: North  Stance: Horse   Action: Without stepping, execute a Left Reverse Punch, followed by a Left Outside Block
9. Direction: North  Stance: Right Back   Action: Double Knifehand Block
10. Direction: North  Stance: Left Back   Action: Double Knifehand Block
11. Direction: North  Stance: Right Back   Action: Double Knifehand Block
12. Direction: North  Stance: Left Back   Action: Step Back, and execute a Double Knifehand Block
13. Direction: North  Stance: Left Back   Action: Reach out and execute a double shoulder grab, and pull the hands back into a Middle X-Block position
14. Direction: South  Stance: Left Back   Action: Right Side Kick, step down, turn 180 degrees left, and execute a Double Knifehand Guarding Block
15. Direction: South  Stance: Drawn Up   Action: Step up and slowly move the hands in a circular motion, starting up high, continuing down, and bring the hands to rest on trigger
16. Direction: South  Stance: Right Front   Action: Step forward, and execute a Double High Punch
17. Direction: South  Stance: Right Front   Action: Step forward, and execute a Double Low Punch - KihapDirection: North  Stance: Horse   Action: Step back into a Horse Stance facing East while looking North, and execute a Left Low Block to the North
18. Direction: South  Stance: Horse   Action: Right Crescent Kick to the North, step down facing West while looking North, and execute a Right Low Block to the North
19. Direction: South  Stance: Horse   Action: Left Backfist to the South, to a Left Knifehand Chop, to a Left Neck Grab
20. Direction: South  Stance: Horse   Action: Right Crescent Kick to the Left Palm, followed by a Right Elbow Smash, end in horse stance facing East
21. Direction: South  Stance: Horse   Action: Remaining in a horse stance facing East, execute a Left Hand High Scissors Block, followed by a Right Hand High Scissors Block, and finally a Left Hand High Scissors Block
22. Direction: South  Stance: Right Back   Action: Pivot into a Right back stance, facing south, and execute a Mountain Block
23. Direction: South  Stance: Left Back   Action: Execute a Left Front Kick, step back into a Left back stance, and execute a Mountain Block
24. Direction: South  Stance: Right Back   Action: Execute a Right Front Kick, step back into a Right back stance, and execute a Mountain Block
25. Direction: North  Stance: Left Front   Action: Turn 180 degrees left, and execute a Right Scooping Outside Block
26. Direction: East  Stance: Right Front   Action: Pivot 90 degrees right into a Right front stance, and execute a Left Scooping Outside Block to the North
27. Direction: North  Stance: Right Back   Action: Double Knifehand Block
28. Direction: Northwest  Stance: Left Back   Action: Double Knifehand Block
29. Direction: Northeast  Stance: Right Back   Action: Double Knifehand Block
30. Direction: North  Stance: Left Front   Action: Spin 360 degrees left, into a low Left Front Stance with the Right Knee resting on the ground, and execute a Right Reverse Punch - Kihap

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