Do you ever wonder what are the strange sounding words used to count the moves in Taekwondo classes?
You have probably guessed that these are numbers. Since Taekwondo originated in Korea, the language spoken during the training is Korean as well and so are the numbers names.
If you would like to understand and learn how to count to ten in Korean, you can find the words that go with each number below. If you are not sure about the correct pronunciation, take a look at this helpful video.
1 : hanah
2 : dool
3 : set
4 : net
5 : dasot
6 : yasot
7 : ilgop
8 : yadol
9 : ahop
10 : yool
Have fun!