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Tiger martial arts school mascot

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Commands
        Chul sa              Line up
        Charyut              Come to attention stance
        Kyung nae          Bow
        Joon bi               Come to ready stance
        Si jak                 Begin
        Ko man              Stop
        Kalyo                 Temporarily stop
        Bal bah kwah      Switch sides
        Kae sok             Continue
        Ak soo               Shake hands
        Tolda                  Rotate
        Chung ja             Kneel
        E la sut              Stand up
        Ko yo han           Quiet
        Balee Balee         Hurry
        Ee da wha           Come here
        Haesan               Dismissed

Ranks and Titles
        Kup                    Under belt rank
        Yukupcha            Under belt holder (singular/plural)
        Dan                    Black belt rank
        Yudancha            Black belt holder (singular/plural)
        Kwan won           Student
        Sabum                Instructor

Uniform
        Dobok                Uniform
        Dee                    Belt

Counting
        Hana                 One
        Dul                    Two
        Set                    Three
        Net                     Four
        Dasut                 Five
        Yasut                 Six
        Ilkop                   Seven
        Yadul                 Eight
        Ahop                  Nine
        Yul                     Ten
        Yul-Hana            Eleven
        Sumool               Twenty

        Il                        First  ("Cho" when referring to 1st degree black belt)
        Ee                      Second
        Sam                   Third
        Sa                      Fourth
        O                       Fifth
        Yuk                    Sixth
        Chil                    Seventh
        Pal                     Eighth
        Koo                    Ninth
        Ship                   Tenth

Miscellaneous
        Taekwondo        The Way of Foot and Fist
        Taekwondoin      Practitioner of Taekwondo (singular/plural)
        Kwan                 Literally, school or gym building. But in martial arts refers
                                 to an organization and its style.
        Dojang               Training hall
        Hyung                Form

("K"s are not harsh like in "talk", but are softer with a slight "G" sound blended in)