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Bowing

Once the class has lined up, the instructor directs the students to face the flags. The flag of the home country and the flag of South Korea commonly hang on the walls of most dojangs. The students are then directed to bow to the flags.

A bow, in taekwondo, is accomplished by placing your hands, palms down, against your upper legs. You then slightly bend forward at waist level.

Once the bowing to the flags has been completed, the students are instructed to turn and face the instructor. They bow to the instructor, as he bows to them. The class may now get under way.

Kihap

One commonly hears taekwondo practitioners performing a martial arts yell as they perform a technique. This yell is known in Korean as a kihap. The kihap is actually a conscious method for taekwondo practitioners to expel ki, internal energy, from their bodies as they perform a technique. This is understood to give the technique more power and cause practitioners to remain more focused. You perform the kihap by releasing your breath, in the form of a yell, from your central abdomenal region as you perform each technique.