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Dol or doljanchi (Korean: 돌; 돌잔치) is a Korean tradition that celebrates a baby's first birthday.. The tradition has been practiced since the early Joseon period. The ceremony typically involves the ritual offering of a samsinsang to the god Samsin (whom is said to watch over children), the preparation of a dolsang with various foods and ritual objects, and a doljabi (based on the ...
Dol (doljanchi, or tol) is probably one of the best-known of the Korean birthday celebrations. Dol is celebrated for the first year of a child. [1] The first part of the dol celebration is prayer. Traditionally, Koreans would pray to two of the many Korean gods: Sansin (the mountain god) and Samsin (the birth goddess).
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The bow is the traditional Korean greeting, although it is often accompanied by a handshake among men. To show respect when shaking hands, support your right forearm with your left hand. South Korean women usually nod slightly. Western women may offer their hand to a Korean man. Bow when departing.
Award of ippon decides the winner and ends the match. Ippon is awarded for a successful throw performed with control and power, or for a pin lasting 20 seconds. Submission by strangulation or application of an arm lock at the elbow joint also results in ippon. Awarding of waza-ari (技あり). 'One half point'.
Hip throw (腰投げ, koshi-nage) aikido's version of the hip throw. Tori drops his or her hips lower than those of uke, then flips uke over the resultant fulcrum. Figure-ten throw (十字投げ, jūji-nage) or figure-ten entanglement (十字絡み, jūji-garami) a throw that locks the arms against each other (The kanji for "10" is a cross ...
In practices leading to today's opener of the eight-team tournament, the Rainbow Warriors have dedicated a portion of practices to free-throw shooting. ... 'Bows focus on free-throw shooting ahead ...
The Korean Bow (Korean: 각궁, Gak-gung hanja: 角 弓, or horn bow) is a water buffalo horn-based composite reflex bow, standardized centuries ago from a variety of similar weapons in earlier use. [1] Due to its long use by Koreans, it is also known as Guk Gung (Korean: 국궁 hanja: 國 弓, or national bow).