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The Kicho Forms are taught in the WMTKDA during the first two or three ranks. They follow the simple pattern of the Palgwe forms and utilize all the basic stances (front, back and side). They are used to introduce students to the concept of the poomse. |
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The Kicho pattern (the same as the Palgwe pattern) consists of two end bars and a central bar, and every form occurs in the following pattern: Top end bar (dark blue in picture), up the central bar (red), bottom end bar (cyan), down the central bar (magenta), top end bar (dark blue). Ready position, from which you begin the forms and in which you end the forms, should take place in the center of the dark blue (top) bar. Moving "up" the center bar is to move in the direction of the red arrows (pointing down in the picture), while moving "down" the center bar is moving in the direction of the magenta arrows (pointing up in the picture). They are labelled as such because usually the forms have the student move in the red direction ("up") before going in the magenta direction (back "down"). |
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Here are links to the 3 Kicho forms, described as closely as possible to the way they are practiced at WMTKDA. Please note that every instructor has a different way of executing movements and describing them, so these explanations are not meant to be a teaching source. These are simply meant to record our current methods and help students remember what they have been taught. Unless you are a member of the WMTKDA, please do not send me "corrections" based on what is taught in your class, unless you are certain that I made a typing error (such as saying "right" instead of "left"), as any other difference is most likely due to the preferences of individual instructors. Kicho Hyung Ee Boo Kicho Hyung Sam Boo Back to TKD index |
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