Black Belt Forms

The black belt forms taught in the WMTKDA demonstrate a variety of formats and styles. As with the colored belt forms, they represent philosophical significance as well as being physical enactments of self defense. They are often more physically challenging than the earlier forms, requiring greater balance and focus, while also requiring greater concentration and memory due to their complex and often-varied natures.

Black belt forms follow no single pattern but often use parts of patterns used in the earlier forms.      Ready position, from which you begin the forms and in which you end the forms, should still take place in the center of the dark blue (top) bar, but is often a stance other than the usual chimbe position.      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").