Kicho Forms

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.

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").