Pyung Ahn Forms

The Pyung Ahn Forms are taught in the WMTKDA starting at sixth gup (green belt). One new form is required at each rank, except 4th which requires two. By the time a student reaches second gup, he should know all the Pyung Ahn Forms.

The Pyung Ahn Forms have the most complicated floor pattern, due to the presence of moves done at 45° angles to the main bars. In the explanations written below, these angle moves are presented in green boxes within a box the color of the bar they are angling off of. For example, if I turn 45° to the left of the top end bar, the motions will be in a green box embedded within a dark blue box.      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").