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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.
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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"). The Keumgang form uses a very different pattern, as shown here. |
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Here are links to some of the black belt 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. Koryo Basai Nohigh Nyachi Keumgang Yumbi |
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