<head>Ki Cho Jang - The 6 Basic Hard Forms</head>

Ki Cho Jang - The 6 Basic Hard Forms

The first part of the SulKiDo syllabus consists of 6 simple basic hard forms all of which are performed in a cruciform shape. These forms are required for the deputy yellow grading.

Each sequence begins with chaliot (attention stance), followed by chunbi (ready stance, hands in front of waist, feet slightly apart). The instruction to begin is usually given by hana (one) see jak (begin). When the last move is complete, hold that position until asked.

Some notation is required to describe the movements (they're a lot simpler to do than they are to write down!) however it won't make a lot of sense until you've been training and tried out the moves yourself.

FL	front stance, left foot forward
FR	front stance, right foot forward
BL	back stance, left foot forward
BR	back stance, right foot forward
cl X	turn clockwise through X degrees
ac X	turn anti-clockwise through X degrees

The Motion column gives the direction in which one moves relative to the previous stance, the Direction column gives the direction relative to an intial North facing start (N=north, S=south, E=east, W=west).
The table below shows the last of the 6 basic forms (which is a composite of the preceding 5):

	Motion	Direction	Stance	Action
1	left 90	W	FL	low block over left knee
2	ahead	W	FR	punch with right hand
3	cl 180	E	FR	outward moving block with right hand
4	ahead	E	FL	punch with left hand
5	left 90	N	FL	upper block with left hand
6	ahead	N	FR	punch with right hand
7	cl 180	S	BR	outward moving block with right hand
8	ahead	S	BL	inward moving block with left hand
9	cl 180	N	BR	knife hand block
10	ahead	N	BL	knife hand block

The first five basic forms each consist of a pair of movements repeated 5 times, one for the `odd' moves 1,3,5,7,9 and the other performed on the `even' moves. The stance is constant (ie. either front or back only) in each of these forms.

form	stance	odd move	even move
1	front	low block over forward knee	centre-line punch
2	front	outward moving block	inward moving block
3	front	face block	high punch
4	back	outward moving block	inward moving block
5	back	knife hand	knife hand