Fav Tsd form and the Tsd Form you dislike the most

[TallAdam85]

Now I study tang soo do and there are alot of forms that I like but 1 form I can't stand. My Fav form is Kee Cho 3 and the form I dislike the form Pyung Ahn 3 the most for some reason I am not sure maybe since it is so short.
So I started this Post to see what forms you like and which ones you don't please talk

thank you

[karatekid1975]

Hiya Adam.

I did TSD, now I do TKD, but we do TSD forms also. My fav is pyung ahn ee dan (2). My least fav is pyung ahn sam dan (3) like you. For some reason, I just don't like it. I don't know why, I just like pyung 3 better.

[mtabone]

Hello,

I can honestly say there is no open hand forms in TANG SOO DO that I don't like. I like them all. If there had to be a favorate of mine, it would have to be a toss up between Chil Sung Ill Ro ( #1)and Chil Sung O Ro Hyung (#5). Now My org. does weapons, and Tanto Hyung Cho Dan (1st Knife form) is not on my most practiced list.

Karatekid, do they practice the Chil Sungs at the TKD place you go to? I will be shocked if they do. Chil Sungs are supposed to be Indigenous to Tang Soo Do, though I have heard of some TKD org. trying to teach them. Just curious....



TANG SOO!!!

Michael Tabone

[karatekid1975]

No, they teach Kicho (1), bassai (both), Nahanchi (all three), ect. We do the WTF TKD forms also. They also teach the knife forms after BB. They look awsome. I learned pyung ahn forms when I did TSD.

[Zepp]

I also practice a TKD style that does the pyung ahn (pyong an) forms. I used to hate doing pyung ahn 3, but then after I had practiced it for a while, I started using some of the moves in sparring (without even meaning to). Stick with it Adam, it grows on you.

[mtabone]

thanks for the Reply Karatekid.

I had heard of some schools of TKD trying to teach the Chil Sung Hyungs off of some tapes. Just wanted to check to see what was the deal there.

I am learning the Second knife form in our system, has two knives in it. VERY VERY COOL. Makes our first knife form (single knife) look like a computer from the 80's : out dated.

The way I learned to enjoy all my forms is to practice them and practice them. That way, you understand our application, your focus, and your meaning to each form. Then it becomes enjoyable. then you get better, because you enjoy it, then you enjoy it more, then you become better, then you enjoy it, then you become better, (and on and on and on)


TANG SOO!!!

[karatekid1975]

Your welcome

I agree about practicing forms. But I never got to that point with pyung 3. It was just getting past the annoying stage LOL. Then I moved.

But I see your point. I love pyung 2 because I practiced it a lot. And I got fairly good at it. I still practice it now and then

Like Zepp, I study a taekwondo style that does the Pyong An forms. My favorite would have to be Pyong An 5. The applications within the form are nearly endless, and it's just plain fun to perform.

My least favorite would have to be, as others have stated, Pyong An 3, which some students here have affectionately dubbed "The Rooster Mating Dance." The movements in the form are awkward. Zepp, how in the WORLD did you manage to do something from that form in sparing? It just seems... wrong somehow.

[Zepp]

Originally posted by aricept
My least favorite would have to be, as others have stated, Pyong An 3, which some students here have affectionately dubbed "The Rooster Mating Dance." The movements in the form are awkward. Zepp, how in the WORLD did you manage to do something from that form in sparing? It just seems... wrong somehow.

I can see how it would get that name.
You know those funky double blocks in the beginning? I've used that to block a double punch. (That's the one I've done without even thinking about it.)
The spinning hammer blow comes in handy if you change the height from kidney level to head level.
It's not polite to stomp on your sparring partner's foot as you do in the form (with the intention there being to break the arch of someone's foot), but I've stepped on people's feet to hold them in place while I attack them.
You know those moves at the end where you strike behind you with your elbow and simultaneously punch over your shoulder? I tried that in a krav maga class where we were learning to deal with a person grabbing you from behind. (Ok, so that wasn't actual sparring...)

Of course, some of you may not know what the hell I'm talking about, depending on how your particular style interprets the form. Using the moves you learn in forms is all about thinking deviously and evil-like.

Pyong An 5 is my favorite too. You get to aim for the higher belts standing behind you when do the jump.

[karatekid1975]

Wow! I never thought of pyung 3 that way. Sheesh. Now I have to go practice it again. Then next time I go to my TSD dojang, I have to show my instructor back home He always encouraged us to find our own applications. So this should be cool. Thanks Zepp. You have any for pyung 2? Just curious hehehehehe

[Cthulhu]

Heh. I believe the Pyong Ahn 3 form everybody seems to hate is based off Pinan/Heian 3.

A lot of karateka seem to dislike that form as well.

Cthulhu

[Zepp]

Originally posted by Cthulhu
Heh. I believe the Pyong Ahn 3 form everybody seems to hate is based off Pinan/Heian 3.

Yeah, I've been told that before. I know the Pyong An's came from Okinawa, so its probably true.

Your welcome kkid.
Pyong An 2? Well, I think that one is pretty much a straightforward, what-you-see-is-what-you-get form. I know that the square block move you start the form with can be used to knock someone's arms away from you if they're grabbing your shoulders. As far as I know, most of that one is an excercise in learning to generate power.

Anyone can feel free to correct me if you learned differently.

[mtabone]

Any application as long as it works is correct.For me, this is one of the coolest parts of TANG SOO DO, you can apply the techniques any way you would like. All it takes is imagination, time, and practice, practice, and practice...

Tang Soo!!!
Michael Tabone


BTW... After the last practice, practice some more.... lol

I come from a TSD system that doesn't use the Pyong Ahn forms.
We use the "Dol Poong" forms which are proprietary to our system. My personal favorite would be Dol Poong 7

[karatekid1975]

Thanks for your input Zep n mtabone. You guys make me miss TSD That's ok. I am studying an art similar. I hope it helps

Tang Soo!