Bigak

In September 2016 the Kukkiwon and the Asian Taekwondo Union announced the development of ten new poomsae to be used in taekwondo competitions. The ten new forms are:

• Himchari (힘차리) the "Powerful Challenge", for tournament competitors under age 18
• Yamang (야망), for tournament competitors under age 18
• Saebyeol (새별) the "New Star", for tournament competitors ages 18-30
• Nareusya (나르샤) "Flying Upward", for tournament competitors ages 18-30; also known as Bee-Gak Sam Jang by World Taekwondo
• Bigak (비각) the "Flying Kick", for tournament competitors ages 18-30; also known as Bee-Gak Ee Jang by World Taekwondo (note that this is distinct from the 2007 form often romanized as Bikkak)
• Eoullim (어울림), for tournament competitors in their 30s and 40s
• Saeara (새아라), for tournament competitors in their 30s and 40s
• Hansol (한솔), for tournament competitors in their 50s and 60s
• Narae (나래), for tournament competitors in their 50s and 60s
• Onnuri (온누리), for tournament competitors in their 50s and 60s

The idea is that during the initial rounds of tournament poomsae competitions, athletes will compete using the conventional Kukkiwon curriculum poomsae; but then for the final rounds, athletes will compete using these more difficult poomsae. The added difficulty will make it easier for judges to distinguish between the performances of top-rank competitors.

In November 2017 it was revealed that Bigak is also to be one of the three new competition poomsae used by World Taekwondo; see Bee-gak Ee Jang for more detail.

Disambiguation of the name Bigak:

Poomsae	Year Introduced	Used By	Is Similar To
Bikkak	2007	Never adopted	Is the basis for the 2017 WT form Bigak Il Jang
Bigak	2016	Kukkiwon	Is the basis for the 2017 WT form Bigak Ee Jang
Bee-gak Il Jang	2017	World Taekwondo	Is based on the 2007 Bikkak
Bee-gak Ee Jang	2017	World Taekwondo	Is based on the 2016 Bigak
Bee-gak Sam Jang	2017	World Taekwondo	Is based on the 2016 Nareusya

Video

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This video also claims to show Bigak, and yet clearly this is a very different poomsae.

Diagram

The following diagram is not definitive. It is based only on the videos that have been released so far.

Written Instructions

1. These instructions are not definitive. They are based on what is seen in the above video. The time-marks in these instructions correspond to the time-marks in the video.

Moving along the first line...

• 0:38 Slow Overlapping Hands joonbi
• 0.45 1. Step the left foot to turn left to Left Walking Stance, Left High Block
• 0:47 2. Step the right foor forward to Right Front Stance, Right Elbow Uppercut.
• 0:48 3. Slide the right foot back to Right Tiger Stance, Right Elbow Side Strike.
• 0:48 4. Step the left foot forward to Left Front Stance, Right Middle Punch.
• 0:50 5. Right Front Kick, then step down with the right foot in front, to…
• 0:51 6. Left Side Kick, then step down with the left foot in front, to…
• 0:53 7. Right Roundhouse Kick, then step down with the right foot in front.
• 0:54 8. Pivot fully around counter-clockwise on the right foot to again face DA, and step forward with the left foot to launch off the left foot to Right Jump Side Kick.
• 0:55 9. Land in Horse-Riding Stance with the body facing NA but the head looking in the DA direction; Right Outward Knifehand Strike.
• 0:57 10. Pivot clockwise on the left foot to face the RA direction; Right Front Stance]], Right Outward Backfist Strike.
• 0:57 11. Without stepping, Left Middle Punch.
• 0:58 12. Step forward with the left foot to Left Front Stance, Right High Punch. Kihap.
• 1:02 13. Bring the right foot forward to Closed Stance and Hinge on the right side.
• 1:04 14. Step the left foot forward in the direction of the GA-RA diagonal to Left Front Stance, Swallowform Palm Strike (left hand high).
• 1:05 15. Step with the left foot to pivot 180 clockwise on the right leg to face in the NA-DA direction, to Horse-Riding Stance, Left Inward Block.
• 1:06 16. Step with the right foot to pivot 90 clockwise to Horse-Riding Stance with the body facing the GA-DA direction, looking over the right shoulder, Right Augmented Elbow Side Strike.
• 1:06 17. Without stepping, Right Augmented Elbow Rear Strike.
• 1:07 18. Step with the left foot to pivot 90 counter-clockwise to Left Assisting Stance, Double Punch (right hand high), again facing the NA-DA direction.
• 1:07 19. Without stepping, Left Backfist Strike.
• 1:08 20. Without stepping, Right Middle Punch.

Moving back and forth along the first diagonal...

• 1:08 21. Still facing NA-DA, Right Front Kick. Step the right leg down in front.
• 1:09 22. Slide back to Left Back Stance (i.e., right foot forward).
• 1:10 23. Left-then-Right Double Jump Front Kick. Land with the right leg forward, pivoting 180 counter-clockwise to face the GA-RA direction in a fighting stance.
• 1:11 24. Left Skip Roundhouse Kick, finishing with the left leg still in front.
• 1:12 25. Right Roundhouse Kick, finishing with the right leg in front.
• 1:14 26. Pivoting counter-clockwise on the right leg, Spinning Back Hook Kick with the left leg
• 1:14 27. Finish the kick in a Left Back Stance (i.e., with the right leg forward) still facing in the GA-RA direction; Right Augmented Outward Block.

Moving along the top line...

• 1:16 28. Step up with the left foot, then the right foot, then launch off the left foot spinning counter-clockwise to Turning Jump Back Kick, kicking with the left leg in the direction of GA-RA.
• 1:18 29. Land on the right leg, step the left foot down, then step the right leg to: Left Back Stance facing in the GA-DA direction, Knifehand Diamond Block (left knifehand in a high block, right knifehand in a low side block).
• 1:23 30. Without stepping, Slow Double Knifehand Block, still facing the GA-DA direction.
• 1:24 31. Step forward with the left foot to Left Front Stance, Left Supported Spearhand Thrust.
• 1:25 32. (Somewhat similar to Palgwae Sa Jang), pivot clockwise to Right Front Stance facing RA while looking over the left shoulder and while raising the left knifehand to the left side of the head (as if breaking the opponent's grip on your spearhand) while bring the right knifehand palm-down to the sternum.
• 1:26 33. Moving in the DA direction, step the left foot behind the right foot to Cross Stance, Left Outward Backfist Strike to temple height…
• 1:27 34. Continue stepping to Left Front Stance, Right Middle Punch.
• 1:27 35. Still moving in the DA direction, Left Skip Roundhouse Kick.
• 1:29 36. Step the left foot down in front after the kick, then launch off the right leg to Right Jump Front Kick. Land on the left foot.
• 1:30 37. Step with the right foot, then launch off the left leg to Right-then-Left Double Jump Front Kick. Land on the left foot; do NOT step the right foot down.
• 1:31 38. Push off the left leg to land in Cross Stance (left leg behind), Right Backfist Strike. Kihap.

Moving along the second diagonal...

• 1:36 39. Step the left foot to Horse-Riding Stance with the body facing NA-DA looking over the left shoulder, Slow Outward Knifehand Strike.
• 1:37 40. Lift the left leg to Target Kick with the outside of the left foot striking the outstretched left hand.
• 1:39 41. Step the left foot down, then step the right foot forward to face GA-RA in Horse-Riding Stance looking over the right shoulder, Right Elbow Target Strike. 
• 1:40 42. Step the left foot to Left Assisted Stance facing NA-RA, Right Backfist Side Strike.
• 1:40 43. Step the right foot to Right Front Stance facing NA-RA, Left Middle Punch.
• 1:40 44. Left Front Kick. Step the left foot down in front.
• 1:41 45. Right Roundhouse Kick. Step the right foot down in front.
• 1:42 46. Pivoting counter-clockwise on the right leg, Right 360 Roundhouse Kick.
• 1:43 47. Continue pivoting counter-clockwise to Left Back Kick still to the NA-RA direction. Step the left foot down behind you.
• 1:45 48. Continue pivoting counter-clockwise to 540 Bally Back Hook Kick with the left leg.
• 1:46 49. After landing, pivot clockwise and step the right foot to Single Mountain Block looking toward GA-RA with the left hand high.
• 1:47 50. Step the right foot to pivot to Right Front Stance facing GA-RA Left Middle Punch. Kihap.
• 1:50 Step the right foot back to Slow Overlapping Hands joonbi.

See Also

• Kukkiwon Competition Poomsae
• Taekwondo Forms
• Hanryu and Bikkak (previous attempts at competition poomsae)

Other Videos

References

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