평안 이단

Pyung Ahn Ee Dan

Peaceful confidence, second

Where it usually sits

Often green belt

Floor pattern

Opens in a back stance

In the set

Form 5 of 14

The second Pyung Ahn form usually opens facing the side in a back stance with a knife-hand guard, which is the moment students stop living only in front stance. The rest of the form mixes low blocks, punches, and a front kick in some lineages.

Steps

One common Moo Duk Kwan reading, counted from the first technique. Ready stance comes before step 1. If your instructor splits or joins a count, use theirs.

1. 1Turn left into a left back stance. Left inside-outside block and right high block together.
2. 2From that stance, right uppercut.
3. 3Step out to a horse stance. Left middle punch.
4. 4Turn right into a right back stance. Right inside-outside block and left high block together.
5. 5Left uppercut.
6. 6Horse stance. Right middle punch.
7. 7Right side kick, then a side hammerfist. Kihap. Settle into a left back stance, left middle knife-hand block.
8. 8Right back stance. Right middle knife-hand block.
9. 9Left back stance. Left middle knife-hand block.
10. 10Step through to a right front stance. Right spear-hand lunge. Kihap.
11. 11Turn 270° left, left back stance. Left middle knife-hand block.
12. 12Turn 45° right, right back stance. Right middle knife-hand block.
13. 13Turn 135° right, right back stance. Right middle knife-hand block.
14. 14Turn 45° left, left back stance. Left middle knife-hand block.
15. 15Right front stance. Right inside-outside block, right front kick, left punch.
16. 16Left inside-outside block, left front kick, right punch.
17. 17Right front stance. Two-fist middle block.
18. 18Turn 270° left, left front stance. Left low block, then a knife-hand block.
19. 19Turn 45° right, right front stance. Right high block.
20. 20Turn 135° right, right front stance. Right low block, then a knife-hand block.
21. 21Turn 45° left, left front stance. Left high block. Kihap.
22. 22Return to ready.

What to watch for

• Back stance with the front heel light
• Knife-hand middle block that doesn’t drift past the shoulder
• Putting a kick inside a form without losing the line

YouTube examples

Performances differ by organization. Use them to remember the shape, then match your instructor’s version.