평안 사단

Pyung Ahn Sa Dan

Peaceful confidence, fourth

Where it usually sits

Often red belt

Floor pattern

Opens with slow knife hands

In the set

Form 7 of 14

Sa Dan is the form where patience shows. Many schools begin with slow open-hand motions, then snap into faster blocks and kicks. It is a study in contrast: soft preparation, sharp finish.

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. 1Left back stance. Left inside-outside block with a right high block.
2. 2Switch the arms: left high block with a right inside-outside block.
3. 3Front stance. Two-hand low X block.
4. 4Back stance. Two-hand middle block.
5. 5Left side kick, side punch, right elbow strike.
6. 6Set a right ready posture. Right side kick, then a left elbow strike.
7. 7Right open-hand high block while the left hand prepares low. Twist to the front: left open-hand high block and a right side hand strike.
8. 8Right front snap kick. Right inside-outside block. Kihap.
9. 9Cross the open hands as a two-hand grab, twist right, right front snap kick, right middle punch, left middle punch.
10. 10Cross the open hands again, twist left, left front snap kick, left middle punch, right middle punch.
11. 11Left back stance. Two-fist block.
12. 12Right back stance. Two-fist block.
13. 13Left back stance. Two-fist block.
14. 14Two-hand grab, right knee strike. Kihap. Turn to the front: left high knife hand, then right high knife hand.
15. 15Return to ready.

What to watch for

• Slow tension without wobbling the stance
• Knife-hand strikes aimed at a target, not waved
• A side or front kick that returns to the same base

YouTube examples

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