Hyung (Forms)

Team Hyung Competition

Rules for three-person synchronized form performances.

Key takeaways

Teams of three perform a traditional empty-hand hyung in unison; Gup and Dan teams compete in separate divisions.
A team may only perform the hyung permitted for its most junior member's rank, or anything lower.
Judges score 5-to-10 on technique, accuracy, presentation, synchronicity, artistic quality, and intensity.
Team Hyung divisions don't earn points toward the Championship cups.

Team composition

Team Hyung follows the same rules as individual hyung competition, with a few team-specific additions. Individual Championships may add restrictions — how many teams a single studio can enter, age or rank groupings, or a cap on total teams — but those details must be spelled out in the registration materials.

Each team consists of three members, of any age or gender.
Gup members and Dan members must compete in separate divisions.
Team Hyung divisions do not earn points toward the Championship cups.

What a team may perform

A team may only perform a traditional WTSDA empty hand hyung from the permitted hyung list — and specifically, the highest hyung allowed for the team's most junior member, or anything lower. For example, a team made up of an 8th gup, a 5th gup, and a 3rd gup is only permitted to perform Sae Kye Hyung Il Bu, Sae Kye Hyung E Bu, or Sae Kye Hyung Sam Bu — whatever the 8th gup member qualifies for.

Performance and judging criteria

Each judge scores the team's performance on the same 5-to-10 scale as individual hyung, weighing technique, accuracy, presentation, synchronicity, artistic quality, and intensity.

A team of competitors executing the same high kick at the same moment, in unison. — Synchronicity — how precisely a team executes techniques at the same time, in unison — is a core scoring criterion for Team Hyung.

Restarts still cost points

Just like individual hyung, a team restart costs a mandatory 0.5-point deduction, and no more than two restarts are permitted.