1)

Short Form Three starts a new category of forms.

Short Form Three starts a new category of forms, i.e., the 'encyclopedic' or 'higher' forms. As such a number of other changes that were common to the lower forms is now altered or discontinued, namely:

i)

The form now starts from an attention stance, not a meditating horse stance

ii)

The In / Out / Up Down sequence is discontinued

iii)

The form changes from being composed of base moves to self-defense techniques

iv)

The form switches the opposite / reverse examples to favoring conceptual constructs over physical constructs

2)

Short Form Three is composed of only dead-handed and semi-live techniques.

Of the three (3) major categories of attack: dead-handed, semi-live and live, all of Short Form Three's attacks fall into the first two (2) categories and the most embryonic - i.e., grabs, holds and hugs, chokes and locks, and pushes.

3)

Short Form Three is sometimes referred to as the elbow form.

This is because the form has a large number of elbows used in a variety of ways.

4)

Short Form Three introduces new weapons, new strikes, and new methods of execution.

Continuing the pattern laid out in the previous forms, Short Form Three continues to add new weapons, strikes and methods of execution not previously shown.

5)

One (1) technique of Short Form Three is reduced to a single maneuver.

The technique Twirling Wings is only executed with one (1) elbow. The second elbow is purposefully omitted from the form and the second foot maneuver can be arguably placed as the transition to the next technique. Aside from being the first obvious demonstration of the concept of Purposeful Omission, this missing maneuver has additional significance and should be analyzed further.