The Belt

9th grade white(novice)

8th grade yellow(novice)
7 grade yellow(novice)
th

6th grade blue(novice)

5th grade blue(novice)
4th grade red(advance)
3rd grade red(advance)
2 grade brown (advance)
nd

1 grade brown(advance)
st

1st dan black(advance)

Promotion test
-it is a practical examination wherein students
demonstrate all the lessons learned for their belt
degree.

Sequence of events:
-Poomsae
-Foundation Forms 1 and 2 for whitebelts
-Palgue and Taeguk for colored belts
-Blackbelt forms for blackbelts
-Self-Defense Forms
-Kickings
-Combination Kickings
-Basic Movements(whitebelts)
-Interview(whitebelts)
-Sparring(for colored and and blackbelts)
-Breaking(for blackbelts)
-Submission of thesis papers(blackbelts)
Korean Terminologies
Attention - charyeot
Bow - Kyeung-rye
Ready - Joonbi
To the Flag - kuk gi e de ha
ryo
Instructor - sa bum nim
To the instructor - sa bum
nim ke
Forms - Poomsae
Sparring - Kyeorugi
Uniform -Dobok
Breaking - kyukpa
Continue - Kesok
Break/Stop - Kal-yeo
Begin/Start - Shi-jak
Timeout - Shi-gan
Finish - Guman
Blue - Chung
Red – hong
Winner - sung
Minus half point - kyong-go
Minus one point - Gam-
jeom
Hand signals
Learning is a gift.

Even when
pain is your
teacher.