Blue Belt Requirements

Blue Belt – 4th Grade (Gup)

Basics and Stances (Brown Stripe)

  • Rear foot stance
  • Low stance
  • Middle side block with reverse knife-hand
  • Upward block
  • Upward elbow strike
  • High twin vertical punch
  • Upset punch with a twin fist  
  • Rising block with an X-fist
  • Pressing block
  • Turning punch
  • U-shape block
  • Flying side piercing kick
  • Checking kick
  • Skipping kicks

Pattern Requirements (Purple Stripe)

Sparring (Orange Stripe)

  • One steps & Three steps
  • 1 on 1 (“testing free sparring” no contact)

Knowledge & Power (White Stripe)

  • 15 Jumping jacks, pushups, sit-ups and burpees, 30 squats
  • Definition of Choong-gun
    • Ahn Chung-Gun, who assassinated the first Japanese Governor-General of Korea
  • Weight distribution of Walking and Sitting Stance
    • Walking: 60 front, 40 back
    • Sitting: 50/50

Breaking (Black Stripe)

  • Front kick (rebreakable board)

Additional Testing Requirement

  • Earn all skill stripes 2 weeks prior to testing date

Blue Belt – 3rd Grade (Gup)

Basics and Stances (Brown Stripe)

  • Low thrust with upset fingertip
  • Low pressing block with an X-fist
  • W-shape block with the outer forearm
  • Low pushing block with double forearm
  • High thrust with flat fingertip
  • Low guarding block with knife-hand
  • Knee strike
  • Front leg hooking kick
  • Reverse hooking kick
  • Jump back side kick
  • Vertical kick (inward and outward)
  • Switch kicks

Pattern Requirements (Purple Stripe)

Sparring (Orange Stripe)

  • One steps & Three steps
  • Self Defense
  • 1 on 1 (“testing free sparring” no contact)

Knowledge & Power (White Stripe)

  • 15 Jumping jacks, pushups, sit-ups and burpees, 40 squats
  • Definition of Toi-gye
    • Noted authority on Neo-Confucianism
  • Explain why student rank start at 10
  • Weight distribution of fixed and rear foot stance
    • Fixed: 50/50
    • Rear: 90/10

Breaking (Black Stripe)

  • Reverse elbow strike (rebreakable board)

Additional Testing Requirement

  • Earn all skill stripes 2 weeks prior to testing date