Green Belt – 6th Grade (Gup)
Basics and Stances (Brown Stripe)
- Fixed stance
- Bending ready stance
- High inward strike with a knife-hand
- Circular block with inner forearm
- Middle side punch
- Upset punch
- Straight back fist
- Stepping kicks (side and turning)
Pattern Requirements (Purple Stripe)
Sparring (Orange Stripe)
- One steps & Three steps
- 1 on 1 (“testing free sparring” no contact)
Knowledge & Power (White Stripe)
- 10 Jumping jacks, pushups, sit-ups and burpees, 20 squats
- Definition of Won-hyo
- The monk who brought Buddhism to Korea during the Sillia Dynasty
- Counting in Korean 10 - 100 by tens
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Sixty |
Ye-soon |
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Seventy |
E-loon |
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Eighty |
Ye-doon |
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Ninety |
Ah-hoon |
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One Hundred |
Bak |
- Taekwon-Do Student Oath
- I shall observe the tenets of Taekwon-Do
- I shall respect the instructor and seniors
- I shall never misuse Taekwon-Do
- I shall be a champion of freedom and justice
- I shall build a more peaceful world
Green Belt – 5th Grade (Gup)
Basics and Stances (Brown Stripe)
- X-Stance
- High side block with the inner forearm
- High hooking block
- Front elbow strike
- Twin knife hand block
- Double forearm block
- Crescent kick
- Flying turning kick
Pattern Requirements (Purple Stripe)
- Won-hyo (28 movements)
- Yul-gok Yul-gok (38 movements)
Sparring (Orange Stripe)
- One steps & Three steps
- Self defense
- 1 on 1 (“testing free sparring” no contact)
Knowledge & Power (White Stripe)
- 10 Jumping jacks, pushups, sit-ups and burpees, 30 squats
- Do Jang rules 7 to 12
- Definition of Yul-gok
- Confucius of Korea
- Weight distribution of L-Stance
- 70 back, 30 front
- Philosophy of Rank
- White Belt: student with no previous knowledge of Taekwon-Do.
- Yellow Belt: earth, from which a plant sprouts and takes root, as Taekwon-Do foundation is being laid.
- Green Belt: growth as the Taekwon-Do skills begin to develop.
- Blue Belt: heaven toward which the plant matures
- Red Belt: danger, cautioning the student to exercise care and control and warns opponents to stay away.
- Black Belt: opposite of white; maturity and proficiency in Taekwon-Do