Yellow symbolizes the sunrise, the start of a new day, and hence a new journey.
This article is for a current senior white belt student who is studying to become a yellow belt.
Obtaining A Yellow Belt
Topics you are required to demonstrate are:
| BASICS |
- Formation Stances – ChahRyut (attention), Gyung-Nyet (bow), JoonBee (ready) – Click here to listen
- Stances – Horse Stance, Front High Stance, Front Long Stance and Fighting Stance
- Blocks – Low, High, Inner and Single Forearm Block
- Kicks – Middle Punch, High Punch, Hammer Punch, Knife Hand, Neck Chop, Spear Hand and Elbow Strike
| POOMSE |
- Gahm-sah-hyung, combination hands technique and “taekwondo” poomse;
- WTF Poomse – Taeguk Il-Jang (Form #1)
- Poomse Video Training Videos are now available (click here)
| KICKS |
- Dynamic Stretch Kicks – Front Raising Kick, Outside Round Kick, Inside Round Kick, Side Raising Kick and Side Round Kick
- Snap Kicks – Front Snap Kick, Axe Kick and Round House Kick
| SPARRING FOOT WORK |
- Footworks # 1 – 3
- Three Kick Exchange (Tae-Kwon-Do) Sparring
| THEORY |
- Counting 1-10 in Korean (click here to listen)
- Explicit meaning of “Tae” “Kwon” “Do” (click here for a definition)
- School Rule # 1 and # 2(click here for the complete list)
- Five Tenets of Taekwondo (Click here to read)
