Green symbolizes the Spring, the time in which new growth occurs (like new green plants growing).
This article is for a current senior yellow belt student who is studying to obtain a green belt.
Obtaining A Green Belt
Topics you are required to demonstrate are:
| BASICS |
- Formation Stances – ChahRyut (attention), Gyung-Nyet (bow), JoonBee (ready)
- Stances – Horse Stance, Front High Stance, Front Long Stance and Fighting Stance
- Blocks – Low, High, Inner, Single Forearm Block and Outside 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-Jung and Taeguk Ee-Jung
| 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, Round House Kick and Side Kick
- Hopping Kicks – Front, Round House, Side and Axe
- Combination Kicks – (a) Hopping Front Kick and Round House Kick; (b) Hopping Round House Kick and Axe Kick
| SPARRING FOOT WORK |
- Footworks # 1 – 5
- Three Kick Exchange (Tae-Kwon-Do) Sparring
- Attend Three Sparring Classes
| THEORY |
- Counting 1-10 in Korean (click here to listen)
- Explicit meaning of “Tae” “Kwon” “Do” (click here for a definition)
- School Rule # 1-3 and # 4(click here for the complete list)
- Five Tenets of Taekwondo (Click here to read)
- Detailed definition of “What is Taekwondo” (click here for to read)
- Mental Education # 1 – 5 (click here to read)
