Belt Study Guide: Obtaining a Yellow Belt
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)