Belt Study Guide: Obtaining a Red Belt
Red symbolizes danger, as the student must learn to control his/her newfound power.This article is for a Senior Blue belt student who is studying to obtain a red belt.
Obtaining A Red 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, Fighting Stance, L-stance and Back Stance
Blocks - Low, High, Inner, Single Forearm Block, Outside Forearm Block, Single Knife Hand Block, Double Knife Hand Block
Attacks - Middle Punch, High Punch, Hammer Punch, Knife Hand, Neck Chop, Spear Hand, Elbow Strike, Knife Hand Strike and Double Hand Supported Spear Hand, Back Fist
Variation - Swallow Neck Chop
POOMSE
gahm-sah-hyung, combination hands technique and "taekwondo" poomse;
WTF Poomse
Taeguk Il-Jung (form 1)
Taeguk Ee-Jung (form 2)
Taeguk Sahm-Jung (form 3)
Taeguk Sah-Jung (form 4)
Taeguk O-Jung (form 5)
KICKS
Dynamic Stretch Kicks - Front Raising Kick, Outside Round Kick, Inside Round Kick, Side Raising Kick, Side Round Kick, Back Raising Kick and Side Cut Kick
Snap Kicks - Front Snap Kick, Axe Kick, Round House Kick, Side Kick, Back kick and Side Hook Kick
Hopping Kicks - Front, Round House and Side and Axe
Fast Kicks - Front, Round, Side and Hook
Jump Kicks - Front, Round, Axe and Back
Flying Kicks - Flying Side Kick and Flying Front Kick
Switch Kicks - Front Snap Kick, Axe Kick, Round House Kick, Side Kick
Combination Kicks - (a) Hopping Front Kick and Round House Kick; (b) Hopping Round House Kick and Axe Kick and (c) Hopping Side Kick, Back Kick, Hopping Axe Kick, High Round House Kick. Front Kick Series and Round House Kick Series
SPARRING FOOT WORK
Footworks # 1 - 8
Two Kick Exchange Sparring (2 minutes)
Fast Single Kick Exchange Sparring (two, 2 minute Rounds - total of 4 minutes)
Attend 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 # 1-10 (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 # 1-10 (click here to read)
Student Creed (click here to read)
7 Home Rules for Children (click here to read)