Belt Study Guide: Obtaining a Senior Green Belt
Green symbolizes the Spring, the time in which new growth occurs (like new green plants growing).This article is for a current green belt student who is studying to obtain a senior green belt.
Obtaining A Senior 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, Taeguk Ee-Jung and Taeguk Sahm-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, Side Kick and Back 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 (c) Hopping Side Kick, Back Kick, Hopping Axe Kick, High Round House Kick
SPARRING FOOT WORK
Footworks # 1 - 5 and 6
Three Kick Exchange (Tae-Kwon-Do) Sparring
Attend Five 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 # 1-4 and # 5 (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 and #6-10 (click here to read)
Student Creed (click here to read)