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Belt Rank Requirements & Kata Information
White Belt
White Belt
Belt Grade: 10
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Requirements
Purchase a uniform and make a commitment to learning Karate.
Yellow Belt
Yellow Belt
Belt Grade: 9.5
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Basic Blocks
- High Block
- Low Block
- Side Body Block
- Knife Hand Block
Kicks
- Front Kick
- Round House Kick
- Side Kick
Additional Techniques
- Basic Hand Techniques
- Backfist
- Reverse Punch
- Uppercut
- Ridge Hand
- Palm Strike
- Spear Hand
- Two Self Defense Scenarios
- Introduction to Chon-Ji Kata
- Introduction to Sparring
- One Foot Technique
- Foot to Foot
Orange Belt
Orange Belt
Belt Grade: 9
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Blocks
- Previous Basic Blocks
- Inside Block
- Twin Fist
Kicks
- 3 Basic Kicks
- 3 Basic Kick off Front Foot
- Turn Kick
Additional Techniques
- Three Self-Defense Techniques
- One Step from Chon-Ji
- One Step from Tan-Gun
- Introduction to Tan-Gun Kata
- Two Foot Techniques
- Foot over Foot
- Foot behind Foot
- Basic Sparring
Kata
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Green Belt
Green Belt
Belt Grades: 7 & 8
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Green Belt Grade: 8 (1 Stripe on Belt)
Blocks
- Display of Previous Blocks
- Outer Forearm Block
- Kwan Soo – Spear Hand Strike
Kicks
Kata
Tan-Gun (Dan-Gun) – The Legendary Founder of Korea
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Green Belt Grade: 7 (Removal of Stripe)
Blocks
Kicks
- Display of Previous Required Kicks
- Inside Crescent Side Kick
- Come Around Side Kick
- Jumping Front Round House
Additional Techniques
Kata
To-San (Korean Patriot and Educator)
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Blue Belt
Blue Belt
Belt Grade: 6 & 5
Kicks
- Hook Kick
- Various Combination Kicks
- Jump Kicks
Sparring
- Four One-Steps
- Sparring Techniques
- Extensive Free Sparring
Belt Grade: 6 (1 Stripe on Belt)
All previous requirements plus the Kata “Won-hyo” (A Korean religious leader)
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Belt Grade: 5
All previous plus the kata “Yul-kolk” (Korean Scholar) and team sparring.
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Brown Belt
Brown Belt
Requirements
Multiple sparring and assistant teaching experience are required for each level. A higher level of form, focus, speed and intensity are required at each level
Blocks
- 3 Basic Kick
- 3 Basic Kick with Front Foot
- Turn Kick
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Brown Belt Grade: 4
“Juen Gwen” a Korean Freedom Fighter.
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Brown Belt Grade: 3
“Tol Gye” a Korean scholar.
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Brown Belt Grade: 2
“Hwa Rang” named after the warrior knight of ancient Korea.
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Brown Belt Grade: 1
“Chung Mu” a Korean admiral and last of the Hwa Rang.
“Chulgee” which means Iron Horse.
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Kicks
Red Belt
Red Belt
Requirements
Yellow Belt
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Requirements
Kicks
All aspects of the student’s performance should be approaching Black Belt proficiency. All previous material is required and must be performed at a higher level of excellence. The required kata is “Kwan Gae” which is named after an ancient Korean king who chose death before dishonor.
Kata
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Black Belt
Black Belt
Requirements
Yellow Belt
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Kicks
Requirements:
Coming Soon
Kata
All aspects of the student’s performance should be at Black Belt proficiency. All previous material is required and must be performed at a higher level of excellence. The required kata is “Bassai Dai” which means “Breaking through the fortress.”
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