Belt Requirements

Belt Color  Form                         Self-Defense           Breaking                   Terminology 

White           New student no requirements

Yellow         Tae Guk IL Dan                3                                Front Kick                Tae Kwon Do 
                      Basic Form 1                   Paddle Sparring

Orange        Tae Guk EE(2) Dan        3                                Side Kick                   Counting 1-10 
                      Tae-Guk SAM(3) Dan    Free Sparring

Blue               Pal Gwe Il(1) Jang       3                                 Roundhouse Kick    Tenets of
                                                                Free Sparring                                               Tae Kwon Do

Green           Pal Gwe EE(2) Jang      3                                 Back Kick                 6 Stances
                                                                 Free Sparring

Purple           Pal Gwe SAM(3) Jan     3                               Jump Side Kick        6 Blocks
                                                                 Free Sparring

Brown           Pal Gwe SA(4) Jang      5                              Jump Front Kick       6 Strikes
                                                                 Free Sparring

Red               Pal Gwe OH(5) Jang     3                                Axe Kick                     6 Kicks
                                                                 Free Sparring

Navy              Pal Gwe YUK(6) Jang   3                              Jump Back Kick        Striking points
                                                                 Free Sparring

Pre-Black      Pal Gwe CHIl(7) Jang    3 Hop Ki Do            Wheel Kick                 Senior Belt
                      Pal GweYUK6), OH(5)   Free Sparring 3 rounds                             Duties

Black          Pal Gwe PAL(8) Jang      4 Hop Ki Do           3 direction                   Thesis 2 page
                     Bal Sek Tae                       Free Sparring 3 rounds                            Tae Kwon Do
                     Chil Gi IL Dan                     2 against 1 Sparring                                  in My Life
                     PalGwe 1-7 
                     Tae Guk 1-3

DELAWARE TAE KWON DO

TERMINOLOGY
ENGLISH                                KOREAN
THE WAY OF HAND & FOOT                          TAE KWON DO
TRAINING HALL                                                          DO JANG
UNIFORM                                                                    DO-BOOK
GRAND MASTER                                           KWAN JANG NIM
MASTER                                                                   SABUM NIM
INSTRUCTOR                                                       KYOBUMNIM
THANK YOU for TEACHING           CON SA HOM NEE DHA
ATTENTION                                                              CHA-RYUT
BOW                                                                         KYUNG-YAE
YELL WITH FOCUS                                                           KI-UP
READY STANCE                                                       JOON-BEE
RETURN                                                                            BA-RO
RELAX                                                                                SHOW
BEGIN                                                                          SHEE JAK
CONTINUE                                                                   KAE SOK
BREAK/STOP                                                                 KALYEO
SPARRING                                                                  KYORUGI
FORM                                                                             POOMSE
FRONT STANCE                                        CHON KUL JA SAE
BACK STANCE                                              HOO KUL JA SAE
RIDDING HORSE                                             KEE MA JA SAE
CAT STANCE                                                        BEOM JA SAE 
SPARRING STANCE                                     kYORUGI JA SAE
 
LOW BLOCK                                                     HA-DAN MAK-GI
HIGH BLOCK                                               SANG-DAN MAK-GI
MIDDLE BLOCK                                          JONG-DAN MAK-GI
WRIST BLOCK                                              PAL MOKE MAK-GI
KNIFE HAND                                      BLOCK SOO-DO MAK-GI
MIDDLE PUNCH                                CHUN DAN CHI-ROO GI
UPPER PUNCH                                     SAN DAN CHI-ROO GI
KNIFE HAND STRIKE                              SOO-DO TAE REE GI
BACK FIST                                                             DUNG JU MOK
FRONT KICK                                                             AHP CHA-GI
ROUND KICK                                                  DOL-YUH CHA-GI
SIDE KICK                                                                  YUP CHA-GI
BACK KICK                                   DWEE-LO DOL-YUH CHA-GI
AXE KICK                                                       NEHRYUH JEEK GI
HOOK KICK                                                          GULLGI CHA GI  
 
 TENENTS OF TAE KWON DO
ENGLISH                              KOREAN
COURTESY                                YE UI
INTEGRITY                              YOM CI
PERSEVERANCE                   IN NAE
SELF-CONTROL                    KUK GI
INDOMITABLE SPIRT     BAEKJOOL

COUNTING                 PLACING                                     GUP: GRADE                   BELT COLOR
1 HANA                      1ST IL                                           10TH GUP                      WHITE
2 DOOL                     2ND EE                                           9TH GUP                      YELLOW
3 SET                         3RD SAM                                        8TH GUP                      ORANGE               
4 NET                         4TH SA                                           7TH GUP                       BLUE
5 DASUT                    5TH OH                                          6TH GUP                      GREEN
6 YASUT                     6TH YOOK                                     5TH GUP                      PURPLE
7 EEL GOP                7TH CHIL                                       4TH GUP                      BROWN
8 YUH DUL                8TH PAL                                        3RD GUP                      RED
9 AH HAP                   9TH KOO                                       2ND GUP                      NAVY
10 YUL                       10TH SIP                                        1ST GUP                      PRE-BLACK
 

                                                         DAN: DEGREE     1ST DAN   1ST DEGREE BLACK BELT    
                                                         There is 10 Degrees of black belt.