10^TH GUP CURRICULUM

REQUIREMENTS FOR WHITE BELT TO TEST FOR COLOR STRIPES AND YELLOW BELT

Yellow

Basic Commands

Attention (Cha-ryut)

Bow (Kyung-net)

Ready (Joon-bi)

Back to Ready Stance (Baro)

At Ease (Shiyo)

Fighting Stance (Gyo-roo-gi Joonbi)

Green

Kicks

(Cha‑gi)

Front Stretch (Olyo cha‑gi),

also known as Axe Kick (Chi‑geo cha‑gi)

Outside crescent (Bak‑kat ban‑dal cha‑gi)

Inside crescent (An ban‑dal cha‑gi)

Front (Ap cha‑gi)

Turning (Dolyo cha‑gi)

Red

Stances (Seu‑gi)

Attention (Cha‑ryut)

Ready (Joon‑bi)

Horse (Joo‑choom seu‑gi or gi-ma jachi)

Walking (Ap seu‑gi)

Front (Ap geu‑bi)

Fighting (Gyo‑roo‑gi)

Black

Forms (Poomsae)

4-Directional Form (Left and Right side)

Double

Black

Commands as Banjang

Bow to Flags (Goo-ki ae Dae-ha-yeo Kyung-net)

Bow to Class Head (Banjang-nim kae Kyung-net)

Bow to Instructor (Kyobu-nim kae Kyung-net)

Bow to Master (Sabom-nim kae Kyung-net)

Board Break

Hammer first

# of Classes

20

Taekwondo Principles

Taekwondo Jungshin

Meaning of Taekwondo

Taekwondo means “The Way of the Hand and Foot”: “Tae” = foot, “Kwon” = hand and “Do” = the Way.

Meaning of the White Belt

The white belt symbolizes the purity of the beginning student. White, which can be viewed as the absence of any color, symbolizes the blank slate upon which the student’s Taekwondo experience will be layered. Using the analogy for the colored belts, the white symbolizes the seed that is beginning to develop into a plant.

The Dobok

The uniform in which we practice is called the Dobok of the “Uniform of the Way”. It is a symbol of the art that we practice, and should therefore be treated with respect – not for itself, but for what it represents. The Dobok is white because it symbolizes the purity of thought and action, the focus we should have when we are in the Dojang. It also symbolizes the blank slate that a student is.

We have a prescribed formal way of folding the Dobok; aside from the practical aspect of being a way to carry our Dobok, the process of folding and unfolding your Dobok should be a form of meditation, and the act of properly caring for one’s Dobok teaches responsibility, for one’s possessions and for one’s actions. The Dobok is also meant to unite, bringing all of us at the Dojang together as practitioners of the same art at the same school, regardless of one’s race, socio-economic status or age. For that reason, all West Side students must wear West Side uniforms in class at all times.

Right Side 4-Directional Form

Move #

Technique

1

Step back with left foot into a right foot forward front stance down block.

2

Step forward with your left foot into a left foot forward middle punch.

3

Pivoting on your right foot, turn to your right, bring your left foot slightly in toward your right foot, and step back with left foot into a right foot forward front stance (facing right of your original stance).

4

Step forward with your left foot into a left foot forward middle punch.

5

Pivoting on your right foot, turn to your right, bring your left foot slightly in toward your right foot, and step back with left foot into a right foot forward front stance (facing back of your original stance).

6

Step forward with your left foot into a left foot forward middle punch.

7

Pivoting on your right foot, turn to your right, bring your left foot slightly in toward your right foot, and step back with left foot into a right foot forward front stance (facing left of your original stance).

8

Step forward with your left foot into a left foot forward middle punch and kiyap on the punch. Hold this last stance until instructed to return to Joonbi stance.