9^TH GUP CURRICULUM

REQUIREMENTS FOR YELLOW BELT TO TEST FOR GREEN STRIPE

Yellow

Fitness

Children Below 13

10 pushups*

10 crunches◊

10 squats+

Teenagers and Above

15 pushups

20 crunches

20 squats

Green

Kicks

Cha‑gi

Side kick

Bent-leg Axe kick

Reverse‑step turning kick

Kicks and Strikes to Focus On

Front Snap Kick

Mid-section, High Section,

Back leg, Front leg

In Horse Stance

Single, double and triple punch

Blue

Blocks (Mak‑ki)

Strikes (Chi‑reu‑gi)

Stances (Seu‑gi)

In Front and Walking stances

All basic blocks, including counter blocks; also in combination with punches

Horse Stance

Single, double and triple punches

In Fighting stance

Jab - counterpunch - hook combination

Hook punch, from front and back hands

Block-punch combinations

Red

Forms (Poomsae)

Tae‑guk Il Jang

Black

Permission to test

Board Break

Axe kick

# of Classes

25

Taekwondo Principles

Taekwondo Jungshin

History of Taekwondo –

Taekwondo traces its origins back to the ancient martial arts indigenous to the Korean peninsula. During Koguryo Dynasty 37 B.C.-668 A.D., “Tae Kyon,” an ancient indigenous form of martial art, flourished. During the Silla Dynasty 57 B.C.-936 A.D., forms of Tae Kyon were practiced by the Hwarang “flowering youth”, an elite group of aristocratic warriors, who practiced martial arts but whose training also included military strategy, philosophy and ethics. This warrior-aristocracy lived by the Hwarang Code:

Loyalty to King

Fidelity to Parents

Trustworthiness Among Friends

Courage in Battle

Never take life unjustly

These principles form the basis for modern Taekwondoists everywhere, and are the foundation for West Side Taekwondo’s tenets:

Loyalty Fidelity

Respect Honor

Justice Indomitable Spirit

Meaning of the Yellow Belt

The yellow belt symbolizes the sun towards which a young plant is reaching as it grows.