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Testing Criteria

Junior Black Belt (under 14 years)

Patterns

1 color belt pattern - examiners choice
Hwa-Rang
Choong-Moo
(audio)

Self-Defense

6 self-defense techniques - examiners choice

Sparring

Any type sparring

Breaking

2 board foot technique
2 board hand technique
4 boards/ 4 directional kick combination
3 board/ 3-hand technique combination
1 board high kick
1 board jumping back kick

Theory (text)

Essay on what Teakwon-do means to you

1st - 2nd Dan Black Belt

Patterns

One color belt patterns - examiners choice
Choong-Moo (audio)

Kwang-Gae (audio)
Po-Eun (audio)
Ge-Baek (audio)

Self-Defense

8 self defense techniques - examiners choice
2 wrist locks-inner and outer
3 neck restraints
8 pressure points
3 defenses against knife attacks-straight thrust, downward attack and inward slash


Sparring

Model sparring
(audio)
Step sparring
Free sparring

Breaking

4 board side kick (3 women)
8 board, 4 directional elbow strike
3 board back kick (2 for women)
360 degree kick (back or turning)
2 board suspenden break (1 for women)
2 board jumping combination kick (i.e split kick, double front kick)
Target kicking (pen out of mouth, cup off head)

Theory (text)

Etiquette (rules)
History of Taekwon-do
(audio)
Commands (procedures etc)
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