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Testing Requirements

2nd Dan - Black Belt

Kicks

  • Pick-shaped kick
  • Flying downward kick
  • Flying twin foot side piercing kick – 1 or 2 targets
  • Flying twin foot turning kick – 1 or 2 targets
  • Flying twin foot high kick – 1 or 2 targets
  • Flying double kicks
  • Flying two consecutive kicks
  • Flying two combination kicks
  • Mid-air double kicks

Hand Techniques

  • Middle punch with middle knuckle fist
  • Inward front block with the knife hand
  • Downward side strike with the side fist
  • Pressing block with the forefist
  • Wedging block with the inner forearms
  • Rear thrust with the elbow
  • Horizontal punch with the forefists
  • U-shaped grasp with the arc hands
  • Horizontal thrust with the twin elbows
  • Guarding block with the reverse knife hand
  • Double block with the arc hands
  • Scooping block with the palm
  • Front strike with the back fist
  • Nine-shaped block with the outer forearm

Stances

  • Open ready stance with heaven hands
  • X-stance – stepping motion
  • One-leg stance

One-leg Stance

Length
Measured from:
  Front
  Rear
0.0 shoulder width
N/A
N/A
Width
Measured from:
  Front
  Rear
0.0 shoulder widths
N/A
N/A
Weight distribution 0/100
Available facings Full or side
  • The supporting knee is locked.
  • The non-supporting foot is in a front snap kick foot position and is held by the inside of the supporting knee or with the instep on the fossa of the support knee (depending upon directions found in the encyclopedia).

Testing requirements reproduced from the Traditional TaeKwon-Do Alliance Testing Syllabus (revised 2023). © 2013–2023 Traditional TaeKwon-Do Alliance, LLC. All rights reserved. See the Testing Notes for age brackets, kicking terms, breaking rules, and community service guidelines.