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Testing Requirements

4th Gup - Low Blue Belt

Pattern

Yul-Gok

Kicks

  • Reverse hook kick (offensive)
  • Hooking kick (defensive)
  • Twisting kick
  • Skip hook kick (offensive)
  • Flying turning kick
  • Flying side turning kick
  • Double kicks – multiple targets, more difficult kicks (same kick, same leg, same direction) (See Kicking Terms in the Testing Notes.)
  • Two consecutive kicks - multiple targets, more difficult kicks (same direction, same leg, same or different kick) (See Kicking Terms in the Testing Notes.)
  • Combination kicks - multiple targets, more difficult kicks (different leg, same or different kick) (See Kicking Terms in the Testing Notes.)

Hand Techniques

  • Hooking block with the palm
  • Front strike with the elbow
  • Twin block with knife hands
  • Double block with inner forearms

Stances

  • X-stance – jumping motion

Step Sparring

Intermediate 2-step sparring — two counterattacks. How 2-step sparring is performed

Tournament Competition

Participation in a minimum of 1 tournament within the previous 12 months required. Talk with your instructor regarding an appropriate tournament. TTA tournament is required when being held during a testing period.

Community Service

Students should be actively participating in community service and must have completed a minimum of 10 hours of community service since beginning training as a White Belt to be eligible to test for 1st Dan Black Belt. See Community Service in the Testing Notes for more information.

Seminars

Students must have attended a minimum of two (2) TTA seminars in the previous 12-month period. NOTE: Since beginning as a White Belt, students are required to have attended a minimum of one (1) Kicking seminar, one (1) Technique/Patterns seminar, one (1) Referee/Sparring seminar, one (1) Self Defense/Ho Sin Sul seminar to be eligible to advance to Black Belt.

Ho Sin Sul

Release from grab or choke from the rear. Also, be prepared to demonstrate all from previous rank.

Ho Sin Sul requirements and terms

Breaking

Adults – Hands

1 board with Front punch with the forefist, Side strike with the back fist, Inward strike with the reverse knife hand, or Downward strike with the knife hand

Adults – Feet

  • 1-2 boards with Flying front snap kick or Flying turning kick
  • 2-3 boards with Flying side piercing kick

Juniors – Hands

1 board with Downward strike with the knife hand

Juniors – Feet

  • 1 board with Flying front snap kick or Flying turning kick
  • 2 boards with Flying side piercing kick

Required Knowledge

  • Meaning of Blue Belt
  • Five Disciplines of TaeKwon-Do Moral Culture
  • Five Parts of the Physical Composition of TaeKwon-Do
  • Relative Directions

Full text on the Knowledge tab.

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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.