| Northwood
Taekwon-do Academy Coloured Belt Syllabus |
| White Belt
- 10th Kup Grading Syllabus |
| Physical |
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Moving left leg into sitting stance (annun sogi)
and extending left fist:- 10 single punches, counting. |
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10 push-ups, counting. (Senior males using forefists.
juniors & female using palms) |
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Taking right leg back to form gunnun junbi sogi
(walking ready stance). Perform 10 front leg rising
exercises, counting. First with right leg, then with left leg. |
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Four-directional punching (Saju Jirugi), commencing
with right walking stance, using low section outer forearm block
& middle reverse punch (shouting on completion). (Don't
forget to use TKD breathing) |
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Moving forward in walking stance, performing middle
section obverse punch (4 times) |
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Moving backwards in walking stance, performing
middle obverse punch, followed by middle section reverse punch,
using knee spring on second technique (4 times) |
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Moving forward in walking stance, performing middle
section inner forearm outward block (4 times) |
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Moving backwards in walking stance, performing
middle section inner forearm outward block, followed by middle
section reverse punch, using knee spring on second technique. |
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| Theory |
| 1 |
Founder Of Taekwon-do - General Choi Hong Hi,
9th Dan. |
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Worldwide Inauguration of Taekwon-do, was on 11th
April, 1955. |
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I.T.F. stands for International Taekwon-do Federation. |
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Inaugural date of the I.T.F is the 22nd March,
1966. |
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Taekwon-do means Art Of Hand & Foot. a) Tae
-Foot b) Kwon -Hand c) Do -Art of |
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Counting one to ten using terminology.
1 - Hana 6 - Yausut
2 - Dool 7 - Ilgope
3 - Set 8 - Yaudul
4 - Net 9 - Ahaul
5 - Tasut 10 - Yaul |
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20 - Sumul 30 - Soran |
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Meaning of the colour white - Innocence, a beginner
who has no knowledge of Taekwon-do. |
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Terminology for:
a) Left - Wen b) Right - Orun c) Obverse - Baro d) Reverse -
Bandae |
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Tenet's of Taekwon-do
a) Courtesy - Ye Ui b) Integrity - Yom Chi c) Perseverance -
In Nae
d) Self Control - Guk Gi e) Indomitable Spirit - Baekjul Boolgool |
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| 12-15 |
Terminology for:
a) Fore-fist - Ap Joomok b) Inner forearm - An Palmok c) Outer
Forearm - Bakat Palmok |
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Punching - Jirugi, should be one target, central
to body, at shoulder height.
Middle section punch aligns with shoulder level. |
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4 Directional punch - Saju Jirugi, is not a pattern. |
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| 18-19 |
Blocking - Makgi:
a) Middle section inner forearm block - Kaunde An Palmok Makgi
- blocking hand starts from outside of reaction arm
b) Low sectiom outer forearm block - Najunde Bakat Palmok
Makgi -blocking hand starts from inside of reaction arm |
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| 20-24 |
Stances - Sogi:
a) Attention Stance- Charyot sogi
(Heels together with toes apart & hands formed into fists
by the side of body)
b) Parallel Ready Stance - Narani Junbi sogi (1 shoulder width
wide)
c) Sitting stance- Annun sogi (11/2 shoulder widths wide)
d) Walking stance- Gunnon sogi
(1&1/2 shoulder widths long & 1 shoulder width wide,
with weight distribution being 50% on
each leg) |
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3 sections of the body:
a) High - Nopunde (shoulder & up)
b) Middle - Kaunde (shoulder to waist)
c) Low - Najunde (waist & below) |
