Breaking
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Breaking
Guidelines for Evaluation: Accuracy, Speed and Power
Because the beginner has not yet developed the proper technique required for breaking, students do not begin board breaking until they have attained the rank of blue belt.
The only materials allowed for breaking are plastic practice boards and pine (or spruce) boards that are 1 x 12 cut 10" wide.
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Patterns
Primary considerations:
Stances, Chambers (hand and foot), Power, Techniques, and Concentration.
Additional considerations:
Congruity, Breath Control, Timing, and Beginning and ending at the same point.
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SPARRING
Begin each match with a formal bow to your partner. Step back to a sparring ready stance and wait for the instructor’s command to start.
Honor every point scored: pause, step back to your starting position, maintaining your guard, both partners bow to acknowledge the point, step back to ready stance and resume sparring.
Points to the body are scored by lightly striking a target area with a legal weapon. "Lightly striking" means touching but not penetrating.
Points to the neck and head are scored when a legal weapon is pulled within four inches of striking. Even slightly touching the neck or head is grounds for disqualification.
Finish each match by bowing to your partner, shaking hands and thanking them.
Legal Hand Techniques
Straight punch (to body only)
Knife hand (inward or outward)
Ridge hand
Hammer fist
Back fist
Legal Foot Techniques
Front kick
Side kick
Roundhouse kick (ball of foot only)
Back kick
Crescent kicks (outward or inward)
Hook kick
Twisting kick
Ax kick
Illegal Techniques
Striking opponent with elbows, knees, fingertips or palm heel
Straight punch the neck or head
Grabbing or grappling with opponent
Any attack directed at a target below the belt
Any attack directed at the arms or legs
Takedowns
Any blind techniques
Charging-in too aggressively without defense (participants must assume responsibility when they are defending against or delivering an attack)
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Target Areas
1. Front of the body from belt up.
2. Side of body from belt to armpit.
3. Back of body, a six-inch stripe up the center from belt to neck.
4. All of neck and head.
Grounds for Disqualification
1. Being overly aggressive or uncontrolled
2. Any contact to the head (if an opponent moves into the technique this may be excused)
3. Faking an injury
4. Showing a lack of respect
5. Using illegal techniques (see above)
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| Attention (closed) stance | Front (walking) stance |
| Ready (parallel) stance | Back stance |
| Rear foot (cat) stance | Fixed stance |
| Sitting (horse) stance | "X" stance |
| Low block | Front punch |
| High block | Knife hand (inward & outward) |
| Middle blocks (outward & inward) | Back fist |
| Knife hand block | Hammer fist |
| Double knife hand block | Palm heel |
| Twin forearm block | Ridge hand (inward & outward) |
| Crossing block | Spear hand (fingertip strike) |
| Reinforcement block | Upset punch |
| Scooping block | Vertical punch |
| Hooking block | Elbow strike |
| Wedging block | |
| Stick block | 9-shape block |
| "W" block | Arc hand block |
| Front kick | Ax kick |
| Side kick | Twisting kick |
| Round kick / turning kick | Back kick |
| Crescent kick (inward & outward) | Hook kick |
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| Kup | Belt | Test | Cost |
| 9th kup - 2° yellow | yellow | Chon-Ji Freesparring |
$30.00 |
| 8th kup - 1° yellow | yellow | Dan-Gun Freesparring |
$30.00 |
| 7th kup - 2° blue | blue | Do-San Freesparring |
$35.00 |
| 6th kup - 1° blue | blue | Wan-Hyo Freesparring |
$35.00 |
| 5th kup - 2° purple | purple | Yul-Gok Freesparring Break 1 green plastic with straight punch or knife hand. |
$40.00 |
| 4th kup - 1° purple | purple | Joong-Gun Freesparring Break 2 green plastic with sidekick or roundhouse kick. |
$40.00 |
| 3rd kup - 3° brown | brown | Toi-Gye Freesparring Break 2 boards withany hand or elbow technique. |
$45.00 |
| 2nd kup - 2° brown | brown | Hwa-Rang Freesparring Break 1 blue & 1 brown together with frontkick. (ball or heel of foot) |
$45.00 |
| 1st kup - 1° brown | brown | Choong-Moo Freesparring Break 1 blue & 1 brown together with sidekick. |
$45.00 |
Note about break requirements:
Only two attempts are allowed. There are no practices during the actual test.
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| Student uniform with front patch |
required |
| School back patch | optional |
| Set of 2 Flags: U.S. & Korean |
optional |
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| How to tie a belt (courtesy Duvall TKD) |
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| Cha-ryut | Attention |
| Kyung-re | Bow |
| Joon-bi | Ready |
| Si-jak | Begin |
| Go-man | Stop |
| Hyung | Pattern |
| Sabum | Instructor |
| Gwan-won | Student |
| Do-jang | Taekwon Do School |
| Do-bok | Taekwon Do Uniform |
| Gam sa hap ni da | Thank you |
| Choo ma nay oh | You are welcome |
| Ha na | One |
| Dool | Two |
| Set | Three |
| Net | Four |
| Tasut | Five |
| Yausut | Six |
| Ilgop | Seven |
| Yaudul | Eight |
| Ahop | Nine |
| Yaul | Ten |
| Yaul-ha na | Eleven |
| Sumool | Twenty |
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