Stripe Requirements

This page lists all the required components for each student to advance from yellow to green belt. To be ready for promotion, the student must have acquired each of the stripes relating to their next belt. All requirements will be taught as part of the curriculum, but for information about unfamiliar techniques that are required for a stripe, please ask an instructor.

Green Stripe - 7th gup Green belt - 6th gup
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Green Belt - 6th gup
Stances & Stepping - blue stripe
  • All previous stances
  • All previous stances
  • All previous stepping
  • Cross switch
  • Puchagi fake
  • Opponent shut-down (in sparring)
  • 4-Directions # 1 (no kick)
  • All previous stepping
  • Tornado fake
  • Back kick fake
  • Shift forward, step back
  • Step forward, shift back
  • 4-Directions # 2 (front snap kick)
Punches and Strikes - orange stripe
  • All previous punches & strikes
  • Backfist to nose – Deung jumok chigi
  • Overhead hammer strike – Maejumok naeryo chigi
  • All previous punches & strikes
  • Turning elbow strike – Palkup dollyo chigi
  • Side elbow strike – Palkup yop chigi
  • Upward elbow strike – Palkup ollyo chigi
Blocks, 1-steps, releases, self-defense - geen stripe
  • All previous blocks
  • Cross palm block (for 1-Step #3) – Batangson momtong makki
  • Double knife-hand block – Sonnal momtong makki
  • Front-hand punch with low block – Ap jimak
  • Reverse punch with low block – Dwit jimak
  • All previous blocks
  • Middle (forearm) block – Anpalmok momtong bakkat makki
  • High knife-hand block w/neck strike – Jebi-poom mok chigi
  • One-step # 1, 2, 3
  • Release # 1, 2, 3
  • One-step # 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Release # 1, 2, 3, 4
Creative self-defense:
  • Attack:
    • Any
  • Defenses:
    • Arm bar
 Creative self-defense:
  • Attack:
    • Any
  • Defenses:
    • Arm bar
    • Take-down
    • 2 Hand or foot technique
Kicks and Combinations - yellow stripe
  • High front snap kick – Olgul ap chagi
  • High roundhouse kick - Olgul dollyo chagi
  • Half roundhouse kick – Beet chagi
  • Middle / high roundhouse kick
  • Tornado kick – Dolgae chagi
  • Shunt-in side kick
  • Drop kick – Naeryo chagi
  • Axe kick (front leg drop kick)
  • Step-in back back kick
  • Jumping / counter back kick
  • Cut kick / Back kick
  • Roundhouse / Tornado
  • Roundhouse / High roundhouse
  • Beet chagi / Back kick
  • Drop kick / Step-in back kick
  • Roundhouse / Tornado / Back kick
Patterns (poomsae) - red stripe
  • Taegeuk 1 (Il jang)
  • Taegeuk 2 (Yi jang)
  • Taegeuk 1 (Il jang)
  • Taegeuk 2 (Yi jang)
  • Taegeuk 3 (Sam jang)
Terminology - white stripe All previous terminology plus:
  • Shi-jak
  • Keu-man
  • Do-bok
  • Do-jang
  • Kuk-ki ae-nae hae yu
  • Kwan-jang-nim-ki
  • Sa-bum-nim-ki
  • Start
  • Stop
  • Uniform
  • school/gym
  • To the flags
  • To the Master /School owner
  • To the instructor
 All previous terminology plus:
  • Ho-gu
  • Kal-yeo
  • K'ye-sok
  • Chung
  • Hong
  • Kam-sa ham-ni-da
  • Chest protector
  • Break
  • Continue
  • Blue
  • Red
  • Thank you
Fitness - brown stripe Students will be expected to perform 2 sets of 10 good push-ups and 2 of 20 good sit-ups. There are many types of push-ups and sit-ups to choose from, so students should try a variety.
They will be expected to hold a low 'sitting' stance for one and a half minutes and with both legs perform 5 kicks while balancing in a chambered snap kick position and 'flamingo' position. Students will be expected to perform 30 alternating kicks within 30 seconds and also perform some specified jumping kick.
They will be expected to demonstrate their flexibility by touching their toes in a seated straddle position, at least getting close to their toes in a pike position, getting their knees closer to the floor in butterfly position, and making and attempt to perform splits. Expectations increase once they achieve their green belt.