Stripe Requirements

This page lists all the required components for each student to advance from green to blue 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.

Blue Stripe - 5th gup Blue Belt - 4th gup
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Blue Belt - 4th gup
Stances & Stepping - blue stripe
  • All previous stances
  • All previous stances
  • 'L" stance - left and right
  • Back crossed stance - Dwitkoa seogi
  • All previous stepping
  • 4-Directions # 3 (roundhouse kick)
  • All previous stepping
  • 4-Directions # 4 (side kick)
Punches and Strikes - orange stripe
  • All previous punches & strikes
  • Spear-hand strike - Pyonsonkeut sewo chirugi
  • Palm-heel strike - Son badak chigi
  • All previous punches & strikes
  • Targeted elbow strike - Palkup pyojeok chigi
  • Side hammer strike (for Taegeuk 5)
Blocks, 1-steps, releases, self-defense - geen stripe
  • All previous blocks
  • Pressing-down block – Nullo makki
  • Reversed middle block, in back stance – Momtong anmakki
  • High block (in to out) – Olgul bakkat makki
  • Low wedge block – Arae hecho makki
  • All previous blocks
  • Knife-hand (twisted) face block – Hansonnal olgul bitureo makki
  • Double knife-hand low block – Sonnal arae makki
  • Middle Wedge block – Momtong hecho makki
  • One-step # 1 through 5
  • Release # 1 through 5
  • One-step # 1 through 6
  • Release # 1 through 6
Creative self-defense:
  • Attack:
    • choke
  • Defenses:
    • Arm bar
    • Take-down
    • 2 Hand or foot techniques
 Creative self-defense:
  • Attacks:
    • Choke
    • Stick or bat
  • Defenses:
    • 2 Arm bars
    • Take-down
    • 3 Hand or foot techniques
Kicks and Combinations - yellow stripe
  • Counter roundhouse kick
  • Triple
  • Rear-leg hook kick - hooryo chagi
  • Front-leg hook kick
  • Spinning hook kick - Hweachook chagi
  • Middle - high double (narae chagi)
  • Jumping front kick (step-up style)
  • Step-in spinning hook kick
  • Step-behind side kick
  • Flying side kick
  • Double / Backwords Edan
  • Beet chagi / Tornado
  • Roundhouse / Front-leg hook kick
  • Roundhouse / Spinning hook kick
  • High roundhouse / switch / Back kick
  • Roundhouse / 'step-up' high roundhouse (other leg)
Patterns (poomsae) - red stripe
  • Taegeuk 1 through
    Taegeuk 4(Sa jang)
  • Taegeuk 1 through
    Taegeuk 5(O jang)
Terminology - white stripe All previous terminology plus:
  • A-rae
  • Mom-tong
  • Ol-gul
  • Ap
  • Dwit
  • Yeop
  • Low / down
  • Middle / body
  • High / face
  • Front
  • Back
  • Side
 All previous terminology plus:
  • Wen
  • O-reun
  • Kam-jeom
  • Seung
  • Kyu-ru-gi
  • Han-bon Kyu-ru-gi
  • Poom-sae
  • Left
  • Right
  • Deduction
  • Winner
  • Sparring
  • One-step Sparring
  • Pattern(s)
Fitness - brown stripe Students will be expected to perform 3 sets of 10 good push-ups and 3 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 two minutes and perform hopping kicks and switching feet (both 'over' and 'under') in flamingo position. Students will also be expected to perform continuous doubles for 30 seconds and perform some specified jumping kicks.
They will be expected to demonstrate their flexibility by touching their toes in a seated straddle position and 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 blue belt.