Alki Taekwondo Belt Ranking

Alki Taekwondo Belt Ranking

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What do our belt colors represent?

White Stands for openness, purity, clean slate, just beginning.

Yellow Stands for growth, reaching towards the sun.

Green Stands for the green in trees. Trees grow roots deep & still reach upward into the sky.

Blue Represents the blue sky & to always reach to new heights & beyond to achieve ones goals.

Red This color represents the heat of forging steel.

Black This color represents wisdom & impervious to darkness & fear.

Stripes are awarded for each level of kup (student rank) from white to red belt.

Dan or degrees are awarded beyond Black Belt, which ranges from 1st to 9th Dan Black Belt.

Black Belts are now just beginning a new level of training.

The time it usually takes a junior student to reach Junior Black Belt ranges from 3 to 5 years. The time involved for an adult to reach Black Belt ranges from 3.5 to 6 years.

In our Koryo Moo Sool Association, a Master is someone ranking 5th Dan Black Belt or higher.

This requires a minimal amount of consistent Taekwondo involvement (training and teaching) for 18 years.

A Grandmaster is 7th-9th Dan Black Belt which requires a minimum of 32-50 years of training/teaching.

TAE-KWON-DO - COLOR BELT RANKS
TAEKWONDO GUP RANKS	COLOR OF BELT
NEW STUDENT	WHITE BELT / NO STRIPES NEW STUDENT
10^TH GUP	WHITE BELT W/1 YELLOW STRIPE BEGINNER SKILL
9^TH GUP	WHITE BELT W/ 2 YELLOW STRIPES BEGINNER SKILL
8^TH GUP	SOLID YELLOW BELT BEGINNER SKILL
7^TH GUP	YELLOW BELT W/GREEN STRIPE BEGINNER SKILL
6^TH GUP	SOLID GREEN BELT INTERMEDIATE SKILL
5^TH GUP	GREEN BELT W/BLUE STRIPE INTERMEDIATE SKILL
4^RD GUP	SOLID BLUE BELT INTERMEDIATE SKILL
3^ND GUP	BLUE BELT W/RED STRIPE ADVANCED SKILL
2^ST GUP	SOLID RED BELT ADVANCED SKILL
1^ST GUP	RED BELT W / BLACK STRIPE ADVANCED SKILL

TAE-KWON-DO BLACK BELT RANKS
TAEKWONDO DAN RANKS	COLOR OF BELT & NUMBER OF BARS / ROMAN NUMERALS
1ST DEGREE BLACK	BLACK 1 BAR / RN IINSTRUCTOR / TRAINEE
2^ND DEGREE BLACK	BLACK 2 BARS / RN III NSTRUCTOR / TRAINEE
3^RD DEGREE BLACK	BLACK 3 BARS / RN III INSTRUCTOR
4^TH DEGREE BLACK	BLACK 4 BARS / RN IV INSTRUCTOR
5^TH DEGREE BLACK	BLACK 5 BARS / RN V MASTER INSTRUCTOR
6^TH DEGREE BLACK	BLACK 6 BARS / RN VI SENIOR MASTER INSTRUCTOR
7^TH DEGREE BLACK	BLACK 7 BARS / RNVII GRANDMASTER INSTRUCTOR
8^TH DEGREE BLACK	BLACK 8 BARS / RN VIII GRANDMASTER INSTRUCTOR
9^TH DEGREE BLACK	BLACK 9 BARS GRANDMASTER INSTRUCTOR

M.A.T.T. = MINIMUM ACTIVE TRAINING TIME

M.A.T.T. IS THE TIME YOU ARE ACTIVELY TRAINING IN THE MARTIAL ARTS. IF YOU TAKE THE SUMMER OFF AND ONLY TRAIN DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR THEN YOU ARE ONLY TRAINING 9 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR AND IT WILL TAKE YOU LONGER TO MEET YOUR GOALS!

CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING!

TRAINING 1 HR PER CLASS, TWICE A WEEK FOR 1 YEAR ONLY GIVES YOU 96 HRS PER YEAR!

TRAINING 1 HR PER CLASS, THREE TIMES A WEEK FOR 1 YEAR GIVES YOU 144 HRS PER YEAR!

TRAINING 1 HR PER CLASS, FOUR TIMES A WEEK FOR 1 YEAR GIVES YOU 192 HRS PER YEAR!

TRAINING 1.5 HR PER CLASS, TWICE A WEEK FOR 1 YEAR ONLY GIVES YOU 144 HRS PER YEAR!

TRAINING 1.5 HR PER CLASS, THREE TIMES A WEEK FOR 1 YEAR GIVES YOU 216 HRS PER YEAR!

TRAINING 1.5 HR PER CLASS, FOUR TIMES A WEEK FOR 1 YEAR GIVES YOU 288 HRS PER YEAR!

AND THE ABOVE IS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE!

SEE WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOT MISS CLASS & PRACTICE AT HOME!

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