EMIRATES TAEKWON-DO LEARN · RECALL · PRACTISE
Yellow Belt to Yellow-Green Exam Syllabus
Yellow Belt (8th Gup) → Yellow-Green Belt (7th Gup). Revise three movements, Stepping Side Kick, Dan-Gun Tul, Taekwon-Do history and the meanings of all belt colours.
01
Fundamental movements
- L-Stance Knife-hand Guarding Block — Niunja So Sonkal Daebi Makgi.
- Walking Stance High Punch — Gunnun So Nopunde Jirugi.
- L-Stance Twin Forearm Block — Niunja So Sang Palmok Makgi.
02
Kick & pattern
- Stepping Side Kick — Yop Chagi: show the step, distance control, chamber, extension, retraction and landing.
- Dan-Gun Tul — 21 movements; know sequence, diagram, direction changes and finishing point.
- Dan-Gun is named after the legendary founder of Korea in 2,333 B.C.; learn the full meaning from the article.
03
History & belt colours
- General Choi Hong Hi: Taekwon-Do named 11 April 1955; ITF founded 22 March 1966 in Seoul.
- White: innocence. Yellow: earth and foundations. Green: the plant’s growth as skills develop.
- Blue: Heaven towards which the plant grows. Red: danger and the need for control.
- Black: maturity and proficiency, opposite to white; also imperviousness to darkness and fear.
Key terms & facts
- Dan-Gun — 21 movements
- Nopunde — high
- Yop Chagi — Stepping Side Kick in this syllabus
- 1955 — Taekwon-Do named; 1966 — ITF founded
Check your understanding
- Can you name and demonstrate all three fundamental movements?
- Can you show the step in the kick and perform Dan-Gun accurately?
- Can you explain all belt colours and recall the two history dates?