White Belt Expectations

Students wishing to promote from White Belt to Gold Belt must demonstrate their knowledge and skills. Below are the items White belts will be tested on.

Terminology

Youth (13 ad under)

Ages 14+ (includes Youth List)

Main School Rules

Bow to the flag and instructor when entering and leaving school.
Arrive on time. If late wait for permission to enter class.
No running or horseplay.
Be respectful. Say “ma’am” or “sir” when talking to black belts.

White Belt | Purity / Innocence

Attention | Char-yeot

Ready Stance | Chun-Be

Return to Ready Stance | Bar-row

Rest | Shi-Yuh

Bow | Kyung Nea

Patterns (Poomsae)

Taeguek Pattern	Gi-bon Don Jark \| Basic Pattern
None	Basic #1

One-Steps

1	2	3
Step forward with left foot, 45 degrees, into kee-mar-sae stance (horseback) Left hand open hand inside middle block Right hand reverse punch “Ki hap”	Step back with left foot, 45 degrees, into fighting stance Right foot side kick, land in back stance with your foot on the outside of their foot Right hand knife strike “Ki hap”	Step forward with right foot, 45 degrees, into kee-mar-sae stance Double knife hand strike (left hand knife block, right hand knife strike) “Ki hap”
4	5	6
Step back with right foot into left back stance Left hand rising block, left hand grab opponent wrist Right foot front kick (low) Right hand palm heel/elbow to face “Ki hap”	Step back with left foot into fighting stance Right foot round kick Right hand outside block of punch hand Left hand reverse punch (jab) “Ki hap”	Step back with right foot, 45 degrees, into fighting stance Left foot side kick Right hand reverse punch (jab) “Ki hap”