Grading from Red Tag (3rd Kup) to Red Belt (2nd Kup).
Pattern to be performed during grading:
Toi-Gye - 37 movements.
Toi-Gye is the pen-name of noted scholar Yi-Hwang (16th Century), an authority on neo-confucianisim. The 37 movements of the pattern refer to his birthplace on the 37th degree of lattitude and the diagram represents 'scholar'.
| Additional Techniques For Toi-Gye: | |
| Walking Stance Upset Fingertip Thrust | Gunnun So Dwijibun Sonkut Tulgi |
| Walking Stance X-fist Pressing Block | Gunnun So Kyocha Joomuk Noollo Makgi |
| Sitting Stance Outer Forearm W-shaped Block | Anun So Bakat Palmok San Makgi |
| Knee Upward Kick | Moorup Ollyo Chagi |
| Walking Stance Flat Fingertip Thrust | Gunnun So Opun Sonkut Tulgi |
| L-Stance Double Forearm Low Pushing Block | Niunja So Doo Palmok Najunde Miro Makgi |
| L-Stance Backfist High Strike | NIunja So Dung-Joomuk Nopunde Taerigi |
| X-stance X-fist Pressing Block | Kyocha So Kyocha Joomuk Noollo Makgi |
| L-stance Low Knife-hand Guarding Block | Niunja So Sonkal Najunde Daebi Makgi |
| Additional Techniques to be performed during the grading: |
| Two Previous Patterns |
| One Step Sparring |
| Free Sparring |
Power Test:
Jumping side-kick from parallel stance.
Meaning of Belt Colour :
Red signifies danger, cautiong the student to exercise control and warning the opponent to stay away.
