4TH KUP Grade SHEET – BLUE BELT

To pass you grading you will have to demonstrate:

• Moves and patterns from your previous gradings
• Joong Gun
• Kicking Power against a Bag/ Board
• Combinations up and down the floor.
• Demonstrate and name as many Blocking techniques as possible
• Free Sparring
• One Step Sparring
• Grabs and Releases

Theory

1. How many moves in Joong Gun ?

• 32

2. Can you tell me anything about Joong Gun?

• He was 32 when he was executed in Prison in 1910.

3. What does blue belt signify?

• Sky, which the tree grows toward.

4. Demonstrate how many Blocks they know?

Additional Theory

Interpretation of Joong Gun

• Joong-Gun is named after the patriot Ahn Joong-Gun who assassinated Hiro-Bumi Ito, the first Japanese Governor-General of Korea, known as the man who played the leading part in the Korea-Japan merger. There are 32 movements in this pattern to represent Mr Ahn’s age when he was executed at Lui-Shung prison (1910).

Blue belt signifies:

• The heaven towards which the plant matures into a towering tree as training in Tae Kwon Do progresses

Terminology

• Kaunde – middle section
• sonkal dung makgi – reverse knifehand block
• Sonkal daebi makgi – knifehand guarding block
• Nopunde kyocha joomuk makgi – high section X fist block
• Moa junbi sogi B – Close ready stance B
• Nachua sogi – Low stance
• Dwit bal sogi – Rear foot
• Wi palkup taerigi – Upper elbow strike
• Nopunde dung joomuk yop taerigi – high back fist side strike
• Sang Joomuk Sewo jirugi – Twin fist vertical punch
• Sang joomuk dwijibun jirugi – Twin fist upset punch
• Nopunde ap joomuk jirugi – High section fore fist punch
• Kaunde ap joomuk yop jirugi – Mid section fore fist side punch
• Ap cha busigi – Front snap kick
• Dollyo chagi – Turning kick
• Bandae dollyo chagi – Reverse turning kick
• Yop chagi – Side kick
• Bandal chagi – Crescent kick
• Twigi – Jumping
• Dwit cha jurigi – Back piercing kick
• Twimyo – Flying
• Najunde ap chagi – Low front kick
• Bandae dollyo goro chagi – Reverse hooking kick
• One step sparring – Ilbo Matsoki