5TH KUP Grade SHEET – GREEN BELT – Blue Tag

To pass you grading you will have to demonstrate:

Moves and patterns from your previous gradings

• Moves and patterns from your previous gradings
• Yul gok tul
• Reverse turning Kick Right and Left
• Golcha Maki – Hooking Block (option to grab) Elbow techniques
• Upward Elbow,
• Front Elbow,
• Downward Elbow,
• Rear Elbow,
• Side Elbow 

Theory

1. How many moves in Yulgok ?

• 38

2. Can you tell me anything about Yulgok?

• He was a great Scholar.

3. What does blue belt signify?

• Heaven, plant becomes a tree

Additional Theory

Interpretation of Yulgok

• Yul-Gok is the pseudonym of a great philosopher and scholar Yi I (1536-1584) nicknamed the “Confucius of Korea”. The 38 movements of this pattern refer to his birthplace on 38o latitude and the diagram represents scholar.

Blue belt signifies:

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

Terminology

• Wi Palkup – Upward Elbow
• Ap Palkup, – Front Elbow
• Nerio Palkup, – Downward Elbow
• Dwit Palkup – Rear Elbow
• Yop Palkup – Side Elbow
• Kyocha Maki – X Stance