Belt Testing Basics

Basic Belt Testing Knowledge

Numbers 1-hanna 2-dul 3-set 4-net 5-dasot 6-yasot 7-ilgub 8-yodul 9-ahob 10-yol


Class Commands
cha-ryot attention         kyong-ye bow         joonbi ready         si-jak  begin
dorra about face          barro return to ready          gu-mahn stop

Stances Sogi
1 Attention 

2 Ready
3 Front
4 Fighting
5 Horseback Riding
6 Walking


Blocks Maggi//Marki
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Down
Up
Inside
Outside

Kicks Cha-gi--It is very important to remember the Principle of the Ball and Chain. Pivoting early on the support foot, provides momentum and proper joint alignment...Every kick has the circularity concept built in.

1 Ahp Front--Pivot on support foot to open up hips
2 Yop Side
3 Dolryo Roundhouse
4 Dwi Reverse
5 Bandul Crescent

Five Tenets of TaeKwonDo
Courtesy--An example is in the Salutations we use when coming and going.
Integrity--
Perseverance--
Self Control--
Indomitable Spirit--An example is in the 10 punches to 1 punch metaphor: imagine you realize your opponent will defeat you, and strike you many times in the match.  Indomitable Spirit will lead you to seek out as many opportunities to counter your opponent, and land your strikes.  So defending against 10 blows and not seeking the opportunity for even one counter attack against your opponent implies a passivity of spirit. 

Meaning of TaeKwonDo
Tae Foot
Kwon Fist
Do (moral culture or way of life)

Korean Kimchi

Ki-hop
Externalization of Internal Energy--Internal energy/awareness can be translated into the physical, or "external" world.  You are the fish in the Cup, and the boundaries of the Cup are your limits of your present energy and power. Martial Training concentrates and focuses your power, and teaches you the various dimensions through which you can access your power.  Martial Training agitates the Cup, so much that the Cup tips over, and you spill out into a puddle.

The puddle has increased your field of awareness, and you can now access new limits of power to which before you did not understand. Further training is like a raindance, and the deluge which eventually flows, floods the puddle, and moves you now into a dynamic, interactive, and flowing stream.  Your boundaries from the Cup, and the puddle, slowly become dim memories, as you can
now understand your progress with perspective.

Conversational Korean
Salutations
Ahn-nyong hasimnika Hello, How are you?
Ahn-nyonhi gasipsiyo: Goodbye said by the person who leaves
Ahn-nyonhi gesipsiyo: Goodbye said by the person who stays


End of Class
 Gamsahabnida Thank you (for teaching us)
Chonmaneyo You are Welcome

Korean Bulgogi--불고기

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Whitest Belt: Core Concepts

Some learning starts with forgetting, and here we have some examples...

FIST

The Fist is a composition; a tool which you must learn to construct before you use it.  Below is a tutorial on the construction of the fist.

...and here is a quick demonstration on how we use the fist.

Tae, the foot, Kwon, the fist, are mere appendages until properly composed into the striking tools and delivered with the full import of the entire body.   As the Spirit is trained it, too, will become an aspect of generating power.








Training the Spirit begins with the realization the simple cotton before you has much deeper significance than typically granted any material garment.

DOBOK

The Dobok--the TKD Uniform-- is white when we start learning the art, like the belt.  The material is stiff, and it will have the original creases from the packaging.  Over time the dobok becomes more and and more pliable as it shapes to the individual's bodily dimensions.

Learning to care for the Dobok, teaches the student to revere the simplest things because of their value to the mind, body, and spirit.  The Dobok, the simplest white cotton, transforms as it is "inhabited" by the student, and takes on a spiritual dimension.

The Dobok is not worn to and from the Dojang--the TKD training hall--because the mental aspects of training kick in as we dress to train.  The mind is released from the perfunctory sphere.  Every articulation must be composed along the path to perfection.  No motion is wasted.  No activity is simply on the physical dimension.

The mind and the body begin to synchronize in the practice of the art, and taking care of the dobok is a prime example.

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How to make a Fist

In How to Make a Fist, we look at hand mechanics in making and delivering a compact and focused fist. 

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