WT Colour Belts
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White Belt (beginners): symbolizing purity, innocence, a blank canvas for the Taekwondo Master to fill with knowledge and skill.
This is the next step, and the only step that is sometimes skipped for quick-learning students.
The first full color,symbolizing the rising sun which brings life, the start of each day, and the beginning of the journey. this belt means that the student is beginning to learn and create a foundation in taekwondo. The color yellow represents the ground or earth in which the seed of knowledge has been planted and will grow.
This is the next step, and the only step that is sometimes skipped for quick-learning students.
symbolizing growth, stretching out to the sky. It is at the green belt level that many master instructors believe the student should work hardest on fundamentals, setting the foundation for future development.
The color green represents the plant as it sprouts and begins to grow.
The color green represents the plant as it sprouts and begins to grow.
This is the next step, and the only step that is sometimes skipped for quick-learning students.
symbolizing the sky, reaching toward the heavens but rooted to the ground. The blue belt student is focused on developing power and concentration.
At this point, the student should have a good foundation in taekwondo and is prepared to begin learning more advanced techniques and theories. The color represents the sky toward which the plant reaches as it matures into a tree.
At this point, the student should have a good foundation in taekwondo and is prepared to begin learning more advanced techniques and theories. The color represents the sky toward which the plant reaches as it matures into a tree.
This is the next step, and the only step that is sometimes skipped for quick-learning students.
symbolizing blood and fire, a warning to students that their skills, while improving, are still not honed, and therefore are dangerous to themselves and to others.
The red belt is a student who knows quite a bit about taekwondo, enough to be dangerous. Now, the student must learn control, a crucial skill. The color red signifies danger, warning others to stay away and reminding the student to practice control. here.
The red belt is a student who knows quite a bit about taekwondo, enough to be dangerous. Now, the student must learn control, a crucial skill. The color red signifies danger, warning others to stay away and reminding the student to practice control. here.
This is the next step, and the only step that is sometimes skipped for quick-learning students.
The combining of all the colors, the black belt symbolizes “rebirth” or “restart.” The black belt is not, as some believe, a pinnacle of achievement; it is a continuation of the journey, starting fresh at 1st degree.
Traditionally, only after achieving the rank of black belt, is the pupil considered to be true student of taekwondo. It is without a doubt a great mark of progress, but is far from the end. Truly, it is only the beginning. The definition of the color black is simple the opposite of the color white.
Traditionally, only after achieving the rank of black belt, is the pupil considered to be true student of taekwondo. It is without a doubt a great mark of progress, but is far from the end. Truly, it is only the beginning. The definition of the color black is simple the opposite of the color white.
The Black Belt Level
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Black belts also have nine ranks. A tenth degree black belt is only for very influential Taekwondo masters, and is usually a ceremonial belt only.
The WTF system has ten black belt levels (including the ceremonial number ten). A person who holds a first through third degree black belt is considered to be a kyo sah nim (assistant instructor).
A person with a fourth through sixth degree black belt is considered to be a sah bum nim (instructor/master).
A person with a seventh through 10th degree black belt is considered a kwan jang nim (grand master).
The World Taekwondo Federation is directly involved in the testing of all master instructors.
The WTF system has ten black belt levels (including the ceremonial number ten). A person who holds a first through third degree black belt is considered to be a kyo sah nim (assistant instructor).
A person with a fourth through sixth degree black belt is considered to be a sah bum nim (instructor/master).
A person with a seventh through 10th degree black belt is considered a kwan jang nim (grand master).
The World Taekwondo Federation is directly involved in the testing of all master instructors.
In the WT, only been a few tenth degree black belts have been bestowed by the Kukkiwon (World Taekwondo Headquarters). One was WT founder Un Yong Kim. The others were bestowed posthumously upon masters Byeong Roh Lee for the foundation of Jido kwan; Chong Soo Hong for the foundation of Moo du kwan; Il Sup Chun from Jido kwan; and Nam Suk Lee from Chang moo kwan. These masters were instrumental in developing the systems of their particular kwans, which later joined together to become Taekwondo 1955.
The ITF only recognizes ninth degree black belts. There are no tenth degree black belts.
The ITF only recognizes ninth degree black belts. There are no tenth degree black belts.