Syllabus
Seventh Kup Grading Syllabus
All the syllabus for current yellow + green stripe belt students to learn in order to gain their green belt.
Linework
- Walking Stance – Straight Spear Finger Tip Thrust
- Walking Stance Rising Block
- First Two Moves Do San (High Outer Forearm Block, Middle Reverse Punch).
- Walking Stance – High Side Backfist Strike
- Turning Kick Land Knifehand Guarding Block
- L Stance Knifehand Guarding Block
- Side Kick Land Forearm Guarding Block
- Walking Stance – Wedging Block
Pattern
Do-San
Do-San is the pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Ch’ang-Ho (1876-1938) who devoted his life to furthering the education of Korea and its independence movement.
Number of Movements: 24
Ready Position: Parallel Ready Stance
The diagram for this pattern assumes that the student is stood on line AB and is facing D.
- Move the left foot to B, forming a left walking stance, executing a left high outer forearm block.
- Execute a right middle punch to B, maintaining a left walking stance toward B.
- Move the left foot on line AB, and then turn clockwise to form a right walking stance toward A , executing a right high outer forearm block.
- Execute a left middle punch to A, maintaining a right walking stance toward A.
- Move the left foot to D, forming a right L-stance, a middle knife hand guarding block to D.
- Move the right foot to D forming a right walking stance, executing a right middle straight fingertip thrust.
- Twist the right knife-hand together with the body counter clockwise until its palm faces downward (release move), move the left foot to D turning 360° counter clockwise to form a left walking stance toward D, executing a left high side back fist strike.
- Move the right foot to D forming a right walking stance, executing a right high side back fist strike.
- Move the left foot to E, turning counter clockwise to form a left walking stance toward E, executing a left high outer forearm block.
- Execute a right middle punch to E with the right fist, maintaining a left walking stance toward E.
- Move the left foot on line EF, and then turn clockwise to form a right walking stance toward F, executing a right high outer forearm block.
- Execute left a middle punch to F, maintaining a right walking stance toward F.
- Move the left foot to CE forming a left walking stance toward CE, executing a high outer forearm wedging block.
- Execute a right middle front snap kick to CE with the right foot, keeping the position of the hands as they were in 13.
- Lower the right foot to CE forming a right walking stance toward CE, executing a right middle punch.
- Execute a left middle punch to CE, maintaining a right walking stance. Perform 15 and 16 in a fast motion.
- Move the right foot to CF forming a right walking stance toward CF while executing a high outer forearm wedging block.
- Execute a left middle front snap kick to CF, keeping the position of the hands as they were in 17.
- Lower the left foot to CF forming a left walking stance toward CF, executing aleft middle punch.
- Execute a right middle punch to CF, maintaining a left walking stance. Perform 19 and 20 in a fast motion.
- Move the left foot to C forming a left walking stance, executing a left rising block.
- Move the right foot to C forming a right walking stance, executing a right rising block.
- Move the left foot to B, turning counter clockwise to form a sitting stance toward D, executing a left middle knife hand strike to B.
- Bring the left foot to the right foot and then move the right foot to A forming a sitting stance toward D, executing a right middle knife hand strike to A.
Bring the right foot back to the ready position.
At each grade, students should be able to perform all of the previous grade patterns up to their current grade.
Do San with audio walk through
Do San with audio walk through
Set Sparring
Numbers 4 ,5 & 6
Attackers start in left walking stance, obverse low section outer forearm block. Attack = three middle section obverse punches in walking stance to the opponents solar plexus (bottom of the V of the suit!).
Defenders start in parallel ready stance.
- Left leg back L stance, middle inner forearm block to the outside three times. Counter attack = Move the left leg into a sitting stance, focus with the left hand, execute a double punch to the opponents kidney area.
- Right leg back L stance, middle outer forearm block to the inside two times. Counter attack = Move to the right into sitting stance parallel to opponent, execute a left outer forearm block and a high section punch to opponent’s jaw.
- Right leg back L stance, middle knifehand block to the inside two times. Counter attack = move to the right, forma sitting stance parallel to opponent, execute left outward knifehand block and a high inward knifehand strike to the side of the opponents neck.
Theory
Meaning of Green Belt
Green signifies the plant’s growth as Tae Kwon-Do skills begin to develop.
You may also be asked any of the following:
- What is the meaning of Do-San and how many moves does it have?
Do-San is the pseudonym of the patriot Ahn Ch’ang-Ho (1876-1938) and has 24 moves. - What is the meaning of green belt?
Green signifies the plant’s growth as Tae Kwon-Do skills begin to develop. - Identify or demonstrate straight spear finger thrust and identify its attacking tool.
- Identify or demonstrate high side backfist strike and identify its attacking tool.
- Identify or demonstrate wedging block and identify the blocking tool.
- Identify or demonstrate side kick and identify its attacking tool.
- Identify or demonstrate a release move and what is it for?
- What is the weight distribution for walking stance?L-stance inwards outer forearm block – what makes this an inwards block?