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Taekwondo Belts!
The Taekwondo Belts grading system is straight forward, as with each grade level /
rank, there are certain requirements laid down which have to be met. Usually
lower rank gradings (up to black tag) are carried out by your club instructor at
your local club. For more advanced grades an independent instructor is required
for the assessment. This can only be attempted if your instructor has
recommended you for grading. Click on the relevant link for a Taekwondo Grading
guide for each belt.
White Belt (9th
Grade)
"Pure and without the knowledge of Central Visayas Taekwondo Association Inc. As
with the Pine Tree, the seed must now be planted and nourished to develop strong
roots."
The student has no knowledge of Central Visayas Taekwondo Association Inc.
and begins with a clean (pure) slate.
Purity is often signified by the color white.
Yellow Belt (8th
Grade)
(7th Grade)
"The seed is beginning to see the sunlight."
The student begins to understand the basics of Taekwondo.
The sun appears to be yellow.
Blue Belt
(6th Grade)
(5th Grade)
"The tree reaches for the sky toward new heights."
Having passed the mid-way point, the student focuses his/her energy upward
toward black belt.
The sky appears as blue.
Red Belt
(4th Grade)
(3rd Grade)
"The sun is setting. The first phase of growth has been accomplished."
The first day (the period of time from white belt to red belt) of growth is
coming to an end. The physical skill has been developed but lacks control;
therefore, physical and mental discipline must now be achieved.
Variations of red are
found among the many colors of the sunset.
Brown Belt
(2nd Grade)
(1st Grade)
"The tree is firmly rooted in the earth."
At this point the student has mastered the basics and developed deep roots
in Taekwondo.
Brown is known as an
earthy color, such as dirt.
Red/Black Belt
"The dawn of a new day. The sun breaks through the darkness."
The previous day has ended, giving way to a new dawn. The student must begin
a new phase of training; that of being a black belt.
The red is
the sun (in a sunrise) as it breaks through the black of
night.
Black Belt
"The tree has reached maturity and has overcome the darkness... it must now
'plant seeds for the future.'"
The color black is created when all the colors of the light spectrum have
been absorbed into an object. That object has "taken control" of the colors and
retained them. If one color was to "escape", the object would no longer be black
but would appear as that color. The student has mastered the nine geup (grades)
of Taekwondo. He/she has "absorbed" all the knowledge of the color ranks and
overcome or "mastered" that level or training.
The colors of the spectrum are bound together and are not reflected off an
object, resulting in the absence of color which we call black.
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