BELT TESTING
Belt testing is a fun and exciting time in a student's Tae kwon do career and is held every two months. Students are pretested and notified, by instructors, if they are ready to test for their new belt. Students are mainly tested on memorization, athletic ability, forms, and board breaking.
Belt Order: Yellow, Orange, Green, Purple, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Red, Light Brown, Dark Brown, Bo Black, and Black.
BEYOND BLACK BELT
The practice, forms, rules, and regulations of taekwondo are governed by an international body named the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), which is located at Kukkiwon in Seoul, Korea. USTMA is a proud member of WTF and complies with the guidelines for poomse and kyorugi.
Black Belt degrees are referred to as Dan, starting at 1st Dan and ending at 9th Dan. After students obtain their level Kukkiwon, they will start training for the next Dan. At 3rd-degree, Dan students will have the opportunity to be invited to become an instructor, allowing them to teach students with lower belt colors. At 5th degree, students become Masters, a high honor that allows them to lead classes.
Each black belt promotion consists of two tests, given 6 months apart. The first section, "Dan Testing," is for receiving your black belt through USTMA overseen by Grand Master Eung-gil Choi. The second section (6 months after passing your Dan test) is called "Kukkiwon Testing". This certifies our students as black belts internationally through the Taekwondo headquarters in South Korea.
