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1st
Dan Black Belt Info
Grading Requirements
Contents of
Your Eleventh TAGB Grading
Pattern
Ge-Baek
Pattern Kwang-Gae
Pattern
Po-Eun
Theory
Grading Requirements
In order to grade
for 2nd Degree Black Belt you must have done the following:
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Attended the
Umpires Course (Parts I and II, with a minimum of 6
months in between them)
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Officiated
at a minimum of 2 T.A.G.B. tournaments per year (at least 1
must be a national tournament)
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Attended at
least 1 Pre-Grading Training Session/Patterns Course
every 6 months
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Attended the 2
Pre-Grading Training Sessions immediately prior to the
grading
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Written an
Essay on why you think you should be promoted to 2nd Dan
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Have your
application form endorsed by your Instructor and your
Area Coordinator
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Provided your
Instructor 8 passport sized photos
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Passed 2
Pre-Pre-Gradings, 1 at Emersons Green and another at
Bristol Academy
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Passed the
official Pre-Grading at Bristol Academy
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Have paid
for your grading before the deadline.
Remember:
1st Dan Black Belts are eligible to grade after
2 YEARS, unless they are under the age of
16
All time spent as a
1st Dan under the age of 16 is halved (1yr = 6months)
E.g. An 11 yr old will be eligible to grade after 4yrs, A 14 yr
old will be eligible after 3yrs
But this will depend on when their birthday falls.
In this period they are eligible to do 1 Star Grading per year.
Please see our Star Grading Coordinator Miss Watson for more
information on Star Gradings.
Contents of
Your Eleventh TAGB Grading
Linework:
[FWD = Forwards; BWD = Backwards]
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FWD:
Low Knife Hand Guarding Block, Slip the Front Foot, Circular
Block
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BWD:
Double Forearm Block, Reverse Low Block
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FWD:
Double Turning Kick, Reverse Punch
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BWD:
Soopyong Jirugi
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FWD:
Low, Middle Side Kick, Land in L Stance, Inward Knife Hand
Strike
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BWD: U
Shaped Block, Po Eun
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FWD:
Jumping Turning Kick, No Step, Then Pressing Block, Normal
Speed
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BWD: X
Knife Hand Block, Then L Stance, Single Upset Punch,
Opposite Hand to Shoulder
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FWD:
Twisting Kick, Double Punch
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BWD: 9
Shaped Block Walking Stance
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FWD:
Turning Kick, Jumping Side Kick, Twin Vertical Punch,
Guarding Block
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BWD:
Rising Block, Low Block, Double Arc Hand
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FWD:
Front Leg, Hooking Kick, Turning Kick, Rear Leg Axe Kick,
Reverse Punch
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BWD:
Jumping Spinning Back Kick, then Wedging Block Inner
Forearm, Walking Stance
Patterns:
Sparring:
Destruction:
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Men: 2
White Boards (1 Foot & 1 Hand Technique of Your Choice)
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Women:
1 White Board (1 Foot & 1 Hand Technique of Your Choice)
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Under 16's:
Power Test Against A Pad (1 Foot & 1 Hand Technique of Your
Choice)
Pattern Ge-Baek
You can download a
copy of the contents of this pattern here.
Pattern Kwang-Gae
You can download a
copy of the contents of this pattern
here.
Pattern Po-Eun
You can download a
copy of the contents of this pattern here.
Theory
Patterns:
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Kwang-Gae (Gwang-Gae):
is picked after the famous Gwang-Gae T'o-Wang, the 19th King of
the Koguryo Dynasty, who regained all the lost territories
including the greater part of Manchuria. The diagram represents
the expansion and recovery of lost territory. The 39 movements
refer to his reign for 39 years.
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Kwang-Gae has
39 moves and begins in a Parallel Ready Stance With Heaven
Hands
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Po-Eun: is
the pseudonym of a loyal subject Chong Mong-Chur (1400 A.D.) who
was a famous poet and whose poem "I would not serve a second
master though I might be crucified a hundred times" is known to
every Korean. He was also a pioneer in the field of physics. The
diagram represents his unerring loyalty to the King and country
towards the end of the Koryo Dynasty.
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Po-Eun has 36
moves and begins in a Parallel Ready Stance With Heaven
Hands
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Ge-Baek: is
named after Ge-Baek, a great general in the Baek Je Dynasty (660
A.D.). The diagram represents his severe and strict military
discipline.
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Ge-Baek has 44
moves and begins in a Parallel Ready Stance
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