Sparring
Model Sparring
No-Contact Free Sparring (1 opponent)
2nd Dan Testing Requirements
Stances
Open ready stance with heaven hand (palja junbi sogi)
- Width: One (1) shoulder width (footsword-to-footsword)
- Length: None
- Weight Distribution (%F:%B): 50:50
Notes: The practitioner stands to form an open parallel ready stance. The hands are positioned to form knife-hands and aligned with the right hand on top of the left such that the right middle finger placed on top of the left ring finger. The thumbs of each hand are touching “tip-to-tip”. The “thumb-line” of the hands are positioned at the level of the practitioner’s forehead and the eyes are looking through the triangle space formed by the two hands.
X-stance (stepping motion) (kycha sogi)
- Width: None
- Length: None
- Weight Distribution (%F:%B): Most of weight on supporting leg
- Right/Left: Named for supporting leg
One-leg stance (waebal sogi)
- Width: None
- Length: None
- Weight Distribution (%F:%B): 0:100
- Right/Left: Named for supporting leg
Notes: The knee of the supporting leg is locked while the foot of the non-supporting leg is in a front kick foot position and placed at the level of the knee joint of the supporting leg.
Patterns
Kwang-Gae
Diagram: “Expansion and Recovery” sign
Pattern Details: Video
Beginning Ready Stance: Open Parallel Ready Stance with Heaven Hand
Number of Movements: 39
Pattern Meaning: Kwang-Gae is named after the famous Kwang-Gae-Toh-Wang, the 19th king of the Koguryo Dynasty, who regained all the previously lost territories including the greater part of Manchuria.
The diagram for this pattern represents the expansion and recovery of this lost territory. The 39 movements refer to the first two figures of 391 A.D., the year he came to the throne.
Po-Eun
Diagram: Horizontal line
Beginning Ready Stance: Open Parallel Ready Stance with Heaven Hand
Number of Movements: 36
Pattern Meaning: Po-Eun is the pseudonym of the loyal subject and famous poet Chong Mong-Chu (1400). His poem “I Would Not Serve a Second Master Though I Might Be Crucified A Hundred Times” is known to every Korean.
He was a pioneer in the field of physics. The diagram for this pattern represents his unerring loyalty to his king and country towards the end of the Koryo Dynasty.
Gae-Baek
Diagram: Vertical line
Beginning Ready Stance: Open Parallel Ready Stance with Heaven Hand
Number of Movements: 44
Pattern Meaning: Gae-Baek is named after Gae-Baek, a great general in the Gaek-Je Dynasty (660 A.D.). The diagram for this pattern represents his strict and severe military discipline.
Hand Techniques
Basic Hand Techniques
- Middle punch with the middle knuckle fist
- Inward block with the knife hand
- Downward side strike with the side fist
- Pressing block with the fore fist
- Wedging block with the inner fore arms
- Rear thrust with the back elbow
- Horizontal punch with the fore fists
- U-shape grasp with the arc-hands
- Horizontal thrust with the twin elbows
- Guarding block with the reverse knife hands
- Double block with the arc-hands
- Scooping block with the palm
- Front strike with the back fist
- Nine-shaped block with the outer forearm
Mid-Air Hand Techniques
- Mid-air 180 side strike with the knife hand
Flying Hand Technique
- Flying side strike with the back fist
Foot Techniques
Basic Kicking Techniques
- Pick-shape kick
Mid-Air Vertical Kicking
- Mid-air double kicking
Flying Kicking
- Flying downward kick
- Flying twin foot side piercing kick*
- Flying twin foot turning kick*
*Demonstrate attacks to one (1) target
Flying Vertical Kicking
- Flying double kicking
- Reflex kick (Two (2) targets)
Flying Combination Kicking
Two (2) flying combination kicks. Examples include:
- Flying side front snap kick/side front snap kick
- Flying side front snap kick; side turning kick
- Flying side piercing kick; back piercing kick (Spiral kick)
Flying Consecutive Kicking
Two (2) flying consecutive kicks. Examples include:
- Flying side front snap kick (to D); side piercing kick (to A)
- Flying hook kick (to D); side turning kick (to D)
- Flying side front snap kick (to D); vertical kick with foot sword (to D)
Ho Sin Sul
Demonstration
Practitioner shall demonstration a “scripted” Ho Sin Sul routine that is a maximum of two (2) minutes long.
The demonstration should emphasize releases, joint locks, sweeps, take downs and throws.
The demonstration shall be performed against two (2) assailants and may include any type of attacks.
Destruction
Men (16+ years)
Hand-Breaking Techniques
Power Hand Breaks
- 4 Boards – Front punch with the fore fist; or
- 3 Tiles – Downward punch with the fore fist; or
- 4 Tiles – Downward strike with the knife hand
Technique Hand Breaks
- 1 Board (Suspended) – Front punch with fore fist
Foot-Breaking Techniques
Power Foot Breaks
- 3 Boards – Twisting kick; or Stepping hook kick; or Reverse hook kick; or
- 4 Boards – Turning kick; or
- 5 Boards – Side piercing kick; or Mid-air 180 back piercing kick; or Flying 360 back piercing kick
Technique Foot Break
- 2 Boards (Suspended) – Any standing or flying kick; or
- 2 Boards (Two (2) targets – 2 boards each) – Flying twin foot front snap kick
Ladies/Juniors (16+ years/11-15 years)
Hand-Breaking Techniques
Power Hand Breaks
- 1 Tile – Downward punch with the fore fist; or Downward strike with the back fist; or Downward strike with the reverse knife hand; or
- 2 Tiles – Downward strike with the knife hand
Technique Hand Breaks
- None
Foot-Breaking Techniques
Power Foot Breaks
- 2 Boards – Reverse hook kick; or
- 3 Boards – Side piercing kick
Technique Foot Break
- 2 Boards (Suspended) – Any standing or flying kick; or
- 1 Board (Two (2) targets – 1 board each) – Flying twin foot front snap kick
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Training Requirements
Practitioners desiring to test for 2nd Dan Black Belt must complete a minimum of eighteen (18) months of active training at the 1st Dan level before being considered eligible for promotion. Active training is generally considered as a minimum of seven (7) classes per month during a continuous six (6) month period. The minimum age for eligible promotion is 14 1/2 years old.
Practitioners seeking permission for early testing must be approved by the Alliance Membership Board.
Competition Attendance
Tournament competition is a requirement at this level. Practitioners must compete in a minimum of one (1) event. While patterns or breaking competition is recommended, participation in sparring competition fully satisfies this requirement.
Certification
Practitioners are required to become Class “C” certified Instructor (Demonstrate knowledgeable proficiency in all color belt patterns).
Adult practitioners are required to become Class “C” certified referees (Center and corner judges).
Practitioners are required to attend an Intermediate Ho Sin Sul seminar.
Community Service
Practitioners desiring to test for 2nd Dan Black Belt must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of community service to be considered eligible for promotion.
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Six (6) Type of Taekwon-Do Sparring
- Prearranged sparring;
- Free sparring;
- Semi-Free sparring;
- Model sparring;
- Prearranged free sparring; and
- Foot technique sparring.
Nine (9) Guidelines of the Philosophy of Taekwon-Do
- Be willing to go where the going may be tough and do the things that are worth doing even thought they are difficult.
- Be gentle to the weak and tough to the strong.
- Be content with what you have in money and position but never in skills.
- Always finish what you begin, be it large or small
- Be a willing teacher to anyone regardless of religion, race, or ideology.
- Never yield to a repression or threat in the pursuit of a noble cause.
- Teach attitude and skill through action rather than words.
- Always be yourself even though your circumstances may change.
- Be the eternal teacher who teaches with the body when young, with words when old and by moral precept even after death.