Black Belt Signifies
Maturity
 

Grading Requirements 4th Dan

Line Work
 
The examiners set the line work therefore it can be anything. Here are a few examples of recent floor work.
(A lot of emphasis is placed one your knowledge of the black belt syllabus, therefore a considerable amount of the floor work is taken from previous Dan grades!)
 
Ø Reverse Pressing Block (Se-Jong) Backwards.
 
Ø Inward Outer Forearm Block, Rear Foot Stance, Slip Back Foot, Inward Palm Block Walking Stance Backwards.
 
Ø Double Reverse Knife-Hand Block (Tong-Il) Backwards.
 
Ø Obverse Under-fist Strike, Reverse Palm Strike (Tong IL) Backwards.
 
Ø High Reverse Knife-Hand Strike, Opposite Hand In Front Of Head (Ul-Ji) Backwards.
 
Ø Double Forearm Block, Reverse Low Block Backwards
 
Ø Twin Horizontal Punch Backwards.
 
Ø Rising Block, Low Block, Double Arc Hand Backwards.
 
Ø Turning Kick, Jumping Kick, Twin Vertical Punch, Guarding Block Forwards. 
 
Ø Jumping Spinning Back Kick, Then Wedging Block, Inner Forearm Walking Stance Backwards.
 
Ø The First 4 Moves Of Ko-Dang Backwards.
 
Ø Down Backhand L Stance Opposite Hand Punch, Then Reverse Knife-Hand Block Low, 9 Backwards.
 
Ø Low Knife-Hand Block, Reverse Palm Strike, Walking Stance Backwards.
Ø Twist Kick, X Fist Pressing Block, Knife-Hand Rising Block, Land In A Guard With Your Kicking Leg In Front Forwards.
 
Ø Double Knife-Hand Strike Walking Stance Backwards.
 
Ø Cresent Kick, Crosscut, Guarding Block (Ko-Dang) Forwards.
 
Ø X Fist Pressing Block, X Fist Rising Block, Twist Hands, Reverse Punch (Yoo-Sin) Backwards.
 
Ø Knife-Hand Rising Block, Circular Block, Obverse Punch (Choi-Yong) Backwards.
 
Ø Twin Punch In L Stance, Low Section (Sam-Il) Backwards.
 
Ø U Shape Punch Backwards.
 
Ø Rear Leg Front, Turning Kick Combination, Axe Kick Same Leg, Reverse Punch, Lead Hand Ridge-Hand Forwards.
 
Ø Jumping Back Kick, Then Twin Knife-Hand Strike In Walking Stance Backwards.
  
Patterns
 
Ø Any 1st or 2nd Dan Pattern Of Own Choice.
 
Ø Then One coloured belt pattern of own choice.
 
Ø 1st, 2nd or 3rd  Dan patterns chosen by examiner.
 
Ø 1st, 2nd or 3rd  Dan patterns chosen by examiner.
 
Ø 1st, 2nd or 3rd  Dan patterns chosen by examiner.
Ø Tong-Il.
Ø Ul-Ji.
Ø Se-Jong.
 
Sparring
 
Ø 3 Step Or 2 Step Sparring.
 
Ø 1 Step Sparring.
 
Ø Free Sparring.
 

Destruction

 
Please Note:
That the breaking requirements for ladies is one white board and two white boards for men.
Ø Any Two Different Hand Techniques.
Ø Any Two Different Kicks.
Ø Any Jumping Kick.
 

(This information was sourced from the T.A.G.B. instructors web page! Document dated October 2006)

Theory
 
  There is no set theory for black belts, if you know the move then you should know the Korean for it, with this in mind we have created a set of notes with all the new theory found within the new patterns
 
 
 

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