Breaking requirements for promotion to 1st Dan Black Belt:
For promotion
to 1st Dan Black Belt, testing candidates are required to perform several breaks consisting of a combination of both hand and foot, attacks
and blocks, while using
both the right and left sides. The candidate will be required to perform both power breaks and technique breaks. These breaks will be selected from those suggested to the test board by the testing candidate from the list below, and/or
will be breaks specified by the test board.
The student may choose any five
(5) techniques from the list below as suggestions for their breaks at testing. These choices must include
at least one (1) power foot break, one (1) power hand break, one (1) technique foot break, and one (1) technique hand break.
The test board has the prerogative to choose alternative breaks for the testing candidate from among any of the breaking
requirements for 1st Dan Black Belt and below.
Therefore, it is likely that the testing candidate may perform more than just the five (5) suggested
breaks – which may also include replacement breaks other than those suggested to the test board.
Techniques to be suggested to
the test board will consist of the punches, blocks, thrusts, strikes and kicks learned for their promotion to 1st Geup High
Red Belt and those learned for promotion to 1st Dan Black Belt. These techniques will be executed from the specific stances
in patterns or kicking instruction from which they were learned. Depending on the type of technique and
the form of its execution, a particular break can be considered a Power break or a Technique
break (for options for a particular technique, please discuss with your instructor). For promotion to 1st Dan Black Belt, the possible
choices for techniques to be suggested to the test board are:
Outward Pressing Kick – Power/Technique
Inward Pressing Kick – Power/Technique
Ground Back Piercing Kick – Power/Technique
Ground Reverse Hook Kick –
Technique
Ground Reverse Turning Kick
– Power/Technique
Flying Downward Kick – Technique
Flying Twin Foot Front Kick - 1 and 2 targets –
Technique
Flying Twin Foot Side Piercing Kick
- 1 and 2 targets – Technique
Flying Outward Vertical Kick (footsword) – Technique
Flying Inward Vertical Kick (reverse footsword) – Technique
Mid-Air 180o Reverse
Hook Kick (offensive) – Technique
Flying Side Thrusting Kick – Power/Technique
Flying 360o Reverse Hook Kick (offensive) – Power/Technique
Flying Twin Foot High Kick - 2 targets – Technique
Flying Twin Foot Twisting Kick - 2 targets – Technique
Mid-Air 180o Reverse
Crescent Kick – Technique
Close Stance high Side Front Block with the Inner Forearm (outward) – Technique
L-Stance
middle Front Punch with the Forefist (obverse) – Power
L-Stance Side Back Thrust with the Side
Elbow (obverse) – Power
L-Stance Upward Punch with the Forefist (obverse) –
Power/Technique
Vertical
Stance middle Side Downward Strike with the Knifehand (reverse) – Power
Walking Stance high
Front Strike with the Knifehand (obverse - inward) – Power/Technique
Walking Stance high Front Strike with the
Reverse Knifehand (reverse - inward) – Power/Technique
Walking Stance Upward Block with a Twin
Palm – Technique
Sitting Stance middle Front Block with the Outer Forearm (inward) – Power
Sitting Stance high Side Strike with the Backfist (outward) – Power/Technique
Additional, or alternative breaks requested BY the test board may include ANY breaking requirement listed for 1st Geup High Red Belt – the
testing candidate may choose to use either their right or left side for these breaks. Additional, or alternative
breaks may also include breaking with ANY technique listed as a requirement for promotion to 2nd Geup Low Red Belt and below – the test board will decide whether the student breaks with their right or left side for these breaks.
It is also expected that skill will increase as the testing
candidate matures in size and/or rank. Therefore, it is assumed that techniques chosen by the test board
from previous rank breaking requirements would most likely involve an increase in the number of boards or tiles.
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