You're currently a Blue Tag belt, so your next grading is for Blue. It's examined on what you're learning now โ your Yul-Gok pattern and the rest of the Blue Tag syllabus, plus everything below it. Study it, test yourself, walk in ready.
What you'll be tested on
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Pattern
Yul-Gok โ every move, direction and its meaning.
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Line-work
The set fundamental-movement drills performed down the line at your Blue grading.
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Theory
Grading theory and the tenets, up to Blue Tag-belt level.
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Sparring & technique
Step-sparring, kicks and self-defence the examiner looks for through Blue Tag.
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Terminology
The Korean terms across your syllabus up to and including Blue Tag.
Your Blue Tag line-work
Performed down the line at your Blue grading
The set drills of stances, blocks, strikes and kicks your examiner will call. Know the order and the stance for each. Stuck on a term? Ask the General.
1Hooking block, hooking block, punch
2Walking stance fingertip thrust
3Bending ready stance side kick, front elbow strike
4L stance twin knife hand block
5Turning kick, reverse turning kick, land knife hand guarding block
6Circular block, front kick, reverse punch
7Side kick, reverse side kick, forearm guarding block
8Walking stance double forearm block
Test yourself for your Blue grading
Basic ยท essentials
Blue Tag Essentials Quiz
The must-know facts for grading day โ Yul-Gok pattern, key terms and the basics the examiner always asks. 15 questions.
9 printed cards covering everything new at Blue Tag โ Yul-Gok pattern, step-sparring and self-defence. Posted to your door, then drilled on the bus, at the dinner table, five minutes before class.
You wear Blue Tag, so this is your deck โ always buy the deck for the belt you wear now, not the one you're grading for. Decks are cumulative: this one holds only what's new at Blue Tag, and your Blue grading can cover every deck before it too. Missing some? See the bundles.
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Nervous about the Blue grading?
Ask the General exactly what to expect โ he's put thousands of students through it.