You wear now
Red Tag · 3rd Kup
Grading for next
Red · 2nd Kup
Get ready for your Red grading
You're currently a Red Tag belt, so your next grading is for Red. It's examined on what you're learning now — your Toi-Gye pattern and the rest of the Red Tag syllabus, plus everything below it. Study it, test yourself, walk in ready.
What you'll be tested on
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Pattern
Toi-Gye — every move, direction and its meaning.
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Line-work
The set fundamental-movement drills performed down the line at your Red grading.
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Theory
Grading theory and the tenets, up to Red Tag-belt level.
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Sparring & technique
Step-sparring, kicks and self-defence the examiner looks for through Red Tag.
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Terminology
The Korean terms across your syllabus up to and including Red Tag.
Your Red Tag line-work
Performed down the line at your Red gradingThe 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.
- 1Walking stance X-block, twin punch
- 2L stance middle block, low fingertip thrust
- 3Front kick, double punch
- 4Turning kick at 45-degree angle, land knife hand guarding block
- 5Axe kick, land forearm guarding block
- 6Twin forearm block
- 7Side kick, land walking stance elbow strike
- 8L stance waist block
- 9L stance inward palm block
Test yourself for your Red grading
Basic · essentials
Red Tag Essentials Quiz
The must-know facts for grading day — Toi-Gye pattern, key terms and the basics the examiner always asks. 15 questions.
Start basic quiz →Advanced · examiner-level
Red Tag Mastery Quiz
Deeper theory, full terminology, pattern detail and the trick questions that catch people out. 25 questions.
Start advanced quiz →Free Red Tag study downloads
🥋Red Tag Belt Cheat Sheet
Two pages: Toi-Gye pattern & meaning, new Korean terms, the theory the examiner asks, and a full grading checklist. PDF · A4.
Bigger reference guides · all belts
Red TagThe fast track to Red
Red Tag Belt Deck
13 printed cards covering everything new at Red Tag — Toi-Gye pattern, control, power and advanced terms. Posted to your door, then drilled on the bus, at the dinner table, five minutes before class.
You wear Red Tag, so this is your deck — 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 Red Tag, and your Red grading can cover every deck before it too. Missing some? See the bundles.
£8.99
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Nervous about the Red grading?
Ask the General exactly what to expect — he's put thousands of students through it.