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Get ready for your Yellow grading

You're currently a Yellow Tag belt, so your next grading is for Yellow. It's examined on what you're learning now — your Chon-Ji pattern and the rest of the Yellow Tag syllabus, plus everything below it. Study it, test yourself, walk in ready.

What you'll be tested on

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Pattern
Chon-Ji — every move, direction and its meaning.
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Line-work
The set fundamental-movement drills performed down the line at your Yellow grading.
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Theory
Grading theory and the tenets, up to Yellow Tag-belt level.
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Sparring & technique
Step-sparring, kicks and self-defence the examiner looks for through Yellow Tag.
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Terminology
The Korean terms across your syllabus up to and including Yellow Tag.

Your Yellow Tag line-work

Performed down the line at your Yellow 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.

  1. 1Sitting stance double punch
  2. 2Walking stance low block, rising block
  3. 3L stance middle block
  4. 4Front kick, walking stance
  5. 5L stance forearm guarding block
  6. 6L stance knife hand strike
  7. 7Walking stance middle block, reverse punch
  8. 8Walking stance double punch

Test yourself for your Yellow grading

Basic · essentials
Yellow Tag Essentials Quiz
The must-know facts for grading day — Chon-Ji pattern, key terms and the basics the examiner always asks. 15 questions.
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Advanced · examiner-level
Yellow Tag Mastery Quiz
Deeper theory, full terminology, pattern detail and the trick questions that catch people out. 25 questions.
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Free Yellow Tag study downloads

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Yellow Tag Theory Summary
PDF · 3 pages
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Yellow Tag Grading Checklist
PDF · 1 page
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Yellow Tag Terminology List
PDF · 2 pages
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Yellow Tag Belt Deck — Tae Kwon-Do flashcardsYellow Tag
The fast track to Yellow
Yellow Tag Belt Deck
34 cards covering everything you're learning now — Chon-Ji pattern, meaning and theory of power. Drill it on the bus, at the dinner table, five minutes before class.
£7.99
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Nervous about the Yellow grading?
Ask the General exactly what to expect — he's put thousands of students through it.