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You wear now
Yellow Tag ยท 9th Kup
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Grading for next
Yellow ยท 8th Kup

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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 ยท essentials
Yellow Tag Essentials Quiz
The must-know facts for grading day โ€” Chon-Ji pattern, key terms and the basics the examiner always asks. 15 questions.
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Advanced ยท examiner-level
Yellow Tag Mastery Quiz
Deeper theory, full terminology, pattern detail and the trick questions that catch people out. 25 questions.
Start advanced quiz โ†’

Free Yellow Tag study downloads

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Yellow Tag Belt Cheat Sheet
Two pages: Chon-Ji pattern & meaning, new Korean terms, the theory the examiner asks, and a full grading checklist. PDF ยท A4.
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Yellow Tag Belt Deck โ€” Tae Kwon-Do flashcardsYellow Tag
The fast track to Yellow
Yellow Tag Belt Deck
7 printed cards covering everything new at Yellow Tag โ€” Chon-Ji pattern, meaning and theory of power. Posted to your door, then drilled on the bus, at the dinner table, five minutes before class.
You wear Yellow 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 Yellow Tag, and your Yellow grading can cover every deck before it too. Missing some? See the bundles.
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Nervous about the Yellow grading?
Ask the General exactly what to expect โ€” he's put thousands of students through it.