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*Please note the criteria below assumes you are currently at this belt level progressing for the next belt.*
As a white belt of ITF Taekwondo, you will expected to know certain questions. Some of these may be asked in a yellow tag grading. The most common are as follows:
1. Who is your Instructor?
2. Where does Taekwondo come from?
3. How do you form a fist?
4. What is the name of your training suit in Korean?
5. What is the name of your belt in Korean?
6. What is the name of your training Hall in Korean?
7. Count to 10 in Korean?
8. What does the colour white signify?
9. What is walking and sitting stance in Korean?
10. Name 2 blocks in Korean?
11. Who is the founder of Taekwondo?
12. What is High, middle and low section in Korean?
13. How many moves in Sajo Jirugi 1 & 2 and Sajo Makgi?
14. What is the Korean for Reverse and Obverse?
15. Name the 5 tenets of Taekwondo?
16. What does Tae kwon do stand for?
17. Who is your Grading examiner?
18. What is the Korean for Inner and Outer forearm?
19. What does P.U.M.A stand for?
20. When was Puma formed?
Other ITF Taekwondo grading syllabus at white belt include:
Sitting Stance - Front Punch x 10, counted in Korean (Anun So Ap Jirugi)
Front Rising Kick Exercise x 10, counted in Korean (Ap cha olligi)
Press Ups x 10, counted in Korean (Momtong bachi)
Walking Stance - Low Block (Gunnun so najunde bakat palmok makgi)
Walking Stance - Single Punch forwards x 4, counted in Korean (Gunnun so ap jirugi)
Walking Stance - Middle Block backwards x 4, counted in Korean (Gunnun so kaunde an palmok magki).
Walking Stance, middle block, reverse punch. (Gunnun so, kuande an palmok makgi, bandae jirugi)