WMAA Yellow Belt Requirements

Minimum Requirements for 9th Kup - Yellow Belt

1. Basic Hand and Foot Techniques

Riding horse stance: Middle body punch (single, double. triple). 45° Middle body punch (single, double, triple)

Basic Kicking techniques from sparring stance: Rising kick, inside to outside crescent kick, front snap kick

Basic blocking techniques (forward or riding horse stance): face block. in-out middle block, down block

2. Combination Kicking Techniques

3. Form - Basic form #1

4. One Step Sparring - #1 & #2

#1 - LH knife-hand block: RF steps forward, RH punch to stomach and R elbow to face.

#2 LH knife-hand block: RF steps back then front snap kick and put down in front and RH palm to face.

5. 5elf-Defense - #1 & #2

#1 - Hair grab - LH pulling down at elbow joint, LF stepping forward, RF stepping behind attacker's RF, RH palm to chin.

#2 - Both hands front neck choke RH going over attacker's LH and grabbing, push hand in and turning to the outside.

6. Sparring

7. Breaking Technique - Hammer fist

8. General Knowledge

A Tae Kwon Do student should always appear in a clean uniform with their belt tied correctly during all Tae Kwon Do practices.

Counting

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