
TRAINING PERIOD
Minimum 3 months from 6th kup (Instructor’s discretion)
STANDARD
Students should perform techniques correctly with moderate power and good accuracy. There should be no significant errors in the patterns and
good balance in sparring. Sparring must show good control.
POOMSAE
Tae Geuk 4 (Sah Jang): Thunder
Plus any 2 previous patterns
BASICS
Stances - Crane, tiger and as previous
Blocks - Combination of knife-hand and fist in all stances and as
previous
Strikes - Hammer-fist, all previous in 360° techniques and as previous
Kicking - 360° half turning kick, 360° crescent kick, hook kick and as
previous
SPARRING
One-for-One Kicking - Combination of all previous kicks, touch contact; body protectors to be worn
One-Step Sparring - Five techniques; instructor’s choice; no takedowns; body
protectors to be worn
Free Sparring - No contact, light (‘touch’) contact or full contact, at
instructor’s discretion
SELF-DEFENCE
Locks, releases & throws; close-quarter techniques; attacks and counterattacks to vital
or sensitive points
BREAKING
16 years and above; elbow, sidekick, front kick and palm heel (½–1 inch; plastic or
timber) dependent on size and age. Instructor’s discretion.
TERMINOLOGY
Turning Kick |
Dollyo Chagi |
Easy Stance |
Pyeonhi Seogi |
Attention Stance |
Charyot Seogi |
Parallel Ready Stance |
Naranhi Seogi |
Left |
Wen |
Right |
Oreun |
Fist |
Joomeok |
Knife-hand |
Sonnal |
These are the recommendations for 5th Kup by the
B.T.C.B. Technical Committee.