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Testing Requirements

Each rank has specific requirements for eligibility to test.

Time & Grade Testing Requirements

Students have to meet time and skill requirements before being eligible for testing. For ranks under red belt, there is a minimum of three months time (training twice per week). At red belt and above, the minimum time between tests is six months. Doing more classes does not make you eligible to test sooner.
Parents and family are invited to watch as each student demonstrates what they have learned and how they have developed since first starting. On average, students should be expected to test two to three times per year. It takes approximately four and a half years to achieve black belt rank.

All ranks and testing requirements below assume the student is training, at minimum, twice per week.

White Belt

10th gup, beginner
3 months to next test
  • Strike Center Punch
  • Front Stretching Drill
  • Junior Line Attacking
  • One Step Fighting #1 and 2
  • Gi Cho Hyung Il Bu

White Belt

9th gup, beginner
3 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • One Step Fighting #3 and 4
  • Gi Cho Hyung Yi Bu

Orange Belt

8th gup, beginner
3 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • Free Sparring (Fighting)
  • One Step Fighting #5 and #6
  • Gi Cho Hyung Sam Bu

Orange Belt

7th gup, beginner
3 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • One Step Fighting #7 and 8
  • Pyung Ahn Cho Dan

Green Belt

6th gup, intermediate
3 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • Pyung Ahn Yi Dan
  • One Step Fighting with Partner
  • Board Break

Green Belt

5th gup, intermediate
3 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • Pyung Ahn Sam Dan

Green Belt

4th gup, intermediate
3 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • Pyung Ahn Sah Dan

Red Belt

3rd gup, advanced
6 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • One Step Fighting #9 to 12
  • Pyung Ahn Oe Dan

Red Belt

2nd gup, advanced
6 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • One Step Fighting #13 to 18
  • Passai

Red Belt

1st gup, advanced
12 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • Nihanchi Cho Dan
  • Self-defense against grabs

Black Belt

1st dan, advanced
24 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • Jindo
  • Sip Soo
  • Nihanchi Yi Dan
  • Knife Defense
  • Minimum Age of 13

Black Belt

2nd dan, advanced
36 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • Lohai
  • Nihanchi Sam Dan
  • First place in a national event
  • Minimum Age of 15

Black Belt

3rd dan, advanced
48 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • Kong Sang Koon
  • Minimum Age of 18

Master Belt

4th dan, advanced
60 months to next test
  • All Previous Material
  • Attend Kodanja Shim Sa
  • Seishun
  • Wanshu
  • Minimum Age of 22
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Coatesville, PA 19320
We are located next to the
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Events
All grading tests will be held at our Coatesville Gym. Tests will resume at our usual location at a future date.
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