Beginner to Black Belt Traditional Taekwondo Training Program

The black belt program for HRGB's Traditional Taekwondo training consists of nine modules (called patterns or kata): Chon-ji, Dan-gun, Doh-san, Won-hyo, Yul-guk, Choong-gun, Toi-gye, Hwa-rang, and Choong-Moo. Each module offers you a theoretical framework guiding training, and applications developing grade-appropriate skills.

Chon-ji is about basic stances, linear movement, simple blocks and powerful lunging punches.

Dan-gun teaches faster strikes and blocks, angles of striking, and basic skills to control an opponent.

Do-san introduces evasion and diagonal movement, handlocking basics, new strikes, close quarter fighting, and starts the student kicking at close range.

Won-hyo allows the student to control and throw the opponent and introduces the penetrative and defensive side kick.

Yul-guk is a powerful form helping to increase the student's power and endurance - it teaches strong and devastating mid range strikes, and pragmatic self defence moves.

Choong-gun teaches short range fighting, and hand and foot striking combinations.

Toi-gye shows new leg throws and kick defences, and it teaches a student how to throw an opponent into other opponents.

Hwa-rang officially teaches the student the roundhouse kick and how to strike and move forward while the opponent is not allowing you to hit him, the form also introduces pressure points to the student and various more esoteric striking tools that were previously not covered by basic movements.

Choong-moo ends off the beginner's coloured belt Traditional Taekwondo training with advance combinations of hand and foot strikes and defence against hand grabs using minimal effort.

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