Verbal Requirements
Tenets of Martial Arts
(to advance from white to Yellow)
COURTESY (YAY-WE)
INTEGRITY (YOM-CHEE)
PERSEVERANCE (IN-NAY)
SELF-CONTROL (GOOK-GI)
INDOMITABLE SPIRIT (BACK-JAL-BOOL-GOOL)
COURTESY
INTEGRITY
PERSEVERANCE
SELF-CONTROL
INDOMITABLE SPIRIT
"Sir!"
Student Creed
(to advance from Yellow to yellow 1st)
(recite verbatim)
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TO BUILD OURSELVES PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY
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TO BUILD FRIENDSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER AND BE A STRONG GROUP
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NEVER FIGHT TO ACHIEVE SELFISH ENDS BUT TO DEVELOP MIGHT FOR RIGHT, "Sir!"
Martial Arts Pledge
(to advance from yellow 1st to green)
(recite verbatim)
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I WILL OBSERVE THE PRINCIPLES OF MARTIAL ARTS
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I WILL RESPECT THE INSTRUCTOR AND ALL SENIOR RANKS
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I WILL NEVER MISUSE MARTIAL ARTS
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I WILL BE A CHAMPION OF FREEDOM
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I WILL BUILD A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD
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"Sir!"
Tenets in Korean
(to advance from green-green 1st)
(spelled like it sounds)
YAY-WE
YOM-CHEE
IN-NAY
GOOK-GI
BACK-JAL-BOOL-GOOL
"Sir!"
Handbook Memorization for Black Belt Test
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School Rules (in order)
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Children’s Home rules (if under 18) (in order)
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Tenets (English & Korean) (3 examples or definitions of each)
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Student creed (verbatim)
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Martial Arts Pledge (verbatim)
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Korean counting
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Names of all forms (white-black)
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Korean/English translation (all terms) - you’ll be given the English terms and you must recite the Korean terms.