Colour Belt Exam Preparation

 ANANTAJIT TAEKWONDO SPORTS CLUB

Affiliated to

Sports Taekwondo Association Nagpur District, Nagpur.

Taekwondo Professor : SUSHANT K. BHOYAR  

Certificate Course From N.S. N.I.S. (SAI)  

M.P.Ed. (NET), 1ST Dan Black Belt, National Referee.

Member of Sports Taekwondo Association Nagpur Dist.

 

What does Tae Kwon Do mean?

"Tae" means "foot," "leg," or "to step on"; 

"Kwon" means "fist," or "fight"; 

 "Do" means the "way" or "discipline." 

WT - World Taekwondo - South Korea 

ITF - International Taekwondo Federation -  North Korea

International Taekwondo Day - 4 September 

World Taekwondo officially designated September 4 as International Taekwondo Day at the General Assembly in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam in 2006. Such a date was chosen because on this day in 1994 the International Olympic Committee officially adopted taekwondo as an Olympic discipline. It was contested as an official Olympic sport for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Aruna Singh Tanwar - 1st indian taekwondo Olympian (Para Taekwondo Athlete) 

Surendra Bhandari - Won India's first medal in taekwondo in the 14th Asian Games, Busan, South Korea by clinching a bronze in the flyweight (58-kg) category.

Taekwondo Words – English to Korean

Kick – Chagi

Punch – Jireugi

Ready – Joon Bi

Sparring – Kyorugi

Stance – Sogi or Seogi 

Block - Makki

Uniform – Dobok

Face – Eolgul

Axe Kick (Tapping/hammer)– Naeryeo-Chagi

Back Kick – Dwi-Chagi

Front Kick – Ap-Chagi

Roundhouse Kick – Dollyo-Chagi

Side Kick – Yeop-Chagi

Low Block – Arae Makgi

Middle Block – Momtong Makgi

Face /High Block – Ulgool Makgi

Outside Block – Bakat Makgi

Inside Block – An Makgi

Attention stance- Charyot Seogi

Front / forward stance - Ap Kubi

Back stance / L Stance - Dwi Kubi

Sitting stance / horse riding stance - Jumchum Seogi

Taekwondo Belts 

Yellow Belt, 

Yellow Belt Green Stripe, 

Green Belt,

Green Belt Blue Stripe, 

Blue Belt ,

Blue Belt Red Stripe, 

Red Belt,

Red Belt Black Stripe / Red One,  

Black Belt 1st Dan. 

Poomsae Korean Name

Taegeuk Il Jang

Taegeuk Ee Jang

Taegeuk Sam Jang

Taegeuk Sa Jang

Taegeuk Oh Jang

Taegeuk Yook Jang

Taegeuk Chil Jang

Taegeuk Pal-Jang

Olympic taekwondo competition format at Tokyo 2020

The classes are 

flyweight 58kg, 

featherweight 68kg, 

middleweight 80kg and 

heavyweight 80kg in the men. 

The women compete in the 

flyweight 47kg, 

featherweight 57kg, 

middleweight 67kg and the 

heavyweight class for those who tip the scales over 67kg.