Belt System

White belt - Beginner's belt colour. White represents a primitive stage of achievement. Thus, the seed as it lies dormant beneath the snows of winter

Orange belt - Orange represents new growth which appears in spring. Our Tang Soo Do knowledge begins to reveal itself.

Green belt - Green represents the speedy development of youth as summer arrives.

Brown belt - Brown represents power, stability, agility, weight and wisdom. This stabilising stage, both mentally and physically, analogous to the plants which curtail their growth and prepare to flower in late summer.

Red belt - Red represents blood, life, energy, attention and control. The students power and techniques begin to bloom and ripen

Blue belt - Blue represents maturity, respect, and honour. Our blue belt is given to the Cho Dan Bo (Black Belt Candidate). They must now prepare mind and body for the final step needed to attain Black Belt.

Black belt - Black represents mastery, calmness, dignity, and sincerity. Black Belt is the final stage of one life cycle and the beginning of the next. Thus, we see that it is not only the end of one stage but, more importantly, the beginning of a path which leads up through the rants of the higher Black Belts true mastery

Korean Flag

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