Green Belt

1- Techniques 

 Legs
Spinning Hook/Wheel (High and Low)
Spinning Thai/Crescent Kick
Tornado Kick (Instep, and Shin)
Buckling Thai kick to the Leg
Knee Strikes (Straight, Diagonal, and Curving)
Skipping Axe Kick
Downward Thai Kick (aka Brazilian Kick)
Launching Thrust Kick (From Rear Leg)

Hands
Hammer Fist
Spinning Back Fist/Horizontal and Downward
Choke Strike
Overhand (Haymaker)
Open Hand Palm Strikes (Mimics Punching Techniques- Palm Jab directed up or Rotated, Cross Palm, Palm Uppercut)

Blocks
Single Forearm Block
Wedging Block
Slipping, Weaving, Bobbing
Kick Catching and Jamming
Stop Kick

Stances
Counter Stance
Side Stance / Cross Blocking Stance
Cat Stance

Clinching Techniques
Clinching Knee Strikes- All 3 knees
Throwing From the Clinch
Defense from Knee Strikes (Cross Block, Passing Block and Hip closing)

Concepts
Jeonjin Steps: Forward, Forward, Forward, Back spin
Body Checking

Combinations
Jab, Cross, Lead-Hook, Buckling Thai kick
Front Axe Kick, Jab, Cross, Rear Thrust Kick Lead Roundhouse, Hook (Same Side)
Jab, Cross, Clinch, Knee (in Clinch), Throw

2- Self-defense
Defense from Bear Hugs over and under arms
Dive Rolls
One Handed Cartwheels

3- Breaking
Legs- Skipping Side Kick
Hands- Hammer Fist

4- Forms
Dosan
Dosan is the pseudonym (pen name) of the patriot Ahn Chang Ho (1876-1938) who devoted his entire life to furthering the education of Korea and helping the Korean Independence Movement. This man, who converted to Christianity as a teenager, is one of the key moral and philosophical leaders of Korea during the 20th century. He established the Shinminhoe (New Korea Society) when he returned to Korea from the US in 1907. It was the most important organization to fight the Japanese occupation of Korea. Dosan lived his life with Morality and ethics as his guide. Morality means proper behavior and Ethics has to do with acting with good and honest intentions.In the turmoil immediately before and during the Japanese occupation of Korea, he called for the moral and spiritual renewal of the Korean people. He felt that education was the most important component in their struggle for independence. He died under Japanese custody at a hospital after receiving years of harsh torture while imprisoned for speaking out against the Japanese Empire. It is said that the Japanese ground up glass and put it in his food to hurry his death along.

The 24 movements of this Hyung represent his entire life, which he devoted to furthering education in Korea and the Korean independence movement.

5- Knowledge

1-The original Masters of Taekwon-Do were a group of martial arts masters lead by General Choi Hong Hi. They came from the 9 clans of Korea and combined the ancient Korean Martial Arts with Kung Fu from China and Karate that they were forced to learn during the Japanese occupation of Korea. After the Japanese occupation and WW2 ended, they called this new combined art Taekwon-do. In the 1960’s these men formed the ITF (International Taekwon-do Federation). Some of these masters eventually left Korea and settled in North America, Europe, and Australia.

In the 1950’s, Korea was split into North Korea and South Korea by the Korean War. The North was supported by China and became a Communist Dictatorship. The South was supported by the United States and became a democratic free nation.

In 1972, General Choi Hung Hi went into exile in Canada after the South Korean government objected to his introduction of the sport into North Korea, and the South Korean government subsequently formed the WT (World Taekwon-do Federation) in 1973. He moved again in 1979 to North Korea where he was welcomed by the government and supported in his project of spreading Taekwondo to the world. He was remembered as the founder and champion of taekwondo. General Choi Hong Hi died of cancer on 15 June 2002 in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Martial Arts

-Taekkyeon is a traditional Korean martial art from the Joseon Dynasty. It was known for its fluid footwork that came from an art called Pum Balgi which means Stepping on Triangles. This was one of the Arts that Gen Choi was proficient in, and it undoubtedly gives Taekwondo its distinction from Shotokan Karate.

-Budō is a Japanese term describing modern Japanese martial arts. Budo is made from two Japanese words, Bu and Do. Bu means war, and Do means the way of life. Budo means the way of war. In this instance war can mean many things, including fighting ourselves to live a life of discipline and controlling our ego, or it can mean living as a disciplined warrior.

Examples of Budo
-Karate- “Empty hand way” developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. Karate is now predominantly a striking art using punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes and open-hand techniques such as knife-hands, spear-hands, and palm-heel strikes. A karate practitioner is called a karateka.

-Judo- “Gentle way” was created by Kanō Jigorō, It is generally categorized as a modern martial art which later evolved into a combat and Olympic sport. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the objective is to either throw or take an opponent to the ground, pin them down, or force an opponent to submit with a joint lock or a choke. Strikes and thrusts by hands and feet as well as weapons defenses are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms known as Kata and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice. A Judo practitioner is called a judoka.

-Aikido-“The way of harmonious spirit” was developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Ueshiba’s goal was to create an art that practitioners could use to defend themselves while also protecting their attacker from injury. Aikido techniques redirect the momentum of an opponent’s attack, and end with a throw or joint lock.

-Bushido- “The way of the warrior “ is a term for the samurai way of life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry in Europe. Bushido comes from the moral values of the Samurai.

-Iaido- “The way of mental presence and immediate reaction” emphasizes being aware and capable of quickly drawing the sword and responding to a sudden attack. Iaido is associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard (or saya), striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard. Practitioners of iaido are often referred to as iaidoka.

-Kendo-“The sword way” is a modern Japanese martial art which descended from swordsmanship (kenjutsu) and uses bamboo swords (shinai) and protective armour (bōgu). Today, it is widely practiced within Japan and many other nations across the world. Kenjutsu, which originated with the samurai class of feudal Japan, means “the method, or technique, of the sword.”