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At Tristate Karate, now located in Cresaptown at the Wesleyan Church gymnasium, we offer a combined study of both Tang Soo Do and Tae Kwon Do.  Our curriculum includes extensive study of forms, technical kicks, fighting combinations, sparring skills and self defense techniques with a strong emphasis on discipline, respect and academic achievement.

    This curriculum helps one to achieve excellent physical fitness, self confidence, respect for others and a strong work ethic as well as the unsurpassed ability to defend oneself and his or her loved ones.  At the A.M.A.A. we take the safety of our students very seriously.  We take every precaution to provide a safe and healthy learning environment while teaching the skills necessary for our students to protect themselves throughout their lives outside the dojang.

Tristate Karate Curriculum Technical Requirements

Note to students:  In addition to all technical requirements listed below, a consistently high level of participation, performance and respect for both your instructors and your classmates is required during ALL classes in order to be eligible for promotion.  This means your attention should be on your instructor at ALL times during discussion.  You should be in a proper stance (Shio, Charyot or Joonbi) at ALL times.  And you should maintain a high degree of individual focus during performance of your techniques.  Daily observation of these requirements in addition to performance of all technical requirements will determine a student's eligibility to graduate to his or her next belt level.

Minimum time and class attendance required for advancement.  White thru Blue Advanced 3-4 months with 28 classes minimum to be eligible for pretest for each belt.  Red / Red Advanced 3-6 months.  Brown / Brown Advanced belt 6 months with 56 class minimum each level to be eligible for pretest.  Final promotion is contingent on passing of pretest.

           Prebelt / Probational:

            Must learn basic etiquette and proper dojang protocol.

            Must have a minimum of 21 classes by final exam.

            Must be able to perform white belt basics to a Korean  6 count.

            White Belt Basics are performed as listed under the white belt curriculum and done facing left then facing right.

White Belt: _____________________________________________________

Technical kick:

4 count Side Kick

Combinations: White Belt Basics

1.  Front punch; offensive front punch

2.  Reverse punch; offensive reverse punch

3.  Front kick; offensive front kick

4.  Back leg front kick; offensive back leg front kick

5.  Front leg side kick; step behind side kick

6.  Back leg side kick; offensive back leg side kick

Form:  Kicho Il Bu - Tang Soo Do  (Tae Kwon Do - Chun Ji)

Self Defense:  3 Choke Holds

Physical Endurance required:  10 push-ups, 20 crunches, 50 jumping jacks

Gold Belt:______________________________________________________

Technical kick:

3 count Round House Kick

Combinations: 

1.  Offensive Front Punch; Back Punch; Front Ridge Hand.

2.  Offensive Front Punch; Front Leg Front Kick; Back Punch.

3.  Offensive Front Punch; Front Leg Side Kick; Back Punch.

    4.   Offensive Front Punch; Front Leg Round Kick; Back Ridge Hand.

Form:  Kicho Ee Bu - Tang Soo Do  (Tae Kwon Do - Tan Gun)

Self Defense:  3 Choke Holds, Lapel Grab

Physical Endurance required:   15 push ups, 25 crunches, 50 jumping jacks

Sparring:   1- 30 second round

Orange Belt:___________________________________________________

Technical kick: 5 count Reverse Side (Pivot) Kick

Combinations: 

1.  Offensive front Leg Front Kick;  Front Punch; Back Punch

2.  Offensive front Leg Side Kick; Offensive Front Punch; Back Punch

3.  Offensive front Leg Round Kick; Offensive Front Punch; Back Ridge Hand

Form:  Kicho Sam Bu - Tang Soo Do  (Tae Kwon Do - To San)

Self Defense:  3 Choke Holds, Lapel Grab, Bear Hug

Physical Endurance required:   15 push ups, 30 crunches, 50 jumping jacks

Sparring:  2 - 30 second rounds with 30 second rest

Green Belt:____________________________________________________

Technical kick: 6 count Round / Side Kick

Combinations: 

1.  Offensive Back Leg Front Kick; Back Leg Round Kick; Back Punch
2.  Offensive Front Leg Round Kick; Front Leg Side Kick; Back Punch
3.  Offensive Back Leg Round Kick; Back Reverse Side Kick; Back Ridge Hand

Forms:  Chun Ji - Tae Kwon Do & Pyung Ahn Cho Dan - Tang Soo Do  (Tae Kwon Do - Won Hyo)

Self Defense:  All previous techniques, chicken wing, 2 attacker

Physical Endurance required:   20 push ups, 30 crunches, 100 jumping jacks

Sparring:  1 minute round

Purple Belt:____________________________________________________

Technical kick: 3 count Hook Kick

Combinations: 

1.  Offensive front punch, step through back punch, reverse side kick, back punch

2.  Offensive front leg hook kick, back leg round house kick, reverse side kick, back punch

3.  Offensive front leg round kick, reverse side kick, back leg round house kick, back ridge hand

Form:  Pyung Ahn Yi Dan - Tang Soo Do  (Tae Kwon Do - Yul Guk)

Self Defense:  All previous techniques, hands front, hands rear, wrist grab (cross and same side)

Physical Endurance required:   20 push ups, 30 crunches, 100 jumping jacks

Sparring:  2 - 1 minute rounds with 30 second rest

Blue Belt:______________________________________________________

Technical kick: 6 count Double Round / Double Side Kick

Combinations: 

1.  Offensive reverse hook kick, back leg round kick, back punch

2.  Offensive front leg hook kick, back leg front kick, reverse hook kick, back punch

3.  Offensive back leg round kick, tornado kick, reverse hook kick, back ridge hand

Form:  Pyung Ahn Sam Dan - Tang Soo Do  (Tae Kwon Do - Chung Gwyn)

Self Defense:  All previous techniques, hair pull front and rear

Physical Endurance required:   25 push ups, 35 crunches, 100 jumping jacks

Sparring:  2 minute round

Advanced Blue Belt:============================

Technical kick: 6 count Double Round / Double Side Kick

Combinations:  Blue Belt Combinations perfectly

Forms:  Pyung Ahn Sa Dan & Pyung Ahn Oh Dan - Tang Soo Do

Self Defense:  mastery of previous techniques

Physical Endurance required:   25 push ups, 35 crunches, 100 jumping jacks

Sparring:  2 minute round

Red Belt:_______________________________________________________

Technical kick: 9 count Front / Round / Side / Hook Kick

Combinations: 

1.  Offensive reverse crescent kick, back punch, back leg round house kick, back punch

2.  Offensive front leg side kick, jump front leg side kick, back punch

3.  Offensive jump back leg round house kick, reverse hook, back ridge hand

Form:  Toi-Gye - Tae Kwon Do  (Tae Kwon Do - Toi Gye)

Self Defense:  All previous techniques, rear choke at arm's length, head lock

Physical Endurance required:   25 push ups, 40 crunches, 100 jumping jacks

Sparring:  2- 2 minute rounds with 1 minute rest

Advanced Red Belt:============================

Technical kick:  Jump Front kick and Jump Side Kick

Combinations:  Red Belt Combinations perfectly

Forms:  Hwa Rang - Tae Kwon Do & Kibon Sa Dan - non traditional

Self Defense:  Mastery of all previous techniques

Physical Endurance required:   25 push ups, 40 crunches, 100 jumping jacks

Sparring:  2- 2 minute rounds with 1 minute rest

Brown Belt:_____________________________________________________

Technical kick:  9 count double front / double round / double side / hook - round

Combinations: 

1.  Offensive front punch, step through back punch, spinning back fist, skip in front leg round house kick, back palm strike

2.  Offensive front back fist, back punch, axe kick, step through elbow strike, back knife hand strike

3.  Offensive front chop strike, step through back knife hand strike, reverse hook kick, kneeling back vertical punch

Form:  All previous forms, Bassai - Tang Soo Do & Chung Mu - Tae Kwon Do  (Tae Kwon Do - Hwa Rang)

Self Defense:  All previous techniques, 3 - knife attacks (straight stab, downward & cross strike), 4 - gun threats (front & back of head, front and rear of chest), stick strike, defense from punch, defense from side kick.

Physical Endurance required:   35 push ups, 50 crunches, 100 jumping jacks

Sparring:  3 - 2 minute rounds with 1 minute rests

Advanced Brown Belt:===========================

Technical kick: mastery of all previous technical kicks

Combinations:  mastery of all previous combinations

Forms:  All previous forms, Niahanchi Cho Dan & Jion - Tang Soo Do  (Tae Kwon Do - Chung Mu)

Self Defense:  Mastery of all previous technuiques

Physical Endurance required:   35 push ups, 50 crunches, 100 jumping jacks

Sparring:  5 consecutive 2 minute rounds with 1 minute rests between

Black Belt1st Degree:_______________________________l___

Technical kick:  All previous kick and level one's.

Combinations:

1.  360 degree reverse hook kick, back leg round house kick, reverse hook kick, back punch

2.  Jump back leg side kick, reverse side kick, back punch

3.  Reverse 360 round kick, back leg round house kick,  reverse round house kick, back punch

4.  Slide up hook / round house kick, back punch, front ridge hand, reverse back fist, reverse round house kick, back punch

5.  Front palm block, back punch, back leg axe kick, back leg hook kick, back ridge hand

Forms:  Naihanchi Ee Dan - Tang Soo Do, Empi - Shotokan Karate

Exodus (Jah Yoo) & Beethoven (Woon Myoung) - musical forms

(Tae Kwon Do - Kwan Gye & Po Eun)

Self defense:   10 creative advanced techniques of candidate's choice

Black Belt 2nd Degree:_____________________________ll___

Forms: 

Chinte & Cangkudae - Shotokan Karate

Naihanchi Sam Dan - Tang Soo Do

Gae Baek - Tae Kwon Do

Weapons demonstration:  Weapon of candidate's choice

Black Belt 3rd Degree:_____________________________lll___

Forms: 

Sip Soo & Jin Do - Tang Soo Do

Jiin & Hungetsu - Shotokan Karate

(Tae Kwon Do - Eui Am)

Weapons demonstrations:  Two weapons of candidate's choice

 

NOTE:  The ITF Tae Kwon Do forms listed in parenthesis for each rank are optional.  Forms listed in BOLD for each are mandatory.  All the Tae Kwon Do forms are mandatory for those seeking rank in Tae Kwon Do.