Traditional Taekwondo Association Derby- Belts

All belts are listed below - each belt page has a brief explanation of what the belt means plus videos demonstrations of the patterns that you will need to perform as part of your grading.

Patterns (Poomse) are prearranged sequences of attack and defence moves against imaginary opponents. They are designed to improve power, accuracy and speed and to make techniques reflex actions rather than the result of (Slow) conscious thought. The names of the patterns for the coloured belt grade (kup) students is from the TAE GEUK (Tal Chi, in Chinese), the ultimate principle in oriental philosophy. TAE means "great" and GEUK means "ultimate" or "eternal". Each pattern represents one of the Eight Trigrams (Pal Gwe) of the I Chin- (The book of Changes).

Click on a belt below for further information:

• White Belt
• Yellow Belt
• Green Belt
• Blue Belt
• Red Belt
• Black Belt