TEST (Simsa)

There are two categories; grade and degree. Grade testing is conducted at an appropriate gym to which the student belongs.

Degree testing up to third is conducted by a promotion board composed of more than three and less than seven members of the association or federation of their parent country.

Fourth to eighth degree will be tested by the promotion committee of the International Taekwon-Do Federation. As far as ninth degree is concerned, unanimous consent has to be granted by a special committee which shall consist of 9 members who are holders of either 7th or 8th degree recognized by the International Taekwon-Do Federation.

The power test is strictly prohibited for children, for it may cause bone or muscle damage.

Note: As is customary, a qualified instructor may test up to one half of his holding degree; for example, 4th degree may test up to 2nd; 6th degree up to 3rd degree.

THE CONTENTS OF THE TEST FOR GRADES
Grade Pattern Sparring Power Education Attitude Total Average Remarks
10th 4 direction punch N/A
4 direction block
9th 4 direction block 3-Step alone N/A
Chon-ji
8th Chon-ji 3-Step N/A
Dan-Gun
7th Dan-Gun 3-Step N/A
Do-San 2-Step
6th Do-San 3-Step N/A
Won-Hyo 2-Step
5th Won-Hyo 2-Step Front kick
Yul-Gok 1-Step
4th Yul-Gok 1-Step Knife-hand
Joong-Gun Semi-free Side kick
3rd Joong-Gun Semi-free Forefist
Toi-Gye Free Side kick
2nd Toi-Gye 1-Step Back fist
Hwa-Rang Free Flying side kick
1st Hwa-Rang Free Turning kick
Choong-Moo Self-defence technique Reverse turning kick
Member of Test Board:
  1. Passing mark is 60 points.
  2. Every 10 points above or below the passing mark will be automatically promoted or reduced accordingly.
THE CONTENTS OF THE TEST FOR DEGREES
Degree Pattern Sparring Power Thesis Total Average Remarks
1st Kwang-Gae Free Forefist N/A
Po-Eun Foot technique Reverse turning kick
Ge-Baek Flying twisting kick1)
2nd Eui-Am Free Knife-hand N/A
Choong-Jang Foot technique Flying high kick
Juche Over-head kick
3rd Sam-Il Free Back fist N/A
Yoo-Sin Self-defence technique Mid-air kick
Choi-Yong Flying reverse turning kick
4th Yon-Gae Free Over-head kick
Ul-Ji Self-defence technique Flying turning kick2)
Moon-Moo
5th So-San N/A N/A
Se-Jong
6th Tong-Il N/A N/A

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SAMPLES OF TEST FORM FOR GRADE

SAMPLES OF TEST FORM FOR DEGREE

Note:

  1. Double promotion can be allowed only for grade test.
  2. Demotion can be considered only for such person whose past training experience is unknown by the instructor.
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Updated text per pg 729 of the condensed encyclopedia; original text was: Flying turning kick
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Updated text per pg 729 of the condensed encyclopedia; original text was: Flying twisting kick
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Original material had the below split across multiple pages with some slight differences in size/alignment/quality indicating that the source material wasn't scanned correctly. The below images have been recombined and slightly edited to try and recreate the original data.
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Sample forms are a mixture of condensed encyclopedia and original material. All were split across multiple pages. Condensed encyclopedia examples are complete images, where original material data is missing information due to the method that was used to scan the pages in the first instance.