Monday, October 08, 2007

Lovely photo

Found this on Beatrice's blog


What a lovely photo of lovely people! :)

Taekwondo update

Went for my grading yesterday (Sunday) and am happy to say I am no longer a white belt! Have passed and gotten white belt with yellow tip... Next grading is about 3 months from now...
  • 10th kup (white)
  • 9th kup (white with yellow stripe)
  • 8th kup (yellow)
  • 7th kup (yellow with green stripe)
  • 6th kup (green)
  • 5th kup (green with blue stripe)
  • 4th kup (blue)
  • 3rd kup (blue with red stripe)
  • 2nd kup (red)
  • 1st kup (red with a black stripe)

The nine degrees (dans) of Black are organized into skill levels:

  • 1st-3rd dan (Novice) with the title of Assistant Instructor (Boo-sabum)
  • 4th-6th dan (Expert) with the title of Instructor (Sabum)
  • 7th-8th dan (Master) with the title of Master (Sahyun)
  • 9th dan (Grand Master) with the title of Grand Master (Saseong)