9th Kup - White Belt Grading Questions
In addition to the 10th Kup Theory a 9th Kup student should be able to answer the following.
General
1. Describe a 'pattern'?
2. How many patterns do you know?
3. Name the pattern you have learnt and how many moves it has?
4. What is the meaning of the pattern you have learnt?
5. What does the colour 'yellow' signify in Taekwon-Do?
6. What are the grades for the instructor classifications?
     National Instructor
     International Instructor
     Master
     Grandmaster
7. What class is your instructor?

Technical
1. Can you count to 20 in Korean?
2. Your pattern has two blocking techniques, name the techniques and the stances they are
performed in?
3. Can you name and show all the stances you know?
4. What percentage of weight is on each leg when correctly stood in ‘L’ stance?
5. Can you show the difference between a left L stance and a right L stance?
6. How many shoulder widths wide should your sitting stance be?

9th Kup - White Belt Grading Answers

General
1. A pattern is a series of offensive and defensive movements against an imaginary opponent or opponents.
2. At 9th Kup you know only one pattern. (Four directional punch / block are known as exercises, Chon Ji is the first Taekwon-Do Pattern)
3. Chon Ji and it has 19 moves.
4. Chon Ji means literally, the Heaven and the Earth. It is, in the Orient interpreted as the creation of the world and the beginning of human history, therefore it is the initial pattern learned by the beginner. The pattern consists of two similar parts, one representing the Heaven and the other the Earth.
5. Yellow signifies the earth from which the plant sprouts and takes root as the Taekwon-Do foundation is laid.
6. The instructors grades are:
     Boosabum or National Instructor - 1st to 3rd Dan
     Sabum or International Instructor - 4th to 6th Dan
     Sahyung or Master - 7th to 8th Dan
     Saseung or Grandmaster – 9th Dan
7. Either:
     a. Mr Steven Millis 5th Dan International Instructor
     b. Miss Emma Reece 2nd Dan National Instructor
     c. Mrs Lorna Wright 2nd Dan National Instructor.

Technical
1. Hanna, Dool, Set, Net, Tasot, Yasot, Ilgop, Yodul, Ahop, Yol, Yol-Hanna, Yol-Dool, Yol-Set, Yol-Net, Yol-Tasot, Yol-Yasot, Yol-Ilgop, Yol-Yodul, Yol-Ahop, Samul.
2. L Stance, Inner forearm, Middle block - Niunja So, An palmok, Kaunde makgi Walking stance, Outer forearm, Low block - Gunnun So, Bakkat palmok, Najunde makgi
3. Charyot sogi (Attention stance), Narani sogi (Parallel stance), Annun sogi (Sitting stance), Gunnun sogi (Walking stance), Niunja sogi (L stance).
4. 30% front leg and 70% back leg
5. At the moment, just think which ever leg is most bent identifies the stance. For example if the right leg is most bent then you are in a right stance. Note: In ‘L’stance the rear leg is most bent.
6. Sitting stance is 1 and a half shoulder widths wide.