Curriculum

This page consists of some pretty basic information regarding Taekwondo and how to start.

For more important information on WT Taekwondo, you can check out the Taekwondo Wiki. For a more extensive Taekwondo vocabulary, check out the Taekwondo vocabulary page.

Belt Testing

The curriculum is designed such that you can attain 1st Dan after training for a standard 4-year period of college. Below is our belt system and the corresponding forms needed to pass to the next belt level.

Color Belts

• White Belt: Join USC Taekwondo! Follow all instructions on the "Join Us" page; pay your dues, complete your paperwork! Taegeuk 1 Jang

• Yellow Belt: Taegeuk 2 Jang, Taegeuk 3 Jang

• Green Belt: Taegeuk 4 Jang, Taegeuk 5 Jang

• Blue Belt: Taegeuk 6 Jang, Taegeuk 7 Jang

• Brown Belt: Taegeuk 8 Jang

• Red Belt: All Taegeuk Forms

Black Belts

• 1st dan (1 단): Black Belt: Koryo (고려)

• 2nd dan (2 단): Black Belt: Geumgang (금강)

Important Expressions

In class, we will use some Korean commands. Here are the more common ones we use here at USC Taekwondo, organized by importance (all pronunciations follow Revised Romanization, see here on how to pronounce Korean vowels and consonants): 

• Attention: cha-ryeot 차렷

• Bow: gyeong-nye 경례 (敬禮)

• Ready: jun-bi 준비 (準備)

• Start: si-jak 시작 (始作)

• Return to ready stance: baro 바로

• At Ease/Rest: sui-eo 쉬어

Counting 

Kicks (차기)

While you'll learn some more advanced kicks, here are the more essential ones we use at USC Taekwondo, and tutorials on how to do them: 

• Front Kick (앞 차기)

• Roundhouse Kick (돌려 차기)

• Fast Kick/Skip Roundhouse Kick (빠른 차기)

• Double Roundhouse Kick (나래 차기)

• Side Kick (옆 차기)

• Back Kick (뒷 차기)

• Hook Kick (후려 차기)

• Axe Kick (내려 차기)

• Crescent Kick (반달 차기)

• Cut Kick (끊어 차기)

• Spinning Hook Kick/ Wheel Kick (뒤며 후려 차기)

• 360 Roundhouse Kick/ Tornado Kick (돌개 차기)

Poomse (폼세)

Here are videos of all the forms we practice here at USC Taekwondo: 

Color Belt Forms (Taegeuk Forms)

• Taegeuk 1: 태극일장 (太極一章)

• Taegeuk 2: 태극이장 (太極二章)

• Taegeuk 3: 태극삼장 (太極三章)

• Taegeuk 4: 태극사장 (太極四章)

• Taegeuk 5: 태극오장 (太極五章)

• Taegeuk 6: 태극육장 (太極六章)

• Taegeuk 7: 태극칠장 (太極七章)

• Taegeuk 8: 태극팔장 (太極八章)

Black Belt Forms

• Koryo: 고려 (高麗)

• Keumgang: 금강 (金剛)

• Taebaek: 태백 (太白)

• Pyeongwon: 평원 (平原)

• Sipjin: 십진 (十進) 

• Jitae: 지태 (地跆)

• Cheonkwon: 천권 (天拳)

• Hansu: 한수 (漢水)

• Ilyeo: 일여 (一如)

Sparring (겨루기)