STUDENT
STUDY GUIDES
Learn the history, significance, and skills for each belt level. Click any belt to expand its full study guide.
Taekwondo History
On April 11th, 1955, a board of instructors from the different Kwans, historians, and other prominent persons selected "Tae-Kwon-Do (Foot-Hand-Art)" as the new name of the national martial art of Korea.
Belt Forms
Tap a belt to see its history, significance, moves, and contact skill.
Black Belt Forms
★ Black Belt signifies attaining balance between the sword and the pen, between physical skill and intellect. Forms take their names from physical nature with implicit intellectual significance.
★★ History: Grandmaster Lee Won-Kuk founded Chung Do Kwan & developed the largest civilian gym, called the Gym of the Blue Wave.
★★★ Five Kwans: Song Moo Kwan, Ji Do Kwan, Moo Doo Kwan, Chang Moo Kwan, Chung Do Kwan (our roots trace directly to this gym).
★★★★ Are Hyungs are Chang-Hun style Tae Kwon Do.