OFFICIAL WORLD TANG SOO DO BELT SYSTEM
White - Represents a primitive stage of achievement.
Thus, the seed that lies dormant beneath the snows of winter.
10th Gup
9th Gup
Orange - Represents new growth which appears in spring. Our Tang Soo Do knowledge begins to reveal itself.
8th Gup
7th Gup
Green - Represents the speedy development of youth, summer arrives.
6th Gup
5th Gup
Brown - Represents power, stability, agility, weight & wisdom.. This stabilizing stage, both mentally and physically, analogous to the plants which curtail their growth and prepare to flower in late summer.
4th Gup
3rd Gup
Red - Represents blood, life, energy, attention & control. The student's power and techniques begin to bloom and ripen.
2nd Gup
1st Gup
Midnight Blue - Represents maturity, respect and honour. This dark blue belt is given to the Cho Dan Bo (Black Belt Candidate).He/she must now prepare mind and body for the final step needed to attain Black Belt.
CHO DAN BO
Black - Represents mastery, calmness, dignity & sincerity. Black belt is the final stage of the previous life cycle. Thus we see that it is not only the end of one stage but, more importantly, the beginning of a path which leads up through the ranks of the higher black belts to true mastery.
Cho Dan
1st Dan
E Dan
2nd Dan
Sam Dan
3rd Dan
Sah Dan
4th Dan
Sah Dan
4th Dan Master
Oh Dan
5th Dan Master
Yuk Dan
6th Dan Master
Chil Dan
7th Dan Master
Pal Dan, 8th Dan Grandmaster
Ku Dan, 9th Dan
Grandmaster
