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Article 8: Required Period and Age for Poom and Dan Promotion
1. Required Period and Age
Obligatory Training Period and Age Limit for Promotion
Poom/Dan to be promoted
Obligatory training period (min. # years)
Age limit for 1st Dan/up
Age limit for 1st Poom/up
1st Poom
below age 15
2nd Poom
1 year
below age 15
3rd Poom
2 years
below age 15
1st Dan
age 15 and over
2nd Dan
1 year
age 16 and over
age 15 and over
3rd Dan
3 years
age 16 and over
age 15 and over
4th Dan
3 years
age 21 and over
age 18 and over
5th Dan
4 years
age 25 and over
age 22 and over
6th Dan
5 years
age 30 and over
age 30 and over
7th Dan
6 years
age 36 and over
age 36 and over
8th Dan
7 years
age 47 and over
age 47 and over
9th Dan
8 years
age 55 and over
age 55 and over
10th Dan
age 60 and over
age 60 and over
* All applicants for promotion are subject to the requirements of obligatory training period and age limit. * Those early beginners of Taekwondo, who have obtained Poom grades, will be given privileges of curtailed age limit up to the 5th Dan promotion.
2. Poom may be granted to a successful trainee who is less than 15 years old, and Dan to a successful trainee who is 15 or more than 15 years old. A Poom grade becoming 15 years old equals to a Dan grade holder (If one passes the age of 15, he may ask for the change of certificate from Poom to Dan to the Kukkiwon).
3. If a Poom holder who has passed the age of 15 applies for a promotion to a next higher Dan grade, the required period of training shall be calculated from the first day when he obtained the present grade. However, when a third-Poom holder wants to be promoted to the 4th Dan, his age shall be over 18.
Article 10: Contents of Tests
1. Practical techniques test
a. Poomse (forms) b. Kyoroogi (sparring) c. Kyukpa (breaking) d. Special techniques (selected items)
2. Theory test (applicable to the testees with the 4th Dan and above grade)
a. Written exam b. Thesis
3. Interview (applicable to the testees with the 6th Dan and above grade)
Article 11: Contents of Practical Techniques by Poom and Dan Grade
Poomse (Test subject)
Poomse (Forms) consist of a series of patterned offensive and defensive Taekwondo techniques performed against an imaginary opponent, based on traditional ideology. Below are the standardized regulation Poomse for the Dan/Poom blackbelt grades.
