April Promotion Test Information
Dear Parents and Students,
Sign-ups for the next promotion test will be by invite only. Students will be evaluated on an ongoing basis until Saturday, April 6th. Instructors will take into account past and present behavior, attitude, attendance, and class performance when deciding whether or not a student will be made eligible to test. Students who are qualified to test will be given an invite form that must be returned to the front office along with payment for the promotion test fee by Saturday, April 6th. The promotion test fee is $80. Once you have returned your invite form and paid the promotion test fee, you are completely registered to test. You will be assigned a testing date and time after testing registration ends.
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HOW TO RECEIVE AN INVITATION:
Attendance: Attend three or more classes per week
Behavior & Attitude: Display discipline, confidence, focus, effort, and skill in every class
Class Performance, Techniques, and Forms: Demonstrate proper techniques and understanding of your forms, kicks, strikes, stances, blocks, and exercises
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Most invitations will be handed out March 25th-March 30th. If you feel you are qualified to test and have not received an invitation by Wednesday, April 3rd, please come speak with us.
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The next promotion test will take place Thursday, April 18th - Saturday, April 20th. There will be NO regular class from Thursday, April 18th - Saturday, April 20th. The group that testers will be assigned determines what day they will test on. Testing days and times will be assigned to testers after testing registration ends (Saturday, April 6th).
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Testing Day & Time Assignments:
Testing Group 1: Thursday, April 18th | Start: 6:30PM | ~ 3 hours duration |
Testing Group 2: Friday, April 19th | Start: 7:00PM | ~ 3 hours duration |
Testing Group 3: Saturday, April 20th | Start: 10:00AM | ~ 3 hours duration |
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Although you may have been invited to test, you are not guaranteed to pass and promote to the next rank. For this promotion test, please read below what is expected of our students. We will NOT be using the three strikes = fail system for this test. Passing or failing of a tester is based on the joint decision of the head instructors after viewing a tester’s performance at the promotion test.
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Students who fail to attend or fail the test WILL NOT be refunded or credited for the next promotion test. Students who fail to pay the promotion test fee and/or fail to follow the uniform and appearance guidelines for testing (explained below) will be turned away from the promotion test.
There will be NO changing the day you test on once it is assigned. Makeup tests will be given for emergency reasons only.
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Testing Material:
What students are expected to know/display at the minimum in order to promote:
ALL of their forms
Their board break - see the board break list below
Basic Commands: Attention, Bow, Ready, Begin, Return, At Ease
Basic Exercises: Jumping jacks, squats, pushups, skyrockets
Strikes: Punches | For higher (green & up) belts: Knives, Palms, Hammers, Backfists
Blocks: Down, Inside, High, Outside | For higher belts: Knife variations
Kicks: High, Axe, Front, Round, Side | For higher belts: Tornado, Hook, Crescent, and all jumping variations
Stances: Horse, Walking, Front | For higher belts: Back, Tiger
The Five Tenets
Display of discipline, confidence, and focus, effort, and skill
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Promotion Testing Uniform and Appearance Guidelines:
Students are expected to be well-groomed and look presentable when promotion testing.
Full-sleeve white uniform must be worn
A correctly tied belt must be worn (https://youtu.be/YEE2ATmvG2A?si=NE3_kBX-hZjEpAxe)
Solid white or black undershirts only
No jewelry
Hair must be tied up/out of the way of the tester’s face
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Promotion Test Etiquette
Arrive early
Adhere to the uniform and appearance guidelines
Begin warming up, stretching, and reviewing testing material upon arrival
No talking, playing around, or making excessive noise
Be respectful of other testers and be actively engaged in watching others perform
No clapping until a tester has completed all of their forms
Following board breaking, set your broken boards on the ground and do not make noise with them while sitting
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Poomsae: We have created poomsae follow along videos to help students practice their forms outside of the Dojang. We currently have white-blue belt forms available to watch on our Youtube channel. We are working to get the rest of the color belt forms released.
View the form videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@championstaekwondoacademy6974/videos
Boardbreaks: Please view your boardbreak. Your CURRENT rank corresponds with the kick you need to break a board with in order to move up to the next rank.
Testing Assignments:
