June 2026 Promotion Test Information

Written By Michael Troy

Dear Parents and Students,

The next promotion test will take place Thursday, June 18th - Saturday, June 20th. There will be NO regular classes from Thursday, June 18th - Saturday, June 20th. Depending on the amount of testers that sign-up, we may reduce the amount of testing days. We will update you once sign-ups end. The deadline to sign-up is Monday, June 1st. Please see the front office to sign-up.

This promotion test will be run differently from previous promotion tests. It will be run in a competition format.

If you are currently a poom belt and would like to test for 1st degree black belt, please see the front office as there are additional steps you need to take.

Overview:

- If a student passes the poomsae AND board breaking portions of the test, they are eligible to promote to the next rank, BUT must pay the $80.00 testing fee to recieve their new belt.

- There is NO UP-FRONT COST to sign-up to test. All you have to do is see the front office and tell us you would like to test. (There is still a testing fee for passing students, explained below)

- Students will be assigned a testing date and time after sign-ups end.

- Students will be assigned an opponent to compete against.

- Students will compete against their assigned opponent at the promotion test.

- Students will perform a randomly chosen form within their belt range.

- The student with the superior form wins.

- The winner PASSES the poomsae portion of the promotion test.

- The losing student FAILS the test and must wait until the next promotion test to test again.

- The winner must also pass the board breaking section of the test in order to be eligible to promote.

- If both competitiors are deemed to have performed at a high level, we may consider passing both students.

- On the opposite end, if both competitiors are deeemed to have performed poorly, we may consider failing both students.

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Testing Day & Time Assignments:

Testing Group 1: Thursday, June 18th | Start: TBD | ~ 3 hours duration |

Testing Group 2: Friday, June 19th | Start: TBD | ~ 3 hours duration |

Testing Group 3: Saturday, June 20th | Start: TBD | ~ 4 hours duration |

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Competition Bracket Assignments : TBA

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Schedule of Events:

START - Warm-up - Poomsae Competitions - Demonstration - Board Breaking - Belt Ceremony - Group Picture - END

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Testing Material:

For this test, we will look at a students overall performance of their poomsae, with an emphasis on the technique. There should be NO pattern mistakes during a student’s poomsae performance.

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Promotion Testing Uniform and Appearance Guidelines:

Students are expected to look presentable when promotion testing.

  • A clean, 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 (hair should not drop below the shoulders and not cover the testers face significantly).

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Promotion Test Etiquette:

  • Arrive early (30 minutes before the start of your test).

  • 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.

  • When receiving your belt from a head instructor, use two hands when the belt is passed to you, bow, and say “Gams-hamnida” (thank you).

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Poomsae: We have created poomsae follow along videos to help students practice their forms outside of the Dojang.

View the form videos by visiting our YOUTUBE CHANNEL or our VIDEOS TAB

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. We have tutorials for all of the testing board break kicks on our YouTube channel.

Michael Troy
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