For the week of June 24-29
SKILLS STRIPE FOR THE WEEK
On Monday and Tuesday, students have a shot at earning their BLACK stripe:
Skillz – Fitness
Taekwondo – One-Steps/Sparring
On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, students have a shot at earning their PURPLE/RAINBOW stripe:
Skillz – Memory
Taekwondo – Form
Forms for this testing cycle
Students will need to memorize the following forms in order to test in August:
Skillz – Chon-Ji or White Belt One-Steps (students will work on learning Chon-Ji in stages appropriate to their belt rank or the white belt one-steps)
Taekwondo
White Belts – Ki-Bon
Yellow and Orange Belts – Dan-Gun
All intermediate students (Sr. Orange – Sr. Purple Belts) – Yul-Guk
All advanced students (Blue – Sr. Red Belts) – Choong-Moo
Black belts will learn the form assigned to their rank by Taekwondo America.
All forms and one-step videos can be found on our mobile app under curriculum.
HOW TKD STUDENTS EARN BLACK AND PURPLE/RAINBOW STRIPES: Our black and purple/rainbow stripes are our memorization stripes (only white, yellow, orange and sr. orange have to memorize one-steps for their black stripe, green belts and higher ranks spar). In order to earn these stripes, students must have their forms and one-steps committed to memory.
This means that students must be able to do their form at a rank-appropriate level without assistance or instruction in order to earn these stripes. In other words, white belts must be able to do the first half of Ki-Bon by themselves in order to earn their purple stripe, and all 14 moves of their form by themselves to earn their rainbow stripe. The same goes for knowing their one-steps.
The intent behind these stripes is to insure testing readiness. Students must be able to perform their entire form and one-steps at testing on their own.
TKD students have the opportunity to earn their black stripe daily from June 24 until the last day of classes before testing. They can earn their purple/rainbow stripes from June 26 until the last day of classes before testing.
We will test students in class daily for these stripes. Testing occurs BEFORE instruction. Once we start instruction on the forms and one-steps, students will have to wait until their next class to attempt to earn these stripes again. We do this because we want to be sure the material is committed to long-term memory.
If you have any questions on how these stripes work, please contact Mrs. Chapman.
SUMMER MINI SESSIONS STILL HAVE OPENINGS
Our summer mini-sessions for taekwondo students still have openings! We’ve got 6 weeks of sessions that will help you improve your taekwondo skills. We’re offering a session on Tuesdays at noon and Fridays at 6:15p. Sign up for one, or all! Info and registration can be found here: https://sparkpages.io/?i=Ead&c={CONTACT-ID}
GET UP, GET MOVING THIS SUMMER
How would you like to win a $100 gift card to Academy Sports + Outdoors?!? All you need to do is take part in our get up and get moving challenge!
Be sure to watch the quick video on our 6 week challenge. We have hard copies available at the front desk for you, or you can download it here: http://fortbendtkd.news/PhysicalChallenge
GET YOUR HOTEL RESERVATION MADE FOR OUR SEPTEMBER NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN WALT DISNEY WORLD
This is a friendly reminder to make those hotel reservations so you can get in on that fantastic rate at the Disney Dolpin/Swan for our Taekwondo America National Fall Tournament taking place September 19 -21!
Our tournaments are open to ALL students of ALL ages, and are a ton of fun! Additionally, we will have several students testing for 3rd degree and higher black belt ranks during the event.
Rate: $179
Code: TA2754
CHECK OUT OUR SQUADLOCKER STORE!
Did you know we have a store on Squad Locker? Well, now you do!
When you purchase through Squad Locker, the items will be shipped directly to you!
Find our Squad Locker store here: http://fortbendtkd.news/Squadlocker
2019 TESTING DATES
(Dates are subject to change)
August 5-7
October 7-9
December 9-11