Poom belt test for kids at the kukkiwon

My sons Poom belt journey while in Seoul Korea. In Korea the focus on kids is different than in the US. So most US Dojangs would not consider my son at a poom level. When we returned to the US he started at green belt at his new dojang, So this is about his Korean journey to Poom level 1. Martial arts are great for kids. Dont let the belts distract you. There is soo much more to it. He now wears his green belt with pride. His poom belt is on the wall. Peace!

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• Tae Kwon Do
• children
• kukkiwon
• poom belt
• martial arts
• black belt
• Seoul
• TKD
• Yongsan
• Kwon Boa
• Korea
• Pal Jang
• poomsae
• Taeguk
• Tae Bee

[Poohcifer]

Hello. I think it's just awesome that your child has gone to Korea for testing. I want the same for my Grandson, right now he's just 7 and has been training for 10 months now. I have plenty of time to save and hopefully I can have him tested in KUKKIWON... may I ask, how did you plan yours? You can message me.. I think it's wonderful that we instill martial arts into our children. My Grandson has learned a lot of self discipline, sportsmanship, critical thinking skills for sparring, & etc.

[PsypherDeus]

@Poohcifer Hey thanks for your kindness, Actually we lived in Korea for about 2 years. He started Tae Kwon Do in Korea. I would'nt really know how to go from the USA to test. Maybe finding a Sabum who is from Korea to arrange it would be best. Good luck!

[theofficialdojang]

Thanks for sharing. most Americans don't get it, unless you've lived it & breathed it in the homeland of TKD you just won't understand. and it's interesting how in the U.S. the color rank systems have twice as many colors as in Korea (?)

It is good to see the encouragement and support from his parents as well, he has a long beautiful journey ahead of him but is off to a fantastic start.

[PsypherDeus]

@theofficialdojang Thanks for getting it. Some coming on here to judge a child is crazy. Especially when they are clueless on the whole story. Gabe is in the middle of his black belt test prep. It will take place in Feb 2012 and he is on track. He knows all his required forms. Spars, and is educated on the history and tenents of TKD. He can run 4 miles now and he does 100+ push ups and sit ups at a time. Thanks for your kind words.

[Markkujp121]

@goodhereify I think he was pretty good. He is a child and you shouldn't judge him as an adult.

[GGtkd]

To young to be black belt.

[hoooryeti]

@PsypherDeus well from where i come from it starts like this

white, white yellow, yellow, yellow green,green,green blue,blue,blue red, red, red black , poom 1 poom2 poom3 poom 4 black 1-9

i have no purple belt so my journey to becoming a black belt is just shorter i think it's good i 'd but the training for me is just very tough. anyways happy for your son and hopes he becomes succesful

[PsypherDeus]

@hoooryeti Yes, in TKD there is a purple belt. ITF and WTF both use them. The School we go to even has Purple advanced. (Purple with black stripe) They have a reason for 2 purples that I wont go in to now.

[hoooryeti]

@PsypherDeus theres a purple belt??

[hoooryeti]

wow not bad for his age