Basic Requirements for Rank Promotion:

White and Yellow Belt:

• Self-Defense: Bear Hugs, Headlock, Lapel Grabs, Bump & Rolls and How to Fall
• Basic Hand Techniques: Low, Middle, High Block, Punch and Palm Strike
• Foot Techniques: Straight Swing Leg Up and Front Snap Kick
• Forms:
  • Ki Cho Hyung Il Bu,
  • Ki Cho Hyung E Bu
• One Steps:
  • (Il Soo Sik Dae Ryun) #1, #2, #3 and #4 (Adults)

Orange Belt: All of the Previous Rank

• Self-Defense:
  • Hair Grab,
  • Choke,
  • Counter to Rushing Lower Tackle,
  • How to Stay On Mount,
  • How to escape Mount,
  • Side Mount to Shoulder Lock and Headlock Escapes
• Basic Hand Techniques:
  • High Punch,
  • Inside/outside Block,
  • Outside/inside Block,
  • Side Punch and
  • Side Block
• Foot Techniques:
  • Side Stretch Kick,
  • Side Snap Kick,
  • Roundhouse Kick,
  • Front inside-outside Snap Kick and
  • Jump Front Kick
• Forms:
  • Ki Cho Hyung Sam Bu,
  • Pyung Ahn Cho Dan and
  • Chil Sung E Ro
• Free Sparring
• One Steps: (Il Soo Sik Dae Ryun)
  • #1, #3 and #5 (Children)
  • #5, #6, #7 and #8 (Adults)
    

NOTE: U.S. SOO BAHK DO MOO DUK KWAN FEDERATION Registration Form 
Anyone who attains an orange belt must register in order to test for black belt in the federation. 
http://soobahkdo.editme.com/Membership

Green Belt: All of the Previous Ranks

• Self-Defense:
  • From Mount – Arm Bar,
  • Rear Choke Escape – Hands on Neck & Through,
  • Rear Choke Escape – Arm Around Head and Guillotine – Offense – Defense (Escape)
• Basic Hand Techniques:
  • Two fist Low and High Blocks (x block),
  • Two fist Low and Middle Blocks in Hu Gul Jaseh,
  • All previous hand techniques in combination.,
  • Soo Do(Knife hand) Attacks,
  • Yuk Soo Do Attacks,
  • Yuk Jin,
  • Hand Technique Combinations
• Foot Techniques:
  • Short Back Spinning Kick,
  • Side Hook Kick,
  • Side Jump Kick,
  • Long Back Spinning Kick,
  • Jumping inside/outside Kick,
  • Kick Combinations.
• Forms:
  • Pyung Ahn Sam Dan (children),
  • Pyung Ahn Sam Dan, and Chil Sung Il Ro (Adults)
• Free Sparring:
• One Steps: (Il Soo Sik Dae Ryun)
  • #5, #7 and #8 (Children)
  • #9, #10, #11, #12, #13 and #14 (Adults)

Red Belt: All of the Previous Ranks

• Self-Defense:
  • Side Mount to the Guard – America Shoulder Lock - X Chock – Double Arm Bar,
  • Gee Teen – Head lock fro Ground
• CANDIDATES Self-Defense:
  • Cross Gripe #1,
  • Same Side #4,
  • Two on One #1,
  • Two on Two #1,
  • Two on Two from Behind Long Distance,
  • Two on Two from Behind Short Distance,
  • Side Gripe Natural and
  • Side Gripe Unnatural (Children)
  • Cross Gripe #1- #2 - #3 & #4
  • Two on one #1 - #2-#3 and #4
  • Same Side #1-# 2-#3 and #4,
  • Two on One # 1- #2 and #3
  • Two on Two # 1-#2-#3 and #4
  • Two on Two from Behind Long Distance
  • Two on Two from Behind Short Distance
  • Side Gripe Natural and Side Gripe Un-Natural (Adults)
• Basic Hand Techniques:
  • All basics and combinations are required, with emphasis on Tuel Oh (twisting) defense and offenses.
  • Techniques with Hu Jin (stepping back) singly and in combination may be required
• Foot Techniques:
  • Kick combinations,
  • all single jumping kicks required.
  • Hand and foot combinations moving forward and backward can be required.
• Forms:
  • Chil Sung Sam Ro,
  • Passia,
  • Naihanji Cho Dan
  • Yuk Ro Cho Dan (Adults all the Children forms too)
• Free Sparring:
• One Steps: (Il Soo Sik Dae Ryun)
  • #8, #9 and #11 (Children)
  • #15, #16, #17 and #18 (Adults)