General Syllabus, also known as Normal syllabus, is widely practiced in Community Club (CC), Resident’s Committee (RC), Schools and private organisations. The chart as shown below is the grading requirements of the Singapore Taekwondo Federation. Please note that all content on this site are for general information only, if you have any doubts or questions please refer to your respective coach for further clarification.
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Grade
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Requirements
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Pattern
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Note
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Technique Demonstration
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Note
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Sparring
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Note
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10
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Introductory Poomsae |
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– |
–
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–
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–
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9
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Preliminary Poomsae |
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Turning Kick (3 sets each – A to B & B to A) |
3
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–
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–
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8
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Taeguek Il Jang |
–
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Front Kick followed by Turning Kick (3 sets each – A to B & B to A) |
3
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–
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7
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Taeguek E Jang |
–
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Side kick (3 sets each – A to B & B to A) |
3
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–
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–
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6
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Taeguek Sam Jang |
–
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Back Thrust (3 sets each – A to B & B to A) |
3
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Free (1 round – same grade)
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–
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5
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Taeguek Sa Jang |
–
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Side Kick followed by Back Thrust (3 sets each – A to B & B to A) |
3
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Free (1 round – same grade)
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–
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4
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Taeguek O Jang |
–
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Reverse Kick (3 sets each – A to B & B to A) |
3
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Free (1 round – same grade)
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–
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3
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Taeguek Yuk Jang |
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Turning Kick followed by Reverse Kick (3 sets each – A to B & B to A) |
3
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Free (1 round – same grade)
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–
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2
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Taeguek Chil Jang Taeguek Sa Jang to Taeguek Yuk Jang (1 pattern) |
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1 |
Front Kick followed by Jumping Front Kick (3 times each – A to B & B to A) |
3
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Free (2 rounds – same grade)
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–
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1
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Taeguek Pal Jang Taeguek O Jang to Taeguek Chil Jang (1 pattern) |
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1 |
360 Turning kick followed by Back Thrust (3 time each – A to B & B to A) |
3
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Free (2 rounds – same grade & 1 round – blackbelt)
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2 |
NOTE
1. It shall be prerogative of the examiners to decide on pattern(s).
2. Interview / Taekwondo Pledge.
3. Technique demonstration shall be performed in the fellow manner:
- Start from ‘kyorugi chunbi’ position facing the examiner;
- Execute technique towards the direction of the examiner that is, A to B;
- Move forward with each kick;
- Maintain ‘kyorugi chunbi’ position after each kick;
- Turn to face the opposite direction after the first series of kicks and adopt ‘kyorugi chunbi’ position;
- Execute technique in that direction – that is, B to A;
- Maintain ‘kyorugi chunbi’ position after each kick;
- Turn to face the examiner after the second series of kicks and take up ‘Kyorugi chunbi’ position;
- Each step will be done according to command.