SulKiDo grading syllabus

The colour of each row indicates the type of belt worn by someone who has achieved that level ('gup') - beginning at white and moving through yellow, green, blue, then red, and finally black. Figures in brackets [] indicate the number of individual techniques making up a particular block. The original Korean terms are used where there is no concise English translation - see the glossary for more information.

Please read the brief notes on how to use the syllabus before attempting to copy any of the techniques you see described.

Level	Forms	Self-Defence Techniques	Strikes	Breaking
10	basic stances/stepping, breakfalls [5] from lying	breathing exercises [5]	front, roundhouse, side and crescent kicks off rear foot	elbow
9	10-step patterns [6], breakfalls [5] from standing	`soft' and `hard' style punching	hook, knee (front and round), outside-round, instep kicks off rear foot	punch
8	eel-jang pattern, break-fall sequence	basic wrist escapes [10]		front kick
7	ee-jang pattern, flip and jumping breakfalls	basic throwing techniques [15]	combination kicking, wheel kick	roundhouse kick
6	sam-jang pattern, jumping break-fall sequence	wrist escapes [11], cross-wrist escapes [6]		side kick
5	sa-jang pattern	clothing escapes [13]		front plus roundhouse kicks
4	o-jang pattern, ki cho hyung	vital-point kicking [15], vital-point hand strikes[15], throwing techniques [15]	stepping kicks	double (low, high) side kick
3	yuk-jang pattern, cho gup hyung	advanced wrist techniques [7], advanced clothing techniques [20]		hook kick
2	chil-jang pattern, jung gup hyung	hold escapes [20], rear escapes [30]	jumping/flying kicks	side plus hook kicks
1	pal-jang pattern, go gup hyung	joint locking [13], judo defences [10], advanced throws [13]		step-spinning back kick
Deputy Black	dae gup hyung			spinning wheel kick

In addition to these specific grading aspects, training also involves striking, stretching, bag-work, floor techniques, sparring, pure self-defence and aim to educate everyone in the underlying biomechanics involved. Plus of course, we organize various events and occasionally even photograph them for the club history.

In addition to having expertise at the techniques listed above, a candidate for black-belt must have accumulated significant teaching experience (including instructors certification) and have knowledge of the principals underlying SulKiDo.

Note that, since gradings are conducted externally, an additional fee is charged by the National governing body.