COLOURED BELTS

Tae Kwon-Do uses different coloured belts as a progressive ranking system to indicate the students level of experience. When students begin they wear a white belt and expert students wear a black belt.

• White signifies innocence. The innocence of the beginning student who has no previous knowledge of Tae Kwon-Do.
• Yellow signifies the earth from which a plant sprouts and takes root as Tae Kwon-Do foundations are being laid.
• Green signifies the plants growth as training in Tae Kwon-Do continues and the students skills begin to develop.
• Blue signifies the Heaven towards which the plant matures into a towering tree as training in Tae Kwon-Do progresses.
• Red signifies danger, cautioning the student to exercise self control and warning the opponent to stay away.
• Black is the opposite of white, it therefore completes the circle and signifies maturity and proficiency in Tae Kwon-Do. It also signifies the wearers imperviousness to darkness and fear.