YELLOW BELT 8^th KUP

GREEN SIGNIFIES - THE PLANTS GROWTH AS TAEKWON-DO SKILLS BEGIN TO DEVELOP

8^th KUP PATTERN - DAN-GUN TUL 21 MOVEMENTS

Pattern Meaning: DAN-GUN IS NAMED AFTER THE HOLY DAN-GUN THE LEGENDARY FOUNDER OF KOREA IN THE YEAR 2333 B.C.

• KNIFE HAND GUARDING BLOCK - SONKAL DAEBI MAKGI
• TWIN FOREARM BLOCK - SANG PALMOK MAKGI
• KNIFE HAND BLOCK - SONKAL MAKGI
• HIGH PUNCH - NOPUNDE JIRUGI
• INWARD HIGH KNIFE HAND STRIKE - ANURO NOPUNDE SONKAL TAERIGI
• FOUNDER OF TAEKWON-DO - GENERAL CHOI HONG HI 9TH DEGREE GRAND MASTER
• TAEKWON-DO WAS INAUGURATED - 11th APRIL 1955
• TAEKWON-DO INTRODUCED TO THE UK - 1967
• P.U.M.A FORMED - 1st OF SEPTEMBER 2000