{"id":46,"date":"2019-03-15T18:17:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T18:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2019-03-15T18:17:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T18:17:11","slug":"belts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/belts\/","title":{"rendered":"Belts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<p><strong>There are six belts: white, yellow, green, blue, red and black. White is given to beginners and black is given to students who have progressed through the grades and have a solid foundation for learning the techniques of\u00a0Taekwon-Do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The definitions of the belts are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<strong>White Belt\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nSignifies innocence, as that of the beginning student who has no previous knowledge of\u00a0Taekwon-Do.\n<strong>Yellow Belt<\/strong><br \/>\nSignifies the earth from which a plant sprouts and takes root as the foundation of\u00a0Taekwon-Do is being laid.\n<strong>Green Belt<\/strong><br \/>\nSignifies the plant\u2019s growth as\u00a0Taekwon-Do skills begin to develop.\n<strong>Blue Belt\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nSignifies the Heaven towards which the plant matures into a towering tree as training in\u00a0Taekwon-Do progresses.\n<strong>Red Belt\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nSignifies Danger, cautioning the student to exercise control and warning the opponent to stay away.\n<p><strong>Black Belt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Opposite of white, therefore signifying the maturity and proficiency in\u00a0Taekwon-Do, also indicates the wearer\u2019s imperviousness to darkness and fear.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/belts.jpg\" alt=\"belts\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"473\" width=\"273\" title=\"belts\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n<h2><strong>Students must grade through the following belts in the following order:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<strong>white<\/strong>\u00a0belt given to the beginner (10th\u00a0gup)<br \/>\n<strong>white<\/strong>\u00a0belt yellow tags (9th\u00a0gup)<br \/>\n<strong>yellow<\/strong>\u00a0belt (8th\u00a0gup)<br \/>\n<strong>yellow<\/strong>\u00a0belt\u00a0<strong>green<\/strong>\u00a0tags (7th\u00a0gup)<br \/>\n<strong>green<\/strong>\u00a0belt (6th\u00a0gup)<br \/>\n<strong>green<\/strong>\u00a0belt blue tags (5th\u00a0gup)<br \/>\n<strong>blue<\/strong>\u00a0belt (4th\u00a0gup)<br \/>\n<strong>blue<\/strong>\u00a0belt\u00a0<strong>red<\/strong>\u00a0tags (3rd\u00a0gup)<br \/>\n<strong>red<\/strong>\u00a0belt (2nd\u00a0gup)<br \/>\n<strong>red<\/strong>\u00a0belt\u00a0<strong>black\u00a0<\/strong>tags (1st\u00a0gup)<br \/>\nthrough to <strong>Black<\/strong>\u00a0Belt (1st\u00a0dan\/degree).\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-46","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50,"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46\/revisions\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learntaekwondo.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}