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When TKD was first developed as its own martial art, was there a common agreement on number of belts below black belt as well as the color for each of those levels? Thank you.
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TKD was originally developed for use Militaristically.
I would say this depends on when you believe Taekwondo was originally developed. For example, considering the Chung Do Kwan as the first major school in Korea (that taught the art we now know as Taekwondo) then it was originally taught to civilians and then some members from the CDK founded the military school (Oh Do Kwan) afterwards.
I would also argue that as it includes (and has included since the beginning) a lot of jumping and spinning kicks then a purely militaristic focus is unlikely (as they would be unlikely to be used on the battlefield).
I say that Taekwondo was primarily developed as a "self-improving martial way" rather than a military art, and as a modern martial way surely other arts and their systems would have been considered during it's development. Some Judo instructors were using coloured Kyu belts in the 1930s, so I can't imagine in 1955 that Taekwondo would be developed without consideration for this.
Just my opinion though...
could be folklore or maybe i remember it from another reading, but when TAEKWONDO became TKD (60-70's) with the goal of becoming an olympic sport, the belts were the color of the olympic rings. White, yellow, green, blue, red, black. with a Low/High for each color belt inbetween white and black. equalling 10 total for the 10 Gups.
now each individual school may/has adapted different colors in place of the low high (at least in the US), but the standard WTF recognized is the colors of the OLYMPIC Rings.
GM Nam said the CDK used white brown and black. At one point Glenn took issue with the article saying there was no brown, but red. I think it may have changed at some point in time.
White, yellow, green, red and black. The original belt system, created by jigoro kano to prevent mismatches/injuries in judo, was white, blue, brown and black. For children they used yellow, orange and green. In mdk tkkd the colors were white, yellow, green,blue, red and dark blue(midnight blue).
White, yellow, green, red and black. The original belt system, created by jigoro kano to prevent mismatches/injuries in judo, was white, blue, brown and black. For children they used yellow, orange and green. In mdk tkkd the colors were white, yellow, green,blue, red and dark blue(midnight blue).
Do you have a source for the original belts colours in judo being white, blue, brown and black? Always thought it was white,brown and black. The other colours were introduced by the Budokwai, not just for children.
From what I've read, though it is by no means the whole truth, I think the belt structure was white belt, brown belt, black belt, and that was it. I may be getting confused with various kwans though.
GM Nam said the CDK used white brown and black. At one point Glenn took issue with the article saying there was no brown, but red. I think it may have changed at some point in time.
. This is I believe what GM Nam is talking about, perhaps the original belt colors of the Oh Do Kwan, which very well could have been white brown and black. The Oh Do Kwan was a 50's creation, during Taekwondo's intermediate school fascination with Japanese Karate. This was before Taekwondo's maturation and development into something distinct and apart from Karate.
With Karate,in some cases, one hand would perform a technique while the other stays stationary.