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What do I need to wear?
New starters begin in just t-shirt/jogging bottoms casual sportswear moving on to the white do-bohks suits when ready. Indoor training is in bare feet.
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Are instructors qualified?
All class instructors have relevant insurance and DBS checks as well as first aid and child protection/safeguarding training. Instructor qualifications are monitored and reviewed by GBTSDA.
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What categories are there?
Normally there are: For our youngest members following a Tiny Tigers curriculum there is, instead, a Hyung or technique demostration as well as simplifed 1-on-1 sparring style game where they attent to pull tags from their opponents belt.
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What competitions are there?
GBTSDA runs two championships a year. In addition, students are able to also compete in:
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Do I have to compete?
Absolutely not. Some students like competing while others do not, competitions are an additional aspect of Tang Soo Do and GBTSDA memberships.
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How long is a grading?
A junior Gup grading will be about 45 mins to an hour long, higher Gup grades will stretch this out maybe to an hour and a half as more syllabus needs covering. Grading to an early Dan grade involves about a 3 hour pre-test followed by a longer, up to 4 hour, main test.
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How often do you grade?
You only grade when your instructors feel you are ready. For junior grades they can grade every 24 lessions and at least 3 months training, for higher Gup grades it will be 60 lessions/6 months, Cho Dan Bo’s (blue belts) at least a year and Dan (black belts) grades take an increasing number of years…
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What is a grading?
All belt progression (other than the first 10th to 9th Gup) is the result of a grading. These are examinations, held either regionally or nationally, where students are asked to demonstrate their abilities in front of a panel of senior GBTSDA instructors. The format of a grading tends to follow a typical training class so…
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