Chang's Hapkido Academy, Atlanta

Hapkido at Georgia State University

(Affiliated with Chang’s Hapkido Academy, Lombard, IL.)

In order to test, each student must have the following:

1. A completed Application Form with the appropriate fees (see table below), and your promotion card if you have have one.
2. A uniform.
3. The requisite skills – see table below.

All new students are by default White belts (9th Kup or level). The following table lists the skills to be demonstrated to Master Chang’s satisfaction in order to be promoted to the corresponding belt level. Your attitude and spirit (Ki) are at least as important as the physical skills for passing the tests.

Tests are typically conducted twice a year (sometime in March/April, October/November).

For Rank	Soo (Main Skills)	Kick/Punch	Form	Other Skills	Fee
10 Yellow	6 Pull-aways 2 Throws, 2 Teasing	Basic Punch, Kick, Elbow	None	Falling, Stances, Movement	$55
9 Yellow Green Tip	5 Wrist, 5 Teasing	Round, Heel, Crescent, Spin Back	Attacking	Preliminary Sparring	$55

8 Green	3 Sleeve, 5 Lapel	All single kicks as above	Blocking		$60
7 Green Blue Tip	6 Crosshand	Spin Heel, Sitting Spin	Form 1	Boxing One-Step Sparring	$60

6 Blue	3 Two Hands Front 5 Hugging Front		Form 2		$65
5 Blue Brown Tip	3 Two Hands Back 5 Hugging Back		Form 3	Sparring	$65

4 Brown	10 Punch Block		Form 4		$70
3 Brown Red Tip	10 Kick Block		Form 5		$70

2 Red	7 Yew Sool		Form 6		$80
1 Red Black Tip	10 Choke Escapes		Form 7	Tuksoo Sonjil (hand techniques)	$100

Black Belt 1^st Dan	20 Sun Sool (2 sets, 10 each)		Form 8		$600