COLOR BELTS AT MODERN TAEKWONDO CENTER

Every Taekwondo school has taken the original belt system and modified it to meet the needs of their specific school. At Modern Taekwondo Centers, our belt system is white, orange, yellow, green stripe, green, blue stripe, blue, red stripe, red, black stripe and black.

KUKKIWON BLACK BELT CERTIFICATION

The Kukkiwon is the World Taekwondo Headquarters. It is the Kukkiwon which researches, conducts instructor seminars and serves as the conduit for Dan and Poom promotion and certification. The Kukkiwon decides what the requirements for promotion are and if things such as poomse interpretation is involved then the Kukkiwon has the final say. When one is promoted to Dan/Poom rank, one receives a Kukkiwon certificate. Not all Black Belts are certified by the Kukkiwon.

As of September 2001, the global Taekwondo population was estimated at about 50 million. Worldwide there are only 59,594 Kukkiwon Black Belts holding the rank of 4th Dan or higher and of those only 7,471 are outside of Korea. Think about those numbers. If you are fortunate enough to be affiliated with a Taekwondo program that has certified Kukkiwon Black Belts you are among a select group and if your Instructor is a Kukkiwon certified 4th Dan or higher Black Belt then you are indeed fortunate.

All of the Black Belts at Modern Taekwondo Centers are Kukkiwon certified. As such, each Black Belt receives The Certificate of Qualification shown below. Master Bell currently holds the rank of 6th Dan. Senior instructor Laura Bell holds the rank of 3rd Dan.