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White Belt:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The lack of color signifies purity and innocence. The novice has no knowledge of tae kwon do. <\/span><\/p>\n

Yellow Belt:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The color of the rising sun. Seeds in the ground begin to germinate and grow. Basic tae kwon do techniques begin to be learned. <\/span><\/p>\n

Orange Belt:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The deeper color of the rising sun. Seeds in the ground begin to germinate and grow. Basic tae kwon do techniques begin to be learned. <\/span><\/p>\n

Green Belt:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The color of growing things that all can see. Power begins to develop. <\/span><\/p>\n

Blue\u00a0Belt:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The color of the sky which growing things reach for. Physical and mental power starts to stabilize. <\/span><\/p>\n

Red:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The color of blood, the essential <\/span>life<\/span><\/a> force. Maturity, honor and respect are exhibited as character begins to perfect. <\/span><\/p>\n

Black Belt:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Black is the combination of all color. The final stage where technique is mastered within the humble and serene beauty of the plant.\u00a0 It is here we must go back and relearn all our basics from a new perspective.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

White Belt: The lack of color signifies purity and innocence. The novice has no knowledge of tae kwon do. Yellow Belt: The color of the rising sun. Seeds in the ground begin to germinate and grow. Basic tae kwon do … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-825","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 12:26:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensingtkd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensingtkd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensingtkd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensingtkd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensingtkd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensingtkd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":828,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensingtkd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/825\/revisions\/828"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ensingtkd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ensingtkd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}