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| - Taekwondo ranks are typically separated into "junior" and "senior," or "student" and "instructor," sections. The junior section typically consists of ten ranks indicated by the Korean word geup 급 (also Romanized as gup). Geup literally meaning grade. The junior ranks are usually identified by belts of various colors, depending on the school, so these ranks are sometimes called "color belts". Geup rank may be indicated by stripes on belts rather than by colored belts. Students begin at tenth geup (often indicated by a white belt) and advance toward first geup (often indicated by a red belt with a white or black stripe). Many schools also group colored belts into tiers: beginners, intermediate and advanced. Typically advanced students will be assistants to the instructors, helping the senior
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| - Taekwondo ranks are typically separated into "junior" and "senior," or "student" and "instructor," sections. The junior section typically consists of ten ranks indicated by the Korean word geup 급 (also Romanized as gup). Geup literally meaning grade. The junior ranks are usually identified by belts of various colors, depending on the school, so these ranks are sometimes called "color belts". Geup rank may be indicated by stripes on belts rather than by colored belts. Students begin at tenth geup (often indicated by a white belt) and advance toward first geup (often indicated by a red belt with a white or black stripe). Many schools also group colored belts into tiers: beginners, intermediate and advanced. Typically advanced students will be assistants to the instructors, helping the senior belts,or Dan, teach demonstrating techniques or showing beginner students how to tie their belts for example. The senior belt section is typically made up of nine ranks. Each rank is called a Dan 단, also referred to as "black belt" or "degree" (as in "third dan" or "third-degree black belt"). Black belts begin at 1st degree and advance to 2nd, 3rd, and so on. The degree can be indicated on the belt itself with: stripes, roman numerals, or other methods; sometimes black belts are just the name of the person and/or the name of their dojang/system but for some schools the belt may be plain and unadorned, regardless of rank.
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