Tkd Vaibhav Jha

There are 3 main Organisations regulating  Taekwondo:-

I- International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF)

ITF is an international governing body of taekwondo.  

• White Belt (10th Geup): White has a meaning of blankness, it manifests the humbleness and lack of knowledge of a beginner.
• Yellow stripe (9th Geup): A middle phase between a total beginner and yellow belt.
• Yellow Belt (8th Geup): The metaphor of yellow is the seed planted.
• Green stripe (7th Geup): Middle phase between yellow and green
• Green Belt (6th Geup): The seed now is starting to grow a plant and the practitioner is growing slowly but surely
• Blue stripe (5th Geup): Middle phase between the green belt and the blue belt.
• Blue Belt (4th Geup): Signifies the sky as the plant is aspiring to go high towards the sky without limits
• Red Stripe (3rd Geup): Middle Phase between blue belt and red belt
• Red Belt (2nd Geup): Red is a sign of blood, this is a warning to the student that they are aquiring a lethal weapon, self-control  should be very present.
• Black Stripe (1st Geup): Middle phase between red belt and black belt
• Black belt: The student is rewarded the black belt once they pass the 1st Geup.

II- World Taekwondo, previously called World Taekwondo Federation (WTF)

World Taekwondo is another governing body of taekwondo geared towards the point system as it is in the olympics.

• White Belt
• Yellow Belt
• Orange Belt
• Green Belt
• Purple Belt
• Blue Senior Belt
• Brown Belt
• Brown Senior Belt
• Red Belt
• Junior Black Belt
• Black

III-  ATA Martial Arts Previously (ATA) American Taekwondo Association

ATA is the organization with the least affiliations in the World, but it has great dominance in the United States

• White Belt
• Orange Belt
• Yellow Belt
• Camouflage Belt
• Green Belt
• Purple Belt
• Blue Belt
• Brown Belt
• Red Belt
• Black Belt

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