Black Belt info | Banbury TKD

All Black Belts need to attend at least one area training session every 6 months. They will be held back in Stratford for those running up to the April 2026 grading.

We will put the dates on here and the calendar as soon as we receive them. It is your responsibility as a black belt to ensure you check for this and make yourself available for at least one session. If you are not able to attend any then you can ask to be allowed to attend one in another area.

There are 3 sessions each time, one of which is only for those taking their Black belt or Dan grading that time. They are held every 6 months in the run up to the Black Belt Grading weekends. The Black Belt gradings are held every April and October.

Location

Stratford-upon-Avon for April 2026 grading

Stratford-upon-Avon School

Alcester Road

Stratford Upon Avon

Warwickshire

CV37 9DH

To take your black belt, you need to have attended 4 pre-grading sessions.

This includes all three sessions for that season, and at least one session from an earlier season.

Junior Instructors

We require all our Junior Instructors/Classroom Assistants/Sparring Assistants, etc., of red belt or above to attend at least one session every 12 months - ideally one every 6 months. However we do appreciate that is difficult for some whilst the sessions are all being scheduled for Sundays.

Dates

9.15am - 10.45am - Black tags

11.00am - 12.30pm - All Dan grades

1 Sunday 1st March - Mock Grading

2 Sunday 29th March

9.15am - 10.45am - Red belts and Black tags

11.00am - 12.30pm - All Dan grades

3 Sunday 12th April

9.15am - 10.45am - Red belts and Black tags

12noon - 1.30pm - All Dan grades

Apply here

Alternative sessions in other regions

Central North - Leicester

7th March

14th March

21st March

North Midlands (Derby)

1st March

8th March

22nd March

Central England South - Oldbury

28th February

7th March

14th March

South East - Bracknell

21st March

28th March

11th April

South West - Malmesbury and Weston-Super-Mare

22nd March

29th March

12th April

North of England

Scotland

Wales

Fee

£10 cash on the door unless grading this time, in which case the fee is included within your grading fee.

Uniform

All students to wear a white TAGB dobok. No Tiger doboks nor Club uniform. No T shirts showing. No Jewellery including Fitbits or similar.

Destruction

Only for those aged 18 and above going for Dan grades

Juniors use the Kick Shields/Power Board

Ladies use White Board throughout

Men use Black Board throughout

Ladies are allowed to use elbows

Height to the middle of the board is 4ft, although ladies can do standing kicks at 3ft or 4ft

Juniors to hit a pad instead, same techniques as the adults - and the pad can be set at any height you request

Destruction Test

Black Belt - Star Gradings

1st Star

2nd Star

3rd Star

NB the line work is drawn from the line work for your next Dan grade

Junior Dan Calculator

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All time served under the age of 16 is halved, so that for every 12 months you train, it counts as 6 months towards your next Dan. This is to compensate for you not having to do the officials training courses nor attend two competitions a year. This starts to get complicated when you hit your 16th birthday during your waiting period for your next Dan grade, so you can use this handy calculator to work out exactly when you would qualify to enter your next Dan grading exam.