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Black Belt Information
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Black Belt Pre-Grading sessions
All Black Belts should ideally attend at least one Area Training session every six months. As an absolute minimum, however, you must now attend at least one Area Training session every 12 months in order to retain your Black Belt status.
We will add Area Training dates to this page and to the club calendar as soon as we receive them. It is your responsibility as a Black Belt to check the dates and make yourself available to attend at least one session within each 12-month period.
If you are unable to attend any of the sessions in our area, you may request permission to attend an Area Training session in another area instead.
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.
Black Belt Grading Requirements 1st to 2nd Dan
Black Belt Grading Requirements 2nd to 3rd Dan
Location
Leamington Spa for October 2026 grading
Oakley Secondary School
Quercus Way
off Oakley Wood Road
Bishops Tachbrook
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV33 9QE
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.
Fee
£10 cash on the door unless you are grading this time, in which case the fee is included within your grading fee.
Uniform
All students to wear a white or Tiger TAGB dobok. No Club uniform. No T shirts showing. No Jewellery including Fitbits or similar.
Alternative sessions in other regions
Sat 5th Sept
Sat 12th Sept
Sat 19th Sept
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NB Change of times issued 27.08.26
Sun 6th Sept
Sun 20th Sept
Sun 27th Sept
Sat 5th Sept
Sat 12th Sept
Sat 26th Sept
Sat 5th Sept
Sat 19th Sept
Sat 3rd Oct
Sun 13th Sept
Sun 26th Sept
Sun 4th Oct
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
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Junior Dan Calculator
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.
Grading Syllabus by belt/Dan
2nd Dan
Breaking
Any hand (not including elbow for men)
Any Rear leg Standing kick
Any Jumping kick
3rd Dan
Breaking
Any hand (not including elbow for men)
Any Opposite hand (ie the other hand from the first)
Any Rear leg Standing kick
Any Opposite kick (jumping optional)
4th Dan
Breaking
Any two different hand techniques
(not including elbow for men)
Any two different kicks
Any jumping kick