Belt Level Curriculum Planner
Takes the techniques, forms, and requirements your school already uses and organizes them into a clear plan for each belt level.
Before and after
Coralmoor Martial Arts Belt Curriculum
Head instructor: Paul Peters | 1568 Briarmoor St, Southgate | 319-555-0134
Style: Taekwondo, ages 6 to 12
White Belt
Cycle: 8 weeks, 2 classes per week (16 classes)
Goal: Learn the basic stances, blocks, punch, and front kick, and perform Poomsae Kibon 1.
Week-by-week focus:
- Week 1: Bow and respect rules, ready stance, walking stance. Character word: Respect
- Week 2: Front stance, low block
- Week 3: High block, middle punch
- Week 4: Front kick, combining stances with blocks and punch
- Week 5: Begin Poomsae Kibon 1, first half
- Week 6: Finish Poomsae Kibon 1. Character word: Focus
- Week 7: Test preparation: Kibon 1, front kick on a pad, student oath
- Week 8: Test preparation and testing
Review items from earlier belts: None (first belt).
Testing checklist:
- Perform Poomsae Kibon 1
- Front kick on a pad, 5 times each leg
- Say the student oath
- 14 classes attended minimum
Parent summary: White belt students learn the basic stances, blocks, a punch, and a front kick, plus the school's respect rules. At testing they show their first form, kick a pad, and say the student oath.
Yellow Belt
Cycle: 8 weeks, 2 classes per week (16 classes)
Goal: Add new kicks, a second form, and a first self-defense skill to the white belt basics.
Week-by-week focus:
- Week 1: Rear stance. Character word: Perseverance
- Week 2: Inside block, rear stance practice
- Week 3: Side kick
- Week 4: Roundhouse kick. Review front kick
- Week 5: Begin Poomsae Kibon 2, first half. Review Kibon 1
- Week 6: Finish Poomsae Kibon 2. Wrist grab escape 1 with a partner
- Week 7: Test preparation: Kibon 2, side kick and roundhouse kick on a pad, wrist grab escape 1, student oath
- Week 8: Test preparation and testing
Review items from earlier belts: Front kick, Poomsae Kibon 1
Testing checklist:
- Perform Poomsae Kibon 2
- Side kick and roundhouse kick on a pad, 5 times each leg
- Wrist grab escape 1 with a partner
- Say the student oath
- 14 classes attended minimum
Safety and class notes: Sparring begins at yellow belt, and only with a mouthguard and shin guards.
Parent summary: Yellow belt students learn the side kick, roundhouse kick, a second form, and their first self-defense escape. Sparring begins at this level with a mouthguard and shin guards.
Questions for the owner
- Sparring starts at yellow belt, but no sparring drills were listed. Do you want sparring weeks added to the yellow belt plan, and if so, what should be taught?
- Peggy Porter helps with the 6 to 8 year old class. Should the plan show a different pace or different items for that class?
- Where should the parent summaries be shared (handout, email, or posted at the school)?
- If any student has an injury or health condition, please have the family check with their doctor and talk with you before class.
What it does
Takes the techniques, forms, and requirements your school already uses and organizes them into a clear plan for each belt level. Each belt gets goals, what is taught, week-by-week focus, character lessons, and what students need to show at testing. You can hand it to instructors and share a short version with parents.
Use it when: Use when a martial arts school owner or head instructor needs to turn their techniques, forms, and requirements into a belt-by-belt curriculum plan for kids, such as: plan the curriculum for each belt, build a yellow belt syllabus, lay out what each rank teaches, or write a class plan for the next testing cycle.