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Modern Tae Kwon Do utilizes a colored belt promotion system to rank the progress of the student. Each color represents a different stage in the student's training. The colored belts prior to black belt are referred to as Gup, all black belts are referred to as Dan. The chart below shows the development of the student by belt color all the way up to 1st Dan black belt.




White (10th Gup): Purity



Yellow (9th Gup): The Sun



Orange (8th Gup): Dawning Sun





Green (7th Gup): Growth



Blue (6th Gup): The Sky



Purple (5th Gup) Passion





Brown (4th Gup): Earth



Red (3rd Gup): Fire



Red + Stripe (2nd Gup): Fire



Cho Dan Bo (1st Gup): New Beginning





(1st Dan through 9th Dan): The Universe