The pre-black belt ranking for Tang Soo Do is called a Gup, and it is in a descending order from 10th Gup to 1st Gup. For San Kil Tang Soo Do, Cho Dan Bo is the preliminary testing rank for the black belt.
The basic colors for our gup belt system are white, gold, orange, which are the beginner levels. Green is the intermediate level, and red is the advanced level. Other than white, each base color has a stripe in the center to indicate where they are in that rank in the following order: white stripe, black stripe, and blue stripe.
The basic colors for our gup belt system are white, gold, orange, which are the beginner levels. Green is the intermediate level, and red is the advanced level. Other than white, each base color has a stripe in the center to indicate where they are in that rank in the following order: white stripe, black stripe, and blue stripe.