Daventry Tigers Taekwondo
We strive to get you from White Belt to Black Belt with the best possible grade.
Black Belt Information
Black Belt Pre-Grading sessions
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.
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
NB the clocks go back one hour on Sunday morning 29th March, so you'll need to think of this as being an hour earlier than it is!
3 Sunday 12th April
9.15am - 10.45am - Red belts and Black tags
12noon - 1.30pm - All Dan grades
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.
Alternative sessions in other regions
Sat 7th March
Sat 14th March
Sat 21st March
Sat 1st March
Sun 8th March
Sun 22nd March
Sat 28th February
Sat 7th March
Sat 14th March
Sat 21st March
Sat 28th March
Sat 11th April
Sun 22nd March
Sun 29th March
Sun 12th April
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
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 - we have heard that men are also allowed to do standing kicks at 3ft too although we have not had any official confirmation of the same.
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.
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
How many people get to black belt?
