Exam for student grades

Exam for student grades

An important day is coming for everyone training in taekwonDo – on Saturday, 14 June 2025, we will meet at Primary School No. 40 at 13 Pszczelna Street in Kraków (Ruczaj) for the exam for student grades. It will be a great opportunity to check your skills, show how much work we have put into training and… earn another belt! Check all the information.

Date: 14.06.2025 (Saturday)

Location: Primary School No. 40, 13 Pszczelna Street, Kraków (Ruczaj)

Registration: required! Register with instructors by Wednesday, 11.06.2025

Fees: PLN 100 for each grade, PLN 50 for an unsuccessful exam – payable in cash on the day of the exam.

Requirements: exam requirements and theory questions available for download at: https://www.kct.pl/#egzaminy

Schedule

Beginner groups (first-year students) – born in 2013 and younger

09:00-10:00 – younger beginners (Kurdwanów, Łagiewniki) 

10:00-11:00 – younger beginners (Skotniki, Borek Fałęcki, Podwawelskie Estate)

11:00-12:00 – younger beginners (CIS, WIS, Horme, Open Future, Kompas, European College, Wyobraźnia, BC School)

13:30-14:30 – younger beginners (Kozłówka, Grzegórzki, Tysiąclecia Estate, Dywizjonu 303 Estate)

14:30-15:30 – younger beginners (Na Stoku Estate, Niepodległości Estate)

Intermediate groups (second-year students) – born in 2013 and younger 

08:30-09:30 – younger students taking grades 9.2-9.3 cup (Na Stoku Estate, Tysiąclecia Estate, Niepodległości Estate, Podwawelskie Estate, Łagiewniki, Kozłówka)

12:00-13:00 – younger students taking grades 9.2-9.3 cup (CIS, WIS, Horme, Open Future, Kompas, European College, Wyobraźnia, BC School)

15:30-16:30 – younger students taking grades 9.2-9.3 cup (Kurdwanów, Skotniki, Borek Fałęcki)

Advanced groups – born in 2013 and younger

09:30-10:30 – younger students taking grades 8-7.1 cup (all groups)

10:30-12:00 – younger students taking grades 7.2-7.3 cup (all groups)

12:00-14:00 – younger students taking grade 6 cup and above (all groups)

Older groups – born in 2012 and earlier

16:30-17:30 – older taekwon-do beginners (taking the grade 8 cup exam, all groups)

14:30-17:30 – older advanced students taking grade 7 cup and above (all groups).

Additional information:

  • There are few parking spaces near the school; please consider alternative means of transport (public transport, taxi) or allow time to walk from the parking lot by Kaufland.
  • The group is determined by the highest grade for which one is taking the exam.
  • Arrive for the exam 20 minutes before it starts (neither earlier nor later).
  • Parents may watch the exam from the stands. 
  • The exact exam fee in cash will be collected at the entrance to the hall, and certificates confirming a passed exam will be issued when leaving the hall.
  • Those holding a yellow belt or a higher grade must have a dobok. Others may wear a dobok; anyone without a dobok should wear long sports trousers and a white T-shirt. 
  • Those who will spar during the exam must have their own personal set of sports-fighting equipment.
  • After the exam, candidates will receive a belt or stripes.

Sports-fighting equipment

  • Children taking the grade 8 cup exam must have gloves and a mouthguard; a helmet is also permitted, and nothing else.
  • Children taking the grade 7.1 cup exam and above must have gloves, a mouthguard, groin protection (boys), shin guards, foot guards and a helmet.
  • Older candidates taking the grade 7 cup exam in taekwon-do must have a complete set of fighting equipment.

Explanation of grades:

10 cup – white belt without stripes

9.1 cup – white belt with 1 yellow stripe

9.2 cup  – white belt with 2 yellow stripes

9.3 cup – white belt with  3 yellow stripes

8 cup –  yellow belt

7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 – yellow belt with 1, 2 or 3 green stripes respectively

6 cup – green belt, etc.

To prepare for the exam, we encourage you to watch the video guide prepared on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvhgVl5mWic&list=PLqEMSV8oGHokcRL2llEtcEqTY6nPCEOUy&pp=iAQB