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The 7 Levels of Taekwondo

BeyondBelts

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What really separates a white belt beginner from a true Taekwondo master?

In this video, we break down the 7 real levels of #taekwondo , from day-one chaos to elite fighters who successfully transitioned into #mma . This is not a belt chart. This is the real progression every Taekwondo student experiences—physically, mentally, and technically.

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You’ll learn:

-Why white belts struggle with balance, stance, and basic kicks
-What actually changes at yellow, green, and blue belts
-What makes red belts genuinely dangerous
-Why only a few Taekwondo fighters evolve into complete MMA athletes
-How legends like #anthonypettis , #andersonsilva , #rosenamajunas , and #yairrodriguez proved Taekwondo works at the highest level.

If you train in Taekwondo, this video will challenge how you see your progress.
If you don’t, it will change how you view the art entirely.

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💬 Comment, which level you think you’re currently on

20 Comments

@BeyondBelts Creator 7 months ago (edited) Pinned

🚨Which level are you on right now, or which one are you aiming for? 💪🥋
🚨If you enjoyed this Taekwondo breakdown, watch our Karate progression next: https://youtu.be/4hKTfvQMvkI

@choiplays 9 months ago (edited)

"leaving them sparring doesn't make them gasp for air"
Me, level 5 with asthma:

@babygracechan 4 months ago

Im turning black belt soon

@LXCK_Oblivion 9 months ago

I'm 5, close to 6. I love my martial art and have been doing it for 3 years.

@tombaker8481 8 months ago

My teacher is an 81 year old Korean 9th DAN Grand master....He's 5'2, kind smile, soft broken English and loves helping the young children white belts with MUCH patience and humor.......
This kind, small man emits in Presence I can't put it into words.... I've studied martial arts for 25 years, and have come close to my black belt two other times in my life, I've got about 6 months left to get it...and I would NOT even spar this man....I show him the highest level of respect.

@Karakaal.Maimai 8 months ago (edited)

I’m a black belt, and I can understand about the teaching part, cuz it’s a struggle sometimes but we know it’s all worth it

@Z-Dino0528 9 months ago

0:07 hey now that’s totally not why I started…

@HowDoIStartPlaying 9 months ago

Red belt right now, will be going for my black belt grading next year

@blazeman3 8 months ago

Brother is mixing traditional Taekwondo (ITF) and the Olympic branch (WTF) in the video. As someone who has a decade of training in the ITF style and holds a red-black belt, I can say a few things: the ranking system differs. ITF goes from White -> Yellow -> Green -> Blue -> Red -> Black, with half ranks between them, just like my rank now. I know that some of the green belt pupils are half-baked in combat and do not know a whole lot in terms of techniques, but that's the exciting part. I remember myself as a green belt watching higher ranks spar and do their Tuls (Poomses in WTF), and I was thrilled to strive even further. Other than that, every practitioner is different. There are high-ranking colored belts who are mid-level in technique but excel in sparring, and vice versa, maybe have some lower belts better than them in terms of execution.

@alnnxdn34 2 weeks ago

I’m a poom belt first Dan with 8 years of experience and this is by far the most accurate representation by far, and there’s two types which is WTF and ITF. WTF is more of sport focused while ITF is more self defense based, not saying WTF kicks are weak either but they have no striking power. This video is quite accurate too so great job on the editing!🎉

@zaymax3140 4 months ago

Man I miss this brought back old memories got my black belt at 10 years old started taekwondo around like 4 or 5

@Epic-e8b 9 months ago

I’m a black belt in song ham taekwondo and I have been doing it for 5 years it is pretty fun

@Readhistoryfirst 1 month ago

Only thing this video missed is the excellent punching and other upper body strikes and movement in real, non showy off kick- type taekwondo

@dani.haft45 6 months ago

The cobra kai one is so accurate

@rjonnyhariyanto818 1 month ago

Thx kontentnya sangat mengedukasi🤝💯👍

@RonCamacho-z3p 3 months ago

I'm a black belt 5 years. ❤❤❤

@enriconegro1971 8 months ago

Since 28 years practicing several Taekwondo styles. Still level 1. Taekwondo has something to give to anyone. For me, it's focus, and a long way to enjoy. Thanks to you all!

@PolandGam 2 months ago

bro i was trainning taekwondo for 2 years in before covid, now im 15 and i started trainning kickboxing, at my 5th trainning i could easly do midle kick, high kick, back kick etc, and im only starting

@ToriaArchelle 1 month ago

I'm gonna join taekwondo soon hopefully, I did it as a kid but I just messed the whole time lol and had to beg the coach to grade, I wanna go back and actually try. Hope I do well.