Rules & Etiquette

Addressing Instructors and Senior Students
When you o speak to your instructor, make sure that you first come to attention and salute by bowing politely at the waist. Always call your instructor "Mr.", then his last name. Never call your instructor by his first name. If that person is you best friend, prove it by setting a good example for other students.

Entering and leaving the Training Area
In most martial art gyms, there will be hung the flag of your country, the Korean flag and the school flag, or a combination of these three. When entering or leaving the training area, politely bow to these flags. If there are no flags, salute toward the middle of the training area, or to the instructor on the floor. Never walk on the training floor without first removing your shoes, and never take food or drink on the training floor unless it is a social function sanctioned by your instructor.

The disciplines listed above relate to the first of our five Tenets and Ethical Rules of the martial arts. Your instructor may have his class recite the Tenets, Ethical Rules and the Student Oath occasionally in class. You should be familiar with them.

Obtaining Permission for Testing and Tournaments
Students will be advised by their instructor whether or not they should participate in testing and / or tournaments. Any student testing may be asked to perform any technique or pattern requirement up to his or her level of proficiency. Rank should be achieved one grade at a time in a normal training schedule. If there is due case for the student to skip rank, this choice must be made known to the tester by the student.