BLACK BELT SOOLGI Defense while seated or lying HO SHIN SOOL Continuous joint locks #1 thru 30, plus opponent control techniques KICKS 25 advanced kicks (same as half black belt) FALLING Cartwheels, 1-hand cartwheels, & jump up side falls RANGE TECHNIQUES Ground fighting trapping (empty handed and with weapons) KWON BOP Advanced hand/foot combinations (student’s choice of knife finishes) FORM(S) Long form #8 (Farang Duk Hyung), plus weapons forms GROUND FIGHTING Strikes, submissions, kick counters, and escapes from the leg tie KNIFE FIGHTING Knife vs. knife techniques, plus knife long form (Dan Gum Hyung) OTHER WEAPONS Cane strikes & chokes, sword strikes, 2-hand sword form part I, middle stick fighting set and disarms, short stick short form, and Tae Guk Kwon form #1 SPARRING All previous sparring plus weapons sparring and 2-on-1 & 3-on-1 sparring BREAKING 2 X 2 board breaks (both are with advanced foot techniques), 1 board speed break (hand or foot), plus 1 brick break MEDITATION Concentration meditation HEALING Korean Tai Chi long form #1 BODY TOUGHENING/CONDITIONING 100 strikes to the makiwara daily CHALLENGE The infamous eight-hour meditation experience! ACADEMICS Meditation reflection report