| RED BELT |
| SOOLGI | Defense vs. attacks from the rear |
| HO SHIN SOOL | Pressure point throws, dirty fighting, biting, common weapons, false hand shakes, head butts, and follow-ups & finishes |
| CONTINUOUS JOINT LOCKS | Flowing joint locks #1 thru 15 |
| KICKS | 25 advanced kicks (same as red tip brown belt), plus timed kicking test (7 kicks in 3 seconds) |
| FALLING | All previous falls plus air falls |
| KWON BOP | Advanced hand and foot combinations |
| FORM(S) | Long form #6 (Farang Sin Hyung), plus weapons form |
| GROUND FIGHTING | Strikes, locks, chokes, & escapes from the reverse top position |
| KNIFE FIGHTING | Advanced empty-hand techniques vs. knife attack, knife picks, knife sparring, and misc. knife drills |
| OTHER WEAPONS | Advanced middle stick drills and staff form part I |
| SPARRING | Tae Kwon Do-type sparring, Karate-type sparring, full repertoire sparring, weapons sparring, and ground fighting |
| BREAKING | Two-board break with a flying kick and 2-board break with a spinning kick |
| ACADEMICS | Korean writing, read Living the Martial Way, and write an essay in response to aforementioned book |