Written records of the history of China can be found from as early as 1500 BC[1][2] under the Shang dynasty (c. 1600â1046 BC).[3] Ancient historical texts such as the Records of the Grand Historian (ca. 100 BC) and the Bamboo Annals (before 296 BC) describe a Xia dynasty (c. 2070â1600 BC), which had no system of writing on a durable medium, before ...
There are, for the most part, 9 dans (or degrees) when it comes to a taekwondo black belt that can be achieved.
According to the ATA each belt has a symbolic meaning that compares the student's growth in taekwondo to the growth of a pine tree: 1  White Belt - Pure and without the knowledge of Songahm Taekwondo. 2  Orange Belt - The sun is beginning to rise. 3  Yellow Belt - The seed is beginning to see the sunlight..