Many books on Taekwon-Do have been produced by instructors and masters of different levels for general reference.  However, until this book was written, there has been nothing written specifically to equip Taekwon-Do students for their belt promotion test.  For this reason, Master Leong wrote this textbook to help all students to prepare them stage by stage for their tests.

The book aims to provide in a standard format the various aspects of the art that need to be covered, grade by grade.  As such it will also be useful as a guide for the reference of instructors.

The book covers all the required hand and foot techniques, gymnastics, stances, 1-step, 2-step and 3-step sparring, self-defense techniques, conditioning, forms, Korean terminology and theory, as well as giving personal advice from the master -- all presented systematically.

Master Leong Wai Meng wrote:
"When the result of a belt promotion test is announced, the student should not be too pleased or proud if he scores good grades or receives a double promotion.  By the same token, he should not feel too disappointed if he fails or gets poor grades, but rather he should consider this to be a test of his perseverance.  A good student learns not to be affected by his results.  He should be happy in knowing that he has done his best and is honest in his efforts.  This is a difficult thing to learn at the beginning of one's training in martial arts, but if he perseveres in this even-minded attitude, he will definitely end up as the model martial artist eventually.

The greatest test you will face is in how you conduct yourself outside the do jang. Your friends and family will judge you, your instructor and your art from what they see in you.  We martial artists should always try our best to lead upright lives because ultimately the public judges us and our art by our doings in the world. "

Tommy Johansen

President
Danish Taekwon-Do Union
"The best I have read so far, and so easy to follow that it shall be adopted as the textbook of our organization."

Master Tran Trieu Quan
Chief Instructor & President
"A must for all serious students of Taekwon-Do."

C T Augustine

President
All-India Taekwon-Do Association
"The best so far�  The All-India Taekwon-Do Association will adopt this book as our textbook for instruction and grading."

Master Lim Ching Sing

Technical Adviser
Canadian Taekwon-Do Federation
"First time ever is a book written on the subject of grading so complete, so clear and so easy to follow�"

Master Ho Chiu Seng
Master Instructor in Kung-Fu and Karate Sweden
"Well written, suitable not only for Taekwon-Do students, but extremely good for Kung-Fu and Karate students as well."

Niels Olsvig

President
Greenland Taekwon-Do Federation
"The most ideal book as the official training and grading guide for our Federation."

Jonathan Filimonsen

President
Faroe Islands Taekwon-Do Federation
"It is written with so much honesty and modesty�  It shall be the Taekwon-Do textbook for the Faroe Islands."


Master Leong Wai Meng can be contacted for seminars, grading, training courses, etc.  His corresponding address is:

Master Leong Wai Meng
Postbox 282
DK-3912 Maniitsoq
Greenland
Fax: +299 13850

Or mail me your request, and I will get it to him ASAP.