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Star! Wow, green belt, that's awesome. I made it to purple, which was right before blue. So we can instruct together! Cause its certainly been awhile since I've done it, too.

I'd be happy to instruct the class with you .
I never noticed but the school I went to had our belts in a different order but I read that the order of the belts varies by the school. The school I went to had the order as white,yellow,orange,green,blue,purple,brown,red,black but we can use the order its supposed to be in so which means everyone gets a white belt to start with.

So when Sais and I have noticed you have had enough training we will bump you up in rank.

So heres everyones :

White Belt
"Pure and without the knowledge of Songahm Taekwondo. As with the Pine Tree, the seed must now be planted and nourished to develop strong roots."

I looked it up the meaning of the belts along with the order thier supposed to go in .

So how do you think we should start them, Star? I got those that want to learn working on the basic mechanics of punching and kicking. Feel free to add??

Yeah the basic kicks are good to be teaching them like the front kick, side kick and roundhouse kick and the punching,
We should also add fighting stances and blocking.
Once everyone has had enough practice with that we should bring out the sparing gear.

I wonder if theres a place you can find illistrated how to pics. I have a book some where with all of the stuff you learn at each belt and it had pics but my mom has it buried in one of her closets . The kick you described sounded like a front kick where you bring your knee up straight and kick straight out. Its hard to describe how to do a roundhouse so I looked it up. I also will point out that it is important to do stretches and warming up before doing the kicks around the house, Now I know when attacked you don't have time so in that case kick away but ouchie I pulled a muscle in my leg the other night. Needs to be massaged . Well anyway heres the step by steps of a roundhouse kick. Do 10 on each leg.

Step 1:
Face forward with one leg ahead of the other to perform a front-leg roundhouse kick. Bend the forward knee while keeping the back leg straight. Make sure both heels touch the floor. Keep your legs shoulder-width apart (front stance).

Step 2:
Keep your fists in front of you to guard your midsection.

Step 3:
Lift the front leg and bend the knee 90 degrees, shifting your weight to the rear, supporting leg. Keep your thigh parallel to the floor. Point the toes of your striking foot.

Step 4:
Begin to pivot the supporting foot around to the rear as you bend the kicking leg.

Step 5:
Twist your hips and snap the leg from the knee as if snapping a whip from the side to a target. Your supporting foot will pivot 180 degrees during the full extension of the kick.

Step 6:
Strike the target with the top (instep) of the foot.

Step 7:
Bend your striking leg at the knee 90 degrees and return to your original position, your supporting foot pivoting around 180 degrees.