There are several methods for tying the belt (tti) around the Taekwon-Do uniform (do-bok).  The following are the three methods used by different students, in order of our preference.

Method 1 – Double Wrap Belt  

1.   With your right hand, place one end of the belt on your spine at the small of your back.

2.   While continuing to hold on to the end with the right hand, use your left hand to wrap the belt around your waist 2 times going counter clockwise.

          (make sure the belt does not twist while wrapping)

3.   At your navel, take the long end of the belt and tuck it under (from bottom to top) all layers of wrapped belt that are around you waist.

4.   At this point, you can pull the end of the belt that is at the small of your back downward and out from under the layers of wrapped belt.   Pull this end of the belt out until is free to a point in the center of your body at your navel. 

5.   You should now have a crossed area at your navel.

6.   Extend both ends in front of you to make sure they are even.  If they are not even, adjust the belt so that the ends are even, and the crossing is at your navel.

7.   Tie the belt in a square knot and tighten by pulling on both ends.

Tying a Square Knot

A.  With your left hand, take hold of the end of the belt that is coming upward to the left.

B.  With your right hand, take hold of the end of the belt that is coming downward to the right.

C.  Cross the end of the belt that is in your left hand over the end of the belt that is in your right hand, creating a circle or loop.

D.  With your left hand, hold on to the spot where the belt ends are crossed.

E.  Take your right hand and put it down through the loop created in move C above, and grab the belt end that is on top of the crossed belt ends in your left hand.

F.   Pull the belt that is now in your right hand up through the loop, while continuing to hold onto the cross in your left hand.

G. Pull both ends of the belt to tighten the knot.

8.   The correctly tied belt will have the following characteristics:

The ends of the belt should be even in length

The opening of the square knot should be pointed to the students left

The layers of the wrapped belt around the waist should be overlapped and not twisted

If any of these characteristics are not correct, continue to adjust the knot and the belt until they are.

Method 2 – Double Wrap Belt

(Paraphrased from the Encyclopedia of Taekwon-Do by General Choi Hong Hi 1965 edition)

1.   Find the center of the belt by matching the two ends until they are even.

2. Place center of the belt at your navel in the center of your body.

3.   Wrap both ends around your waist to the back and cross the left hand above the right hand before changing hands.

4. Change hands and continue wrapping each belt end around your waist until they are back in front of your body.

5.   Starting from the navel and going clockwise, run your hands completely around the belt wrapping to ensure that the belt closest to your body remains underneath to prevent a twisting of the belt in the back.

6.   Place the end of the belt in your right hand over top of the entire belt wrap at your navel.

7.   You should now have a crossed area at your navel.

8.   Take the end of the belt that is on the outside, and tuck it under both layers of the wrapped belt (from bottom to top).

9.   Extend both ends in front of you to make sure they are even.  If they are not even, adjust the belt so that the ends are even, and the crossing is at your navel.

10.   Tie the belt in a square knot and tighten by pulling on both ends.

Tying a Square Knot

A.  With your left hand, take hold of the end of the belt that is coming upward to the left.

B.  With your right hand, take hold of the end of the belt that is coming downward to the right.

C.  Cross the end of the belt that is in your left hand over the end of the belt that is in your right hand, creating a circle or loop.

D.  With your left hand, hold on to the spot where the belt ends are crossed.

E.  Take your right hand and put it down through the loop created in move C above, and grab the belt end that is on top of the crossed belt ends in your left hand.

F.   Pull the belt that is now in your right hand up through the loop, while continuing to hold onto the cross in your left hand.

G. Pull both ends of the belt to tighten the knot.

11.   The correctly tied belt will have the following characteristics:

The ends of the belt should be even in length

The opening of the square knot should be pointed to the students left

The layers of the wrapped belt around the waist should be overlapped and not twisted

If any of these characteristics are not correct, continue to adjust the knot and the belt until they are.

Method 3 – Single Wrap Belt

(Paraphrased from the Encyclopedia of Taekwon-Do by General Choi Hong Hi 1995 edition)

1. Find the center of the belt by matching the two ends until they are even.

2.   Place the center of the belt on your spine at the small of your back.

3.   Wrap both ends around your waist to the front of your body, at your navel. 

4. Cross the right end of the belt over the top of the left end.

5.   Take the end that is outside and tuck it under the end that is closest to your body at your navel (from bottom to top).

6.   Extend both ends in front of you to make sure they are even.  If they are not even, adjust the belt so that the ends are even, and the crossing is at your navel.

7. Tie the belt in a square knot and tighten by pulling on both ends.

Tying a Square Knot

A.  With your left hand, take hold of the end of the belt that is coming upward to the left.

B.  With your right hand, take hold of the end of the belt that is coming downward to the right.

C.  Cross the end of the belt that is in your left hand over the end of the belt that is in your right hand, creating a circle or loop.

D.  With your left hand, hold on to the spot where the belt ends are crossed.

E.  Take your right hand and put it down through the loop created in move C above, and grab the belt end that is on top of the crossed belt ends in your left hand.

F.   Pull the belt that is now in your right hand up through the loop, while continuing to hold onto the cross in your left hand.

G. Pull both ends of the belt to tighten the knot.

 8.   The correctly tied belt will have the following characteristics:

The ends of the belt should be even in length

The opening of the square knot should be pointed to the students left