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The following are the dress requirements for Two Rivers Martial Arts students and instructors.



  1. Doboks: Students will wear a white dobok with the Two Rivers logo while training. Students will also have the option of wearing an Eric Heintz Black Belt Academy dobok or a plain white dobok with no logo. A complete uniform and belt are to be worn when training.
    1. When students begin training with Two Rivers, they may wear appropriate workout clothing, such as t-shirts and sweat pants (preferably without pockets). Once they are committed to staying at Two Rivers, they need to wear an appropriate uniform.
    2. When students transfer from another school, they may wear that school’s dobok for a reasonable time until they decide they will continue training with Two Rivers. Then they will need to wear a Two Rivers dobok, Eric Heintz dobok.
    3. Women and girls will wear a t-shirt, tank top, sports bra or other appropriate clothing under their dobok top. Preferably the garments will be white if visible. For first Dan and higher a black undergarment is acceptable.
    4. Men and boys will not wear t-shirts or other shirts under their dobok tops. Men may wear a plain white t-shirt with permission of their instructor.
    5. Colored or patterned underwear should not show through the dobok.
    6. Permanent first dan and higher dan black belts may at their option wear a dobok with black trim on the top.
    7. Fifth dan and higher black belts may at their option wear a dobok with black trim on the pants.
    8. Permanent first dan and higher dan black belts may at their option wear black dobok pants.
    9. Doboks are to be clean and laundered with minimal wrinkles. Patches are to be securely attached.
    10. Colored or other special doboks may be worn according to the standards set for that group as approved by the Board of Directors. For example, a demonstration team might have its own dobok.
    11. Sweatbands, bandanas, hair ties, and hair clips are permitted as long as they do not detract from appearance.
    12. A white dobok, either with or without black trim, shall be worn for the Black Belt picture.
    13. The Black Belt Youth Group members may wear their Youth Group Doboks to class with the approval of and under the conditions specified by a consensus of the local Dojang instructors at most one class per week.
  2. Belts: Students will wear their belts with their uniforms in the dojang, at tests, and at demonstrations. Belts need not be worn for activities unrelated to training.
    1. Students will wear the color of belt and stripes appropriate to the rank they have earned.
    2. Belts are to be tied in a square knot, and the ends need to be of equal length.
    3. For temporary black belts, the red is worn on top.
    4. Permanent first dan and higher black belts may wear a plain black belt or a black belt with Two Rivers Martial Arts embroidered on one end and their name on the other end. Both names are to be embroidered in Korean with gold thread.
    5. Instructors eligible to wear an embroidered belt may wear a belt embroidered in Korean with red thread.
    6. Permanent first dan and higher black belts may at their option wear belts with their dan rank indicated by embroidered bars of the same color thread as the names.
    7. Black belts who tested with Grandmaster Jung in Cedar Rapids may wear the belt Grandmaster Jung gave them after passing the test.
  3. Patches: Students may wear patches in the following locations.
    1. The red and blue Two Rivers school patch is to be worn on the right chest.
    2. One of the following: A Jungs Tae Kwon Do Academy patch, Jungs Black Belt Association patch (for black belts), Eric Heintz patch, or Heritage Tae Kwon Do patch may be worn on the left chest.
    3. The Pil Sung patch may be worn on the front of the left sleeve at the wrist.
    4. An American flag patch may be worn on the left sleeve at the bicep.
    5. A Korean flag patch may be worn on the right sleeve at the bicep.
    6. Fifth dan and higher black belts may wear the Master patches on top of each shoulder.
  4. Jewelry: Students are not to wear jewelry when dressed in their doboks. Exceptions are made for medic alert bracelets, necklaces, or pendants and for wedding rings. Students choosing to wear their wedding rings are encouraged to wear only a wedding band because diamond rings can cut a fellow student when sparring. If a student wears a wedding ring with a diamond, the diamond should be covered with tape to lessen the chance of injury. Pierced earrings should be removed if possible.
  5. Shoes: Students are to train barefoot or in martial arts shoes. The martial arts shoes are to only be worn in the dojang.
  6. Sparring gear: Some equipment is required and other is optional.
    1. All students must wear a helmet, a mouth guard and foot pads when sparring.
    2. All male students must wear groin protection when sparring.
    3. Shin pads and hand pads are strongly recommended but not required. (Tournaments will likely require pads and/or helmets.)
    4. Students without the mandatory sparring gear will be permitted to do combination kicking or required to stand out of sparring at the instructor’s discretion.
  7. Other: Students should consider their surrounding when wearing a dobok outside the dojang.
    1. Doboks should not be worn as costumes for parties, Halloween, or etc.
    2. Hats are not to be worn in the dojang.
    3. Visitors, parents, and others entering the dojang will remove their shoes and hats to enter the dojang.


The dress code will be enforced by the instructor and by other black belts with deference to the instructor in a courteous fashion. Students violating the dress code will be asked to correct the violation. Students unwilling or unable to comply will be asked to change into their street clothes and may watch class from the audience or leave.