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American Taekwondo Association (ATA) belt levels and ranks

Ensure your belt rankings are configured correctly to meet ATA requirements and allow accurate rank promotions in MyStudio.

Updated: February 10, 2026

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Permissions and accessibility

Staff access:

  • Admin: Full access

  • Manager: No access

  • Staff: No access

MyStudio plan restrictions:

  • Belt rankings are only available for growth and scale plans.

  • ATA accounts coming from ATA’s custom multi-location registration will be on scale plans.

 

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Membership rank setup

ATA requires specific belt levels for certain memberships. These must be configured correctly under each membership.

 

Enable "Levels / Ranks"

  1. Go to "Services and Products" > "Memberships"
  2. Edit the membership by clicking the edit pencil.
  3. Navigate to Step 2: "Levels / Ranks"
  4. Toggle "Does this Program use Levels/Ranks" to "Yes".

 

Once enabled, the Levels / Ranks section will appear on the left side. Click into it to begin setup.

 

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Required belt levels for Tigers memberships

If setting up a Tigers membership, please make sure the following belt levels are listed:

Turtle White Belt

Ara Belt

Tiger Orange Belt

Baeoh Belt

Cheetah Yellow Belt

Cheeri Belt

Lion Camo Belt

Raon Belt

Eagle Green Belt

Suri Belt

Phoenix Purple Belt

Choa Belt

Dragon Blue Belt

Mir Belt

Cobra Brown Belt

Narsha Belt

Panther Red Belt

Baron Belt

 

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Required belt levels for all other memberships

For any non-Tigers program, please make sure the following belt levels are listed:

 

9th Grade White Belt - R

9th Grade White Belt - D

8th Grade Orange Belt - R

8th Grade Orange Belt - D

7th Grade Yellow Belt - R

7th Grade Yellow Belt - D

6th Grade Camo Belt - R

6th Grade Camo Belt - D

5th Grade Green Belt - R

5th Grade Green Belt - D

4th Grade Purple Belt - R

4th Grade Purple Belt - D

3rd Grade Blue Belt - R

3rd Grade Blue Belt - D

2nd Grade Brown Belt - R

2nd Grade Brown Belt - D

1st Grade Red Belt - R

1st Grade Red Belt - D

1st Black - R

1st Degree Black - D



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Event setup

To use the Rank Updater (V1) or Grading Testing Events (V2), your event must be configured as a ranked event. 

 

Mark an event as a rank promotion event

  1. Go to "Services and Products" > "Events"
  2. Edit an existing event or create a new one
  3. Toggle "Is this a rank promotion event?" to "Yes"

 

Note: If this setting was not enabled before registration occurred, updating it later will still include those registrations in the Rank Updater (V1) or Grading Testing Events (V2).

 



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Rank updater (V1)

 

Accessing the Rank Updater (V1)

  1. Go to "All Customers" > "Event Participants"

  2. Filter the table by the specific event.

  3. Filter by either:

    • All event dates

    • A specific event date

  4. Select all or specific participants.
  5. Click "Rank Updater" above the table.

 

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Verifying before updating ranks

Before proceeding, confirm the following for each participant:

Membership

  • Ensure the correct membership is listed

Typically, MyStudio automatically connects the event registration to the active membership.

 

If Membership Shows as “N/A”:

  • Multiple Memberships

  1. Check the box next to the participant.

  2. Click Transfer above the table.

  3. Select the same participant with the correct program listed in parentheses.

 



  • No Active Membership

    1. Register the participant to a membership with a start date of today.

    2. Return to the Rank Updater list.

    3. Check the participant and click Transfer.

    4. Select the same participant with the correct program listed in parentheses.

 

 



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Next rank

  • Confirm the next rank listed is correct.
  • Click the rank in the table to change it if needed.
  • If the participant:
    • Did not attend belt testing
    • Did not pass

 

Note: If the membership is listed as N/A, the next belt rank will also display N/A, and no rank update will occur.

 

 

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Updating ranks

  1. Select all or specific participants.

  2. Click "Update Rank" above the table.

  3. Review the confirmation message showing how many participants will not advance due to:

    • N/A

    • Did not pass

    • Did not attend

  4. Confirm to proceed.

Once complete, an updated Date will appear in the table.

 

Note: Participants marked as "Did not pass" or "Did not attend" will still show an updated date, but their rank will remain unchanged. This date indicates the ranked event was processed.

 

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Grading testing events (V2)

 

Accessing grading for testing events

  1. Log into MyStudio V2.

  2. Click “Rank promotions" > "Testing events."

  3. Select the testing event you want to grade.

  4. You will see a table of the event participants registered. At the top, click "Grade the event."

 

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Start grading

To grade participants:

  1. Confirm their details are correct. 

  2. Select No-show, Fail, or Pass.

  3. Click "Update and continue" in the top-right corner.

A confirmation popup will appear and may give you the option to remove failed or no-show participants from the eligibility list. Once confirmed, you will be redirected back to the event participant roster with updated results.

 

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Fixing accidental rank updates

ATA has specific requirements for fixing belt ranks if a participant was accidentally moved to a higher rank. In order to downgrade a participant’s rank:

  1. Contact ATA HQ: ATA will need you to inform them of the downgrade so that they can process the rank downgrade with you in their system and make sure guidelines are followed.
  2. Create a new event: Create a new belt testing event and register that participant to it.
  3. Downgrade: Follow the same steps as before with the rank updater, but click on the “next rank” listed in order to change it to the correct, downgraded option

 



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