NextGen · Division Matrix

Competition Divisions

1245

division definitions across 10 event variants

Summary

All competition variants

Overview of every event type and variant with its total division count. Click any tab above to drill into a specific variant.
Variant Event Type Divisions
Sparring Head Contact REGHC Sparring 90
Sparring Not Head Contact SPARNHC Sparring 90
Sparring eDAEDO Head Contact EDAEDOHG Sparring 90
Sparring eDAEDO Not Head Contact EDAEDONHC Sparring 90
Traditional Poomsae — Canonical v1 TRAD Poomsae 222
Sport Poomsae — Canonical v1 SPORT Poomsae 250
Para Poomsae — Canonical v1 PARA Poomsae 216
Open Poomsae — Canonical v1 OPEN Poomsae 72
Breakings — Canonical v1 REG Breakings 90
Virtual Taekwondo — Canonical v1 ESPORT Virtual Taekwondo eSport 35
TOTAL 1245
Sparring · HEAD CONTACT

Sparring Head Contact

90
divisions
Key concept

Sparring variant. 9 age brackets × 2 genders × 5 level groups. 90 divisions.

Age brackets

9
Little Jins 0-5 Dragon 6-7 Tiger 8-9 Youth 10-11 Cadet 12-14 Junior 15-17 Senior 18-32 Ultra 33-45 Master 46+

Level groups

5
White → Yellow idLevel 1–2
Orange → Green idLevel 3–4
Purple → Lt Blue idLevel 5–6
Dk Blue → Deputy BL idLevel 7–10
Black → 8D Black idLevel 11–18

Modalities

1
Individual
90divisions
Male and Female separate
Sparring · NOT HEAD CONTACT

Sparring Not Head Contact

90
divisions
Key concept

Sparring variant. 9 age brackets × 2 genders × 5 level groups. 90 divisions.

Age brackets

9
Little Jins 0-5 Dragon 6-7 Tiger 8-9 Youth 10-11 Cadet 12-14 Junior 15-17 Senior 18-32 Ultra 33-45 Master 46+

Level groups

5
White → Yellow idLevel 1–2
Orange → Green idLevel 3–4
Purple → Lt Blue idLevel 5–6
Dk Blue → Deputy BL idLevel 7–10
Black → 8D Black idLevel 11–18

Modalities

1
Individual
90divisions
Male and Female separate
Sparring · eDAEDO HeadContact

Sparring eDAEDO Head Contact

90
divisions
Key concept

Sparring variant. 9 age brackets × 2 genders × 5 level groups. 90 divisions.

Age brackets

9
Little Jins 0-5 Dragon 6-7 Tiger 8-9 Youth 10-11 Cadet 12-14 Junior 15-17 Senior 18-32 Ultra 33-45 Master 46+

Level groups

5
White → Yellow idLevel 1–2
Orange → Green idLevel 3–4
Purple → Lt Blue idLevel 5–6
Dk Blue → Deputy BL idLevel 7–10
Black → 8D Black idLevel 11–18

Modalities

1
Individual
90divisions
Male and Female separate
Sparring · eDAEDO Not HeadContact

Sparring eDAEDO Not Head Contact

90
divisions
Key concept

Sparring variant. 9 age brackets × 2 genders × 5 level groups. 90 divisions.

Age brackets

9
Little Jins 0-5 Dragon 6-7 Tiger 8-9 Youth 10-11 Cadet 12-14 Junior 15-17 Senior 18-32 Ultra 33-45 Master 46+

Level groups

5
White → Yellow idLevel 1–2
Orange → Green idLevel 3–4
Purple → Lt Blue idLevel 5–6
Dk Blue → Deputy BL idLevel 7–10
Black → 8D Black idLevel 11–18

Modalities

1
Individual
90divisions
Male and Female separate
Poomsae · TRADITIONAL

Traditional Poomsae — Canonical v1

222
divisions
Key concept

Traditional Poomsae. Designated (competitor chooses). BB by Dan + CB by group + Pair/Team 3 levels.

Age brackets

13
Little Jins 0-5 All Ages Dragon 6-7 Tiger 8-9 Youth 10-11 Cadet 12-14 Junior 15-17 Senior 18-32 Under 40 33-39 Under 50 40-49 Under 60 50-59 Under 65 60-65 Over 66 66+

Level groups

12
White idLevel 1
White → Purple idLevel 1–5
Yellow → Orange idLevel 2–3
Green → Purple idLevel 4–5
Lt Blue → Dk Blue idLevel 6–7
Lt Blue → Deputy BL idLevel 6–10
Brown → Deputy BL idLevel 8–10
Black idLevel 11
Black → 9D Black idLevel 11–87
2D Black idLevel 12
3D Black idLevel 13
4D Black → 9D Black idLevel 14–87

Modalities

3
Individual
216divisions
Male and Female separate
Pair
3divisions
1 male + 1 female
Team
3divisions
3 competitors, any gender
Poomsae · SPORT

Sport Poomsae — Canonical v1

250
divisions
Key concept

World Taekwondo Sport Poomsae. Compulsory (random draw). 5 belt categories × Ind/Pair/Team.

Age brackets

16
Little Jins 0-5 Dragon 6-7 Dragon & Tiger 6-9 Tiger 8-9 Youth 10-11 Cadet 12-14 Junior 15-17 Under 30 18-29 Under 40 30-39 Under 50 30-49 Under 50 40-49 Under 60 50-59 Under 65 60-64 Over 60 60+ Over 65 65-70 Over 70 71+

Level groups

5
Yellow → Orange idLevel 2–3
Green → Purple idLevel 4–5
Lt Blue → Brown idLevel 6–8
Red → Deputy BL idLevel 9–10
Black → 9D Black idLevel 11–87

Modalities

3
Individual
130divisions
Male and Female separate
Pair
40divisions
1 male + 1 female
Team
80divisions
M-M-M and F-F-F teams separate
Poomsae · PARA

Para Poomsae — Canonical v1

216
divisions
Key concept

Para Poomsae. Same structure as TRAD but Individual only, competitors flagged isPara.

Age brackets

12
Little Jins 0-5 Dragon 6-7 Tiger 8-9 Youth 10-11 Cadet 12-14 Junior 15-17 Senior 18-32 Under 40 33-39 Under 50 40-49 Under 60 50-59 Under 65 60-65 Over 66 66+

Level groups

9
White idLevel 1
Yellow → Orange idLevel 2–3
Green → Purple idLevel 4–5
Lt Blue → Dk Blue idLevel 6–7
Brown → Deputy BL idLevel 8–10
Black idLevel 11
2D Black idLevel 12
3D Black idLevel 13
4D Black → 9D Black idLevel 14–87

Modalities

1
Individual
216divisions
Male and Female separate
Poomsae · OPEN

Open Poomsae — Canonical v1

72
divisions
Key concept

Open Poomsae. 3 universal levels, Individual only. Accepts any ruleset/sport. Any Form escape hatch.

Age brackets

12
Little Jins 0-5 Dragon 6-7 Tiger 8-9 Youth 10-11 Cadet 12-14 Junior 15-17 Senior 18-32 Under 40 33-39 Under 50 40-49 Under 60 50-59 Under 65 60-65 Over 66 66+

Level groups

3
White → Purple idLevel 1–5
Lt Blue → Deputy BL idLevel 6–10
Black → 9D Black idLevel 11–87

Modalities

1
Individual
72divisions
Male and Female separate
Breakings · REG

Breakings — Canonical v1

90
divisions
Key concept

Board breaking. Single variant. 9 ages × 2 genders × 5 levels = 90 divisions. Little Jins canonical but typically not enabled per tournament.

Age brackets

9
Little Jins 0-5 Dragon 6-7 Tiger 8-9 Youth 10-11 Cadet 12-14 Junior 15-17 Senior 18-32 Ultra 33-45 Master 46+

Level groups

5
White → Yellow idLevel 1–2
Orange → Green idLevel 3–4
Purple → Lt Blue idLevel 5–6
Dk Blue → Deputy BL idLevel 7–10
Black → 8D Black idLevel 11–18

Modalities

1
Individual
90divisions
Male and Female separate
Virtual Taekwondo eSport · VT-eSPORT

Virtual Taekwondo — Canonical v1

35
divisions
Key concept

VR-based sparring. NextGen is the exclusive US provider. MIXED gender (no physical contact). 7 ages × 5 levels = 35 divisions.

Age brackets

7
Kids 0-5 0-5 Kids 6-7 6-7 Kids 8-9 8-9 Youth 10-12 10-12 Teen 13-15 13-15 Adult 16-35 16-35 Masters 36+ 36+

Level groups

5
White → Yellow idLevel 1–2
Orange → Green idLevel 3–4
Purple → Lt Blue idLevel 5–6
Dk Blue → Deputy BL idLevel 7–10
Black → 8D Black idLevel 11–18

Modalities

1
Individual
35divisions
Mixed (no gender split)