I am currently teaching traditional TaeKwon-Do and am having a bit of a moral dillema. I recently had a student transfer in from out of state as a 1st gup. This in and of itself is a non issue, however the student has some learning disabilities which impact his retentive capacity. He has no problem learning his Hyung required for promotion, but his difficulty lies in remembering his previous patterns. It is getting close to test time and i have been working wth him for close to six months. One one hand want to allow him to test for 1st Dan because he puts in more effort than the vast majority of my other students and his technique is quite good, on the other hand, as a black belt, he should know all the required Hyung and with his disability he cannot remember them all. Has anyone else experienced a similar situation? Any advice?
