Students should arrive in plenty of time to warm up. Because the workout area is more crowded than usual with students and spectators, group warm-up is limited.

Students must be dressed in a clean, regulation uniform with the correct belt.

Spectators are welcome at testing, but they must be quiet and non-interruptive during the proceedings; because the testings are often long, instructors discourage the attendance of babies and small children.

Courtesy to other students includes being quiet and attentive as fellow students test. Enthusiastic, positive encouragement is permitted from students during the sparring portion of the testing.

A student who is schedules to test, but finds himself unable to attend, should notify the instructor before testing begins.

Students who are testing remain with the group until the testing is complete.

Students who are attending the testing as spectators will stand at attention and recite the Songahm Spirit of Taekwondo, whether or not in uniform.