REQUIREMENTS FOR PROMOTION TO 1ST KYU

 (BROWN BELT WITH 2 STRIPES)

Attendance: Minimum of 60 classes based on a 6 month period.

Basics (Kihon)
*All previous and current techniques could be given in Japanese terms*
Hands (Te)
All Previous Basics Plus:

1. Spinning backfist / Stepping punch (Mawaru uraken / Oizuki)
2. Jab/ Counter punch / Stepping punch / Counter punch(Mae-te-zuk / Gyaku-zuki/ Oizuki/ Gyaku-zuki)
3. Front ridgehand strike / Spinning backfist (Haito-uchi / Mawaru uraken)
4. Lower level cross block / Backfist / Stepping punch (Gedan-juji-uke / Uraken / Oizuki )
5. Down block / Same hand Inside block Immovable stance / Counter punch / Stepping punch Front stance (Gedan-barai / Doyo-no-te Uchi-uke Fudo-dachi / Gyaku-zuki / Oizuki Zenkutsu-dachi )
6. Slide forward Jab (Mae-suberu Mae-te-zuki)
   Kicks and Combinations (Geri/ Rengo-suru)
7. Step forward Knee up / Jab / Counter punch (Mae-ni Hiza-age / Mae-te-zuki / Gyaku-zuki)
8. Hand push away / Backfist / Counter punch / Front kick Immovable stance or Front stance
   (Nagashi-uke / Uraken / Gyaku-zuki / Mae-geri Fudo-dachi or Zenkutsu-dachi )
   #8 done same as above but with a Side. Roundhouse. Hook Back or Back roundhouse kick
9. Hand push away / Backfist/ Counter punch / Front leg Front kick Immovable stance or Front stance (Nagashi-uke / Uraken / Gyaku-zuki / Mae-ashi Mae-geri Fudo-dachi or Zenkutsu-dachi) #9 done same as above but with a Front leg Side, Roundhouse or Hook kick
10. Jab / Counter punch / Front leg Front kick / Front leg Front roundhouse kick (Mae-te-zuki / Gyaku-zuki / Mae-ashi Mae-geri / Mae-ashi Mae-mawashi-geri)
11. Hand push away/ Backfist/ Crossing Side kick Horse stance (Nagashi-uke / Uraken / Yoko-geri Kiba-dachi )
    #11 done same as above but with a Crossing: Roundhouse or Hook kick

Kata (Form / Formal exercise)
All previous kata, Jitte (Ten Hands) and Tekki Sandan (Horse Riding #3)
Written Exam (Shiken) "Will be given week prior to test"
Sparring (Kumite)
1. Head Referee (Using English or Japanese A.A. U. commands, terms and hand signals.)
2. Basic One-Step Sparring (Kihon Ippon Kumite)
*All previous techniques using Tai sabaki
3. Basic Five-Step Sparring (Kihon Gohon Kumite) *All previous techniques
4. Attack and Defense (Kobo) 
5. Three Point Match (Shobu Sanbon Kumite)
6. Free Sparring (Jiyu Kumite)

Self Defense (Goshin)
( You may be asked to perform previous techniques. See Self-Defense page.)
1. ATTACK: Head lock from the side.
DEFENSE: Turn head so you can tuck your chin into your opponents inner elbow joint (this will allow you to continue to breathe), with the hand that is behind opponent reach up behind opponents head and grab under their nose (grab hair if you can't reach nose), with the other hand reach under opponents leg behind their knee, pull up on their knee and pull back on nose (hair) forcing opponent backwards onto ground, counter punch and resume a sparring stance.
2. ATTACK: Middle level front kick or roundhouse kick.
DEFENSE: Step in with the opposite side and use the same arm as opponents attack to catch the kick by hooking your arm under opponents leg from the inside, sweep out opponents other leg (still hanging onto opponents leg) and strike opponents chest forcing them down backwards, counter punch and assume a sparring stance.
3. ATTACK: Middle level stepping punch.
DEFENSE: Step back into horse stance with opposite side being attacked, use rear hand to block punch and grab opponents wrist, slide under opponents arm with an inside elbow strike to their body and with the same arm deliver the same strike to opponents head, with same hand force opponent to ground by applying pressure to the back of opponents elbow, counter punch and assume a sparring stance.
Weapons (Kobudo) 1. Attack and Defense with Bo (Bo Kobo)
*See "Attack and Defense with Bo" *
2. Basic Sai Techniques (Sai Kihon) *All techniques*
3. Basic One-Step Sparring with Sai (Sai Kihon Ippone Kumite)
*See technique numbers 1, 2, and 3 under "Basic One-Step Sparring with Sai" *
4. Sai Kata (Takai-no-sai and Tsukenshitaku-no-kon-sai)
*This test may also include requirements of kihon, kata, kumite, self-defense and kobudo not listed here but covered in other sections of the student book or class prior to this test.