BROWN BELT REQUIREMENTS

• Hour requirement: 30 – Hours Min
• Clean uniform with our dojo patch
• Highlight a few of the dojo regulations found in this link: https://silveradokarate.com/students-menu/dojo-rules

 

San kyu - Brown belt 1st degree

KIHON: Basics or Fundamentals (A) 5 x Forward (B) 5 x Backward

1. Sanbon ren tzuki (Series of three punches) (A)*
2. Age uke / mae ashi / gyaku tzuki (Rising sweeping block, front kick with a reverse punch)
3. Soto uke / enpi ukaken/ Gyaku tzuki (Outside forearm block, elbow and reverse punch) (A)
4. Uchi uke / Mawashi ashi / Gyaku tzuki (Inside forearm block, front roundhouse kick with a reverse punch) (B)
5. Gedan uke / mae ashi / gyaku tzuki (Lower level sweeping block, front kick with reverse punch) (A)
6. Shuto uke / Nukite (Knife-hand block with spear hand) (B)
7. Mae ashi geri (Front kick, followed by rear kick)
8. Mawashi ashi ren geri (Front roundhouse kick, followed by rear kick) (A)
9. Ushiro geri (Back kick) (A)
10. Kakato otoshigeri (Axe kick) (A)
11. Ushiro Mawashi geri (Spinning back kick) (A)
12. Ura mawashi (Hook kick) (A)
13. Yoko keage (turning) Yoko Kekomi 
14. Yoko Kekomi (turning) Ushiro Kekomi

Combinations

• Maegeri - Mawashi - gyaku tzuki
• Mawashi - kekomi - gyaku tzuki
• Kekomi- mawashi - gyaku tzuki

Kihon Balance

• 2 geris (maegeri - keage)

KUMITE: Ippon and self-defense

• 1 yodan
• 1 chudan
• 1 Mae geri
• 1 Mawashi geri
• 1 Yoko kekomi
• 1 Ushiro geri

Ne-Waza (Ground Techniques)

• 9 Katame-waza (Grappling techniques)

KATA

• Tekki (Naihanchi) Shodan – (iron horse riding, first level) image link

Physical Conditioning: 2 sets of 20 pushups • 2 sets of 50 sit-ups • 2 sets of 30 burpees 

Light sparring:  2 rounds of 3 minutes 

Competition: The evaluation will be performed in a competition setting in which student’s performance will be evaluated by an instructor.