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
Ni kyu - Brown belt 2nd degree
KIHON: Basics or Fundamentals (A) 5 x Forward (B) 5 x Backward
- Sanbon ren tzuki (Series of three punches) (A)*
- Age uke / mae ashi / gyaku tzuki (Rising sweeping block, front kick with reverse punch)
- Soto uke / enpi ukaken/ Gyaku tzuki (Outside forearm block, elbow and reverse punch) (A)
- Uchi uke / Mawashi ashi / Gyaku tzuki (Inside forearm block, front round house kick with reverse punch) (B)
- Gedan uke / mae ashi / gyaku tzuki (Lower level sweeping block, front kick with reverse punch) (A)
- Shuto uke / Nukite (Knife-hand block with spearhand) (B)
- Mae ashi geri (Front kick, followed by rear kick)
- Mawashi ashi ren geri (Front roundhourse kick, followed by rear kick) (A)
- Ushiro geri (Back kick) (A)
- Ushiro Mawashi geri (Spinning back kick) (A)
- Ura mawashi (Hook kick) (A)
- Yoko keage (turning) Yoko Kekomi
- Yoko Kekomi (turning) Ushiro Kekomi
Kihon Combinations
- Maegeri - Mawashi - gyaku tzuki
- Mawashi - kekomi - gyaku tzuki
- Kekomi- mawashi - gyaku tzuki
- Mawashi - Ushiro mawashi geri
Kihon Balance
- 4 geris (maegeri - kekomi - keage - ushiro)
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)
- 12 Katame-waza (Grappling techniques)
KATA
- Bassai Dai (to penetrate a fortress – big) image link
- The strong techniques of this kata emphasize hip movement. Some resemble a battering ram being used against fortress walls.
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.
