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)
- Mikazuki geri (Crescent kick) (A)
- Yoko geri keage (Side snap kick/side rising kick) (A)
- Yoko geri kekomi (Side trust kick/side rising kick) (A)
- Ushiro geri (Back kick) (A)
- Kakato otoshi geri (Axe 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
JUTSU
- Ukemi (falling, front, back and front roll)
- 9 seated, 9 standing, 9 ground techniques
KATA
- Kanku Dai (to view the sky – big) image link. Most of the elements of the Heian Kata were derived from this kata. The first movement in this kata views the sky, which symbolizes the universe and shows your opponent that you are unarmed. It was Master Funakoshi’s preferred kata.
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.