Belt Requirements

Kata: Forms

Taikyoku Shodan

Heian Shodan

Kihon Waza: Basic techniques

Stances

• Zenkutsu Dachi (front stance)

• Kokutsu Dachi (back stance)

Strikes

• Oi Tsuki (lunge punch)

• Gyaku Tsuki (reverse punch)

• Shuto Uchi (knife hand strike)

Kicks

• Mae Geri (front kick)

• Mawashi Geri (round kick)

Blocks

• Gedan Barai (lower sweeping block)

• Age Uke (upper block)

• Sashite (raising hand block)

• Shuto Uke (knife hand block)