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Brown Belt - Ikkyu, Adult Requirements |
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You may test for your belt between 3-4 months. You will be awarded a stripe with the date of your promotional when you pass.
Brown Belt - Ikkyu (1st level) - All of the previous requirements, plus: |
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Kihon (Basics) |
Demonstrate Sanchin Breathing, while walking down the floor in Sanchin Dachi, holding a double chest block; may add punch and chest block. |
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Kata (Form) |
Perform Ananku |
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Life |
Think, train, and carry yourself like a Black Belt. Write your Black Belt Paper - 1 to 2 typed pages on any subject related to karate that also tells us a little bit about yourself and how you've evolved in Karate training, and your plans for the future. Drug Safety: Explain the dangers of the following: Smoking, Alcohol, Drugs (Pot, Heroine, PCP, Crack, Ecstasy, Cocaine, etc.), Food as a Drug, etc. |
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Physical |
50 Jumping Jacks, 50 Push-ups, 50 Sit-ups and 50 Mountain Climbers Run 3 miles (on Honor System).
Demonstrate advanced self-defense using joint locks, including knife, gun and club defenses. Demonstrate Ba Duan Jin - See Ba Duan Jin web page for details. |
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Jr. Brown Belt - Ikkyu-sho, Youth Requirements |
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Each progress stripe requires 1 month (8 classes). You will be tested for your next belt after passing all four stripes AND an additional month (8 classes).
Jr. Brown / 1 Black Tip Belt with Progress Stripes |
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White Stripe Kihon (Basics) |
Demonstrate Yonhon Kumite Dai Ichi (1st 4 step fighting drill). |
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Orange Stripe Kata (Form) |
Review previous 7 Kata (Fujikata Dai Ichi, Fujikata Dai Ni, Pinan Shodan, Pinan Nidan, Pinan Sandan, Pinan Godan, Naihanchi Shodan) |
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Gold Stripe Life |
Warm up the class. Think, train, and carry yourself like a Black Belt (Instructor's discretion). Drug Safety: Explain the dangers of the following: Smoking, Alcohol, Drugs (Pot, Heroine, PCP, Ecstasy, Crack, Cocaine, etc.), Food as a Drug etc. |
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Purple Stripe Physical |
50 Jumping Jacks, 50 Push-ups, 50 Sit-ups and 50 Mountain Climbers Good Stamina: Run 3 miles (on Honor System). Self-Defense: Demonstrate knife, club, and gun defenses. Flexibility: Demonstrate proper spine stretch (cat/camel) for low back and neck stretching (no full circles). |
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Jr. Brown Belt - Ikkyu-Sho (1st level) - All of the previous requirements, plus: |
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Additional black tip replaces colored stripes |
Character Development: Nitten Shoji for the month at home & dojo. Perform Yonhon kumite Dai Ichi & bunkai a series of moves. Demonstrate Ba Duan Jin - See Ba Duan Jin web page for details. |
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