Testing Requirements (caution: check with your instructor to ensure you have up-to-date information. Testing requirements occasionally change!):
In addition to your pattern, self-defense moves and step sparring, which you will be given in class, you are required to perform the following:
| RANK |
BREAKS |
SPARRING |
| white |
none |
none |
| yellow stripe |
optional |
optional |
| yellow |
side kick |
required |
| green stripe |
knife hand strike
spin back kick
|
required |
| green |
elbow strike
turning kick
|
required |
| blue stripe |
palm heel strike
reverse kick |
required |
| blue |
knife hand inward strike
jump side kick
(optional crescent kick)
|
required |
| red stripe |
punch (or elbow up)
hooking kick
(optional jump front kick) |
required |
| red |
ridge hand strike
axe kick
(optional tornado kick) |
required |
| black stripe |
knife hand (unsupported)
jump punch-side kick
spin 360 back kick
(optional flying side kick) |
required (WTF rules) |
| 1st dan |
punch (self-held), optional choices (e.g. off the wall, twin kick) |
required (WTF rules) |
| 2nd dan |
hand technique, optional choices (triple kick, jump reverse) |
optional |
| 3rd dan |
optional techniques: scissor kick-punch, jump side kick-back kick, jump up front-side kick |
optional |
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