Requirements for yellow belt

Basic blocks:

• Harai uki ( Low Block )
• Yoko uki ( Inside Middle Block )
• Yoko uchi ( Outside Middle Block )
• Jodan uke ( Upper Block )
• Shuto uke ( Knife Hand Block )
• Sukui uki ( Scoop Block )
• Teisho Uke ( Palm-Heel Block )

Kicks:

• Mae geri Keage (Front Snap Kick)
• Mae geri Kekomi (Front Thrust Kick)
• Yoko geri ( Side Trust Kick)
• Mawashi geri ( Roundhouse Kick)
• Ushiro geri ( Back Thrust Kick )

Punches:

• Gedan tsuki (Low Punch)
• Chudan tsuki ( Middle Punch)
• Jodan tsuki ( High Punch)

Stances:

• Zenkutsu Dachi ( Forward Stance )
• Shiko dachi ( Horse Straddle Stance )
• Neko-Ashi dachi ( Cat Stance )
• Transition between stances

Kihon Kumite:

1. Harai uke, Tsuki
2. Yokouke, tsuki
3. Yoko uchi, tsuki
4. Sukui uki, tsuki
5. Gyaku teisho uko, tsuki

Kihon katas:

1. Harai uki, tsuki
2. Yoko uki, tsuki
3. Jodan uki, tsuki
4. Harai uki, Mae geri, tsuki
5. Kihon kata is also called tykioku, shodan, nidan etc.

Others:

• Kumite, Stance, Attitude, Technique.

Under 13 will earn stripes at the discretion of the sensei: 3 stripes for the next solid colour.