Go kyu – Blue belt 1st degree

BLUE BELT REQUIREMENTS

• Hour requirement: 30 – Hours Min
• Clean uniform with our dojo patch
• Highlight a few of the dojo regulations found in this link: https://silveradokarate.com/students-menu/dojo-rules

Go kyu – Blue belt 1st degree

KIHON: Basics or Fundamentals

1. Sanbon ren tzuki (Series of three punches) (A)*
2. Age uke / Gyaku tzuki (Upper rising block with a reverse punch) (B)*
3. Soto uke / Gyaku tzuki (Outside forearm block with a reverse punch) (A)
4. Uchi uke / Gyaku tzuki (Inside forearm block with a reverse punch) (B)
5. Gedan uke / Gyaku tzuki (Lower level sweeping block with reverse punch) (A)
6. Shuto uke / Nukite (Knife-hand block with spear hand) (B)
7. Mae ren geri (Double front kick)
8. Mawashi ren geri (Roundhouse kick) (A)
9. Yoko geri ke age (Side snap kick/side rising kick) (A)
10. Yoko geri kekomi (Side trust kick/side rising kick) (A)
11. Ushiro geri (Back kick) (A)
12. Kakato otoshigeri (Axe kick) (A)
13. Ushiro Mawashi geri (Spinning back kick) (A)
14. Ura mawashi (Hook kick) (A)

KUMITE: Jitsu and self-defense from

• 1 yodan
• 1 chudan
• 1 Mae geri
• 1 Mawashi geri
• 1 Yoko kekomi
• 1 Ushiro geri

Ne-Waza (Ground Techniques)

• Ukemi (falling, front, back, and front roll)
• 3 seated, 3 standing, 3 ground techniques
• 6 Katame-waza (Grappling techniques)

KATA (Forms)

• Pinan or Heian Yondan – (peaceful mind, fourth level) image link

*(A) 5 x Forward *(B) 5 x Backward

Physical Conditioning: 20 pushups • 50 sit-ups • 30 burpees

Light sparring:  2 rounds of 3 minutes