Ni kyu – Brown belt 2nd degree

BROWN 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

Ni kyu – Brown belt 2nd degree

KIHON: Basics or Fundamentals (A) 5 x Forward (B) 5 x Backward

1. Sanbon ren tzuki (Series of three punches) (A)*
2. Age uke / mae ashi / gyaku tzuki (Rising sweeping block, front kick with reverse punch)
3. Soto uke / enpi ukaken/ Gyaku tzuki (Outside forearm block, elbow and reverse punch) (A)
4. Uchi uke / Mawashi ashi / Gyaku tzuki (Inside forearm block, front round house kick with reverse punch) (B)
5. Gedan uke / mae ashi / gyaku tzuki (Lower level sweeping block, front kick with reverse punch) (A)
6. Shuto uke / Nukite (Knife-hand block with spearhand) (B)
7. Mae ashi geri (Front kick, followed by rear kick)
8. Mawashi ashi ren geri (Front roundhourse kick, followed by rear kick) (A)
9. Ushiro geri (Back kick) (A)
10. Ushiro Mawashi geri (Spinning back kick) (A)
11. Ura mawashi (Hook kick) (A)
12. Yoko keage (turning) Yoko Kekomi  
13. Yoko Kekomi (turning) Ushiro Kekomi

Kihon Combinations

• Maegeri – Mawashi – gyaku tzuki
• Mawashi – kekomi – gyaku tzuki
• Kekomi- mawashi – gyaku tzuki
• Mawashi – Ushiro mawashi geri

Kihon Balance

• 4 geris (maegeri – kekomi – keage – ushiro)

KUMITE: Ippon and self-defense

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

Ne-Waza (Ground Techniques)

• 12 Katame-waza (Grappling techniques)

KATA

• Bassai Dai (to penetrate a fortress – big) image link
• The strong techniques of this kata emphasize hip movement. Some resemble a battering ram being used against fortress walls.

Physical Conditioning: 2 sets of 20 pushups • 2 sets of 50 sit-ups • 2 sets of 30 burpees 

Light sparring:  2 rounds of 3 minutes 

Competition: The evaluation will be performed in a competition setting in which student’s performance will be evaluated by an instructor.