Test material for each rank includes drills, kata and ippon kumite (two-person work).  There are no testing fees.  Advanced classes (by Sensei’s invitation only) are held on Monday nights for students at Brown Belt and above.  Weapons training also begins at Brown Belt.

Materials required for promotion to Shodan (by rank)

Rhokokyu – Green Tag

Drills:

• Punching Drill
• Elbow Drill
• Blocking Drill
• Front Kicks
• Itosu Shodan, Itosu Nidan, and Itosu Sandan
• Kiyan Shodan, Kiyan Nidan, and Kiyan Sandan

Kata:

• Taikyoku Shodan
• Taikyoku Nidan
• Taikyoku Sandan

Ippon Kumite:

• Singles, Doubles, Triples series
• Lower series:
  1. Lower block, kick, cover and punch
  2. Step to side, kick, cover and punch
  3. Step 90 degrees to side, cover, punch
• High, Middle, Low series:
  1. Upper, middle, lower block

Gokyu – Green Belt

Drills:

• Itosu Yondan, Itosu Godan, and Itosu Rhokodan

Kata:

• Seisan
• Naihanchi Shodan
• Empe Iwa
• Empe Take

Ippon Kumite:

• Upper and Middle Series:
  1. Opposite inward block, punch
  2. Opposite inward block, kick, punch middle
  3. Kiyan Chicken-Fighting Series
  4. Circle block, drape, empe
  5. Cross block, empe
  6. Two punches:  Circle block, cross block, empe
• Lower Series:
  1. Step to outside, kick
  2. Step to inside, kick
  3. Twist block, augmented strike
• High, Middle, Low Series:
  1. Upper, middle, lower block
  2. Circle, cross, shuto block
  3. Knife hand, dropping block, shuto block
  4. Chicken head, dropping, wrist-back block
  5. X-block, middle shuto, lower shuto
  6. Augmented lifting, middle and lower

Yonkyu – Red Tag

Kata:

• Pinan Shodan
• Pinan Nidan
• Pinan Sandan
• Pinan Yondan
• Pinan Godan
• Penpai
• Naihanchi Nidan

Ippon Kumite:

• Upper Series:
  1. Step to outside, punch
  2. Step to outside, front kick to armpit
  3. Step to outside, augmented lifting block, roundhouse kick
  4. Step to outside, augmented lifting block, side kick
  5. Step to inside, front kick to groin
  6. X-block, twist to outside, kick, punch
  7. X-block, twist to inside, kick, chop
  8. 2 punches:  X-block, dropping block, backfist, punch
• Middle Series (same as 1-5 of Upper Series)
• Lower Series:
  1. Jamming X-block, kick, cover and punch
  2. Twisting block, kick, backfist, punch
  3. Seisan foot catch

Sankyu – Brown Belt Level 1

Drills:

• Kiyan Yondan, Kiyan Godan, and Kiyan Rhokodan

Kata:

• Naihanchi Sandan
• Penpo
• Annanku
• Wanshu
• Shimpaton

Ippon Kumite:

• Upper Series:
  1. X-block, eye jab
  2. X-block, chop
  3. Twisting opposite inward block, kick, backfist, punch
  4. Twisting knife hand block, twist to outside, kick, punch
  5. Twisting knife hand block, twist to inside, kick, chop
• Middle Series:
  1. Hooking block, punch
  2. Two Punches:  Double hooking blocks, front kick
  3. Twisting opposite inward block, kick, backfist, punch
  4. Five Kiyan Series
• Lower Series:
  1. Lower block, kick with front leg
  2. Punch the foot
  3. Block with inside of leg, kick

Nikyu – Brown Belt Level 2

Drills:

• Striking Drill

Kata:

• Rhohai Shodan
• Chinto
• Gojushiho

Ippon Kumite:

• Upper Series:
  1. Arm break series
  2. Step off center, press, chop nose with hand edge
  3. Double front jump kick
• Middle Series:
  1. Double hooking blocks with two-foot front kick
  2. Step out into cat (turning inward), forearm under punch, ippon ken strike to back of hand
  3. Step out into cat (turning inward), kotegaeshi, heel stomp
• Lower Series:
  1. Step to outside and hammerfist to Achilles
  2. Step to outside, catch leg, and sweep leg
  3. Step to inside, catch leg, step into horse stance and take down

Kobudo (Weapons):

• Ten Stationary Sai Lines
• Ten Stationary Bo Lines

Ikyu – Brown Belt Level 3

Kata:

• Patsai Sho
• Patsai Di

Ippon Kumite:

• Upper Series:
  1. Lifting block, shift into front stance with punch
  2. Lifting block, shift into upright stance with punch
  3. Lifting block, step into cat stance and punch with same arm as lifting block
• Lower Series:
  1. Step to inside, catch leg, press down and roll hip
  2. Step to outside, catch leg, lift leg straight up

Kobudo (weapons)

• Ten Moving Sai Lines
• Ten Moving Bo Lines

Shodan – Black Belt

Kata:

• Kusanku Sho
• Kusanku Di
• Kyoku Shodan
• Kyoku Nidan
• Kyoku Sandan
• Kyoku Yondan
• Kyoku Godan
• Chatenyara Sai
• Tokamina Bo

Weapons Taught (Adults only)

• Bo – 6-foot staff for carrying water or walking
• Sai – Hand-held pitchfork for planting and digging
• Nunchuku* – Two sticks tied together with string for thrashing rice
• Tonfa* – Billy club with a handle used to grind rice
• Kama* – Hand-held sickle for cutting rice
• Noburikama* - Sickle on the end of a 5-foot staff used for harvesting rice

*These weapons are taught at the black belt level only