Brown Belt
Physical Skills Testing Requirements - English
The physical portion of the 3rd kyu brown belt test is conducted in Japanese. English is provided here as a
means of learning the material; however students should be prepared to hear all testing instructions in Japanese.
Table of Contents
Any combination of punches, blocks, strikes and stances. Combinations may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Single, double or triple punches; stationary reverse punch; traveling reverse punch; lunging reverse punch.
- Single, double or triple blocks; block, reverse punch, strike; strike, reverse punch, block; block, strike, block.
- Single, double or triple strikes..
- All stances in japanese, including those primarily performed in kata, moving forward and backward.
- Outside block, elbow strike, back knuckle strike, reverse punch
- Knife hand block, any single or double kick off the lead leg, to spear hand thrust
- Kata sequences
- Any double kick combination using the same leg. Combinations may include,
but are not limited to, the following:
- Front snap, front thrust
- Front snap, roundhouse
- Front snap, side thrust
- Front snap, crescent
- Roundhouse, side thrust
- Roundhouse, back thrust
- Side thrust, back thrust
- Side snap, side thrust (in a straddle stance).
- Perched kicks - stationary (front, round, side, back 5 times each leg)
- Any double or triple kicks using alternating legs, such as front, round, side, back
- Testing Kata Bassai-Dai and all previous katas.
- Be prepared to interpret sequences out of any of the Heian katas, Tekki Shodan or Bassai Dai.
- Be prepared to perform any Heian kata in reverse form.
- Prepared interpretation of any kata, Bassai Dai or below, using three partners.
- Lunge punch to jab, step up round kick to spinning back kick.
- Lunging reverse, reverse, round kick to spinning back kick.
- Lunge punch, switch, reverse, side thrust kick, to shuffle up back kick
- Jab, step up round kick, switch, reverse punch to side thrust kick to spinning back kick.
- Reverse ppunch, step up front kick to lunge punch, reverse punch.
- Front kick to lunge punch, reverse punch to round kick.
- 10 multiple movement self-defense techniques with a partner. Do not have more than 3 take-downs.
All techniques are choreographed.
- Single line drill.
- Circle drill.
Any combination of stationary kicks and/or punches; one on one sparring; two on one sparring, and four corner bag work.
Free sparring and 5 step sparring.
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Last Updated: January 24, 1996