Purple

4th kyu (Yon kyu) PURPLE BELT Requirements

1st stripe Vocabulary:

  1. Oi zuki – lunge punch
  2. Reiken – back knuckle fist
  3. Seiken – forefist punch
  4. Shita – down
  5. Teisho – palm heel strike
  6. Shu – to learn from tradition
  7. Tetsui – hammer fist strike
  8. Tekubi – wrist
  9. Tobi – to jump
  10. Tori – person who executes technique
  11. Tsuke / zuki – punch or thrust
  12. Uke – block, defense or person who receives technique
  13. Ura ken – close (vertical) backfist strike
  14. Ushiro – back, backwards
  15. Ude – forearm
  16. Yoko – side

Physical Requirements:

2nd stripe Basics:

  • Review and perform all basic drills to this point at Purple Belt level.

3rd stripe Kicks:

  • Yoko geri (side kick)/Reiken Uchi (backfist strike)
  1. Standing
  2. Stepping
  3. Fading
  4. Skipping

4th stripe Self defense:

DUST

  1. Two hand choke
    1. Front – Distract, spin, baseball release, elbow and follow up
    2. Eyes, ears, punch down, spin, lever and follow up
    3. Rear – Stomp, stomp, kick, spin, elbow down and follow up
  2. Full Nelson
    1. Elbows down, stomp or kick back, work fingers and follow up (awareness)
    2. Lock on block, stomp, groin, spin and elbows down and follow up

5th stripe Sparring:

Offensive:

  1. Front leg hook into near roundhouse kick (dragon tail).
  2. Near roundhouse kick into front leg hook kick (dragon tail).
  3. Fake front kick into jump front kick.
  4. Fake front kick into jump wide roundhouse kick.

Defensive:

  1. Side step and counter with punch.
  2. Side step and counter with kick.

6th stripe Kata:

  • Anaku

Recommended Equipment

  • Roku Shaku Bo

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