CURRICULUM
SECTION 1 - PRELIMINARY MATTERS (White Belt Requirements)
___ Review your goals and reasons for studying Martial Arts
___ Review our Class Values
___ Review our Curriculum
___ Discuss with the Teacher and make your Decision
SECTION 2 - BASIC OFFENSE (Green Belt Requirements plus kata)
Mobility:
___ "Boxing Feet"
___ 4 Direction Stepping
Notes:
1) Feet about shoulder width apart, left or right foot forward.
2) Hands up elbows down.
3) Unlock knees, weight on the balls of the feet, maintain balance.
4) Foot closest to the direction you are moving moves first.
5) Live side, dead side, inside, outside (positioning)
Offense:
___ Jab
___ Cross
___ Hook
___ Uppercut
___ Elbow
___ Front Kick
___ Cut/Round Kick
___ Side/Back Kick
___ Knee
Notes:
1) Power = mass behind structured tool + speed.
2) Forward movement to generate velocity.
3) Circular movement to generate velocity.
4) Rising/dropping movement to generate velocity.
Interactive Exercises:
___ Pad and Shield work
___ "Boxing hands" jab, cross, hook, uppercut - individual and combinations
___ Arm Toughening
Notes:
1) One person learns how to hold targets while the other person learns how to test the basics.
2) Start slowly, gradually add speed as you become more advanced.
SECTION 3 - BASIC DEFENSE (Brown Belt Requirements plus kata)
Mobility:
___ Falling
___ Rolling
___ Rising
Defense:
___ Evasion
___ Parrying
___ Blocking
___ Trapping
Notes:
1) Evasion is moving so that you avoid or minimize incoming energy.
2) Parrying is redirecting incoming energy.
3) Blocking is covering a more vulnerable body part with a less vulnerable body part to absorb/disperse incoming energy.
4) Trapping is catching/holding/controlling.
5) E/P/B/T can and should be combined.
Interactive Exercises:
___ Evade/Parry/Block/Trap - individual and combinations
___ Freestyle Sparring
Notes:
1) Start with single techniques and build up to combinations.
2) One person designated to practice offensive moves with another person designated to practice defensive moves.
3) Practice with and without gloves.
4) Start slowly, gradually add speed as you become more skilled.
SECTION 3 - KARATE KATA
Green Belt:
___ I-hon
___ Kick Kata
___ Chonan
Brown Belt:
___ Pinan 1
___ Pinan 2
Black Belt:
___ Pinan 3
___ Pinan 4
___ Pinan 5
Additional Kata:
___ Chonan Shodan
___ Bassai Dai
___ Naihanchi
___ Sanchin
___ Taikyoku (empty hand, bo, stick)
___ Sai
___ Cane
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