
PROGRAM
OUR PROGRAM IS BASED ON BASIC KARATE AND KICKBOXING
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SECTION 1 - CLASS STRUCTURE
___ Opening
___ Warmup
___ Techniques/Kata
___ Applications
___ Cooldown
___ Closing
SECTION 2 - MOBILITY
___ Stance
___ 4 Direction Movement
___ Falling/Rolling/Rising
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) Positioning.
SECTION 3 - GIVING
___ Hands
___ Forearms
___ Elbows
___ Knees
___ Shins
___ Feet
Notes:
1) Power = mass behind structured tool + speed.
2) Forward movement to generate power.
3) Circular movement to generate power.
4) Rising/dropping movement to generate power.
Interactive Exercises:
___ Pad and Shield work
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 4 - RECEIVING
___ Evasion
___ Parrying
___ Blocking
___ Trapping
___ Throwing
___ Escaping
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) Throwing is breaking balance/unseating.
6) Escaping is disengaging and getting away.
7) 1 through 6 above can and should be combined.
Interactive Exercises:
___ Evade/Parry/Block/Trap/Throw/Escape - individual and combinations
___ Freestyle Scenarios
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) Start slowly, gradually add speed as you become more skilled.
4) Practice with a resisting partner.
SECTION 5 - GRADUATIONS
___ WHITE BELT - all new students
___ GREEN BELT - 1 Year's Training and Demonstrate I-hon, Chonan, Kick Kata
___ BROWN BELT - 2 Years' Training and Demonstrate Taikyoku, Pinan 1, Pinan 2
___ BLACK BELT - 4 Years' Training and Demonstrate Pinan 3, Pinan 4, Pinan 5 plus overall skills test
Notes: Students receive a white belt shortly after they begin their training, and receive stripes for every three months of consistent training completed. Black Belts are awarded to students who have trained consistently for a minimum of four years and have mastered the basics. These students serve as role models to the other students - and may continue on to become instructors.
SECTION 6 - BELT KATA
___ I-hon
___ Chonan
___ Kick Kata
___ Taikyoku
___ Pinan 1
___ Pinan 2
___ Pinan 3
___ Pinan 4
___ Pinan 5
Additional Kata
___ Naihanchi
___ Sanchin
___ Bassai
___ Chonan Shodan
___ Taikyoku Staff
___ Taikyoku Stick
___ Cane
___ Sai
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