8th KYU - YELLOW BELT
Experience Needed: Minimum of 3 months and 20 lessons from your last grading and your instructors approval before taking this grading. Marks out of 10 are awarded for each technique.
Pass Mark - 55.
RENRAKU WAZA (Combination Techniques).
1.Yoi - Naihanchi dachi kamae - Chudan zuki - Then same hand jodan uraken zuki (Left & Right side).
Parallel stance (feet turned inwards) guard - Punch to body - Then back fist strike of head using same hand. See Note D.
2. Yoi - Zenkutsu dachi kamae - Leading hand gedan berai - Then step and punch jodan oi zuki (Left & Right side).
Step forward into forward stance guard - Leading hand downward sweeping block to lower body area - Then step and punch to head using opposite hand. See Notes A & D.
3. Yoi - Naihanchi dachi kamae - Step back at 45 degree angle into shiko dachi - Strike gedan shuto uke - Return to kamae.
Parallel stance (feet turned inwards) guard - step back at 45 degree angle into horse riding stance - Strike open hand to lower body area - return to kamae. See Notes A & D.
KERI WAZA (Kicking techniques - Left & Right side).
Side thrust kick to the body. See Note B.
Back kick to the body. See note C.
KATA
6. Pinan Nidan Kata. Forward Facing
Pinan Nidan Kata. Rear Facing
MAKIWARA WAZA (Pad work using one pad holder - Left & Right side).
7. (Tsuki) - Gyaku zuki - Guard. Reverse punch and Guard.
8. (Keri) - Mae geri keage. Front snap kick.
9. Ippon Kumite - Jodan oi zuki - Demonstrate two different defences against opponent attacking with stepping, right hand punch to the head. Student's choice of defence. Defender and attacker to start in Zenkutsu dachi kamae.
10. Hokei kumite No. 1 & 2 - To be individually performed in either left or right fighting stance. Students choice of defence.
NOTES:
A. 2. To be performed advancing towards the examinar and then after turning (mawatte) performed moving away from the examinar.
B: 4. To be performed side ways on to the examinar.
C. 5. To be performed with the back to the examinar kicking directly backwards (no spin)
D. 1, 2, & 3. To be performed in both Left & Right side.
Useful Japanese terms to learn at this level :
Uraken zuki - Back fist.
Gedan barai - Downward block.
Shiko dachi - Horse riding stance.
Shuto uke - Open hand block / strike.
Yoko geri kekomi - Side thrust kick.
Ushiro geri - Back kick
Makiwara waza - Padwork.
Ippon kumite - Self defence technique against attack.
Hokei Kumite - Practise sparring techniques.
Age uke (from kata) - upward rising block.