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Grading 2: 9th Kup – 8th Kup | White/Yellow Belt to Yellow Belt

On this Page, you will find all the information you will learn as a White/Yellow Belt and will also be required for you to pass your Second Grading/Examination [9th Kup to 8th Kup | White/Yellow Belt to Yellow Belt]

New Kicks:

1. Outwards Crescent Kick

The Outwards Crescent Kick is the opposite to the Inwards Crescent Kick. Steps Required:

  1. Lift back knee straight up
  2. Swing your knee while extending your leg out from inwards to outwards
  3. The movement of the kick can be described as abduction of the hips
  4. After the kick has passed the target, bend your leg and bring it back to the ground

Foot Position on Contact: Your foot should be facing straight up and you’ll make contact with the inside of your foot.

Note: Outwards Crescent Kick Tutorial starts at 1min19secs after the Inwards Crescent Kick Tutorial earlier on in the video.

2. Side Kick

There are 2 Variations of a Side Kick. Steps Required:

Variation 1: Back Leg

  1. Lift up your back knee straight up
  2. Rotate the standing foot around 90 degrees while rotating the knee in chamber
  3. Next, bring the knee in chamber slightly across your body/closer to your body
  4. Then extend the leg out sideways while rotating the standing foot roughly another 90 degrees
  5. After the kick has landed, bring the leg back into chamber and then back down to the ground in front

Variation 2: Skipping Front Leg

  1. Bring your foot towards your front foot in a skipping motion but before the two feet meet, lift up the front knee into chamber with the knee sideways also while rotating the standing foot around 90 degrees
  2. Then, bring the knee in chamber slightly across your body/closer to your body
  3. Then extend the leg out sideways while rotating the standing foot roughly another 90 degrees
  4. After the kick has landed, bring the leg back into chamber and then back down to the ground in front

Foot Position on Contact: Your foot should be facing sideways and you’ll make contact with the bottom of your foot.

3. Very Basic Leg Control

‘Leg Control’ is not a Specific Kick. Leg Control is the process of doing more than one kick without putting the leg down.

Example: Front Leg Body, Front Leg Head together without putting the foot down between the two kicks.

New Movement:

1. Shifting

Shifting involves moving either backwards or forwards in a fighting stance without bringing your feet together. Bringing your feet together is known as Skipping. Shifting is used to avoid an opponents kick by either shifting forward to close the distance or shifting back to get completely away from the kick. Shifting can also be used to get closer to an opponent to ensure your kick lands on your opponent because fighters naturally move a little back so it is easy to misjudge the distance for your kick when you first start sparring.

New Pattern:

[Pattern 0] 10 Basic Movements

The 10 Basic Movements is a sequence of 10 Movements. There are 6 blocks and 4 strikes, any strike/block done with one arm is repeated on the other arm/side.

The Pattern is as Follows:

  1. Start in Attention Stance
  2. Go into Ready Stance [Jumbee] by stepping your left foot sideways [shoulder width apart]
  3. Lift up your left knee whilst bringing both your hands up straight at your shoulder height also while making a fist with both hands. Then land down into Horse-Riding Stance. Stay in Horse-Riding Stance while you do the next 10 Steps.
  4. 1st Step: Low Block – Left hand down in marking hand [straight fingers together with thumb tucked underneath], right hand on top of your shoulder as a fist, and then the right hand comes down to do a Low Block, while the left hand comes onto your hip as a fist
  5. 2nd Step: Low Block – Open the right hand down in marking hand [straight fingers together with thumb tucked underneath], left hand on top of your shoulder as a fist, and then the left hand comes down to do a Low Block, while the right hand comes onto your hip as a fist
  6. 3rd Step: Outwards Block – From there, lift up the left hand in line with the left shoulder into marking hand [straight fingers together with thumb tucked underneath], then bring the right hand as a fist underneath your left armpit [with the top of your hand in contact with your body], and then bring out the right hand out as an Outwards Block while bringing the left hand back onto your hip as a fist
  7. 4th Step: Outwards Block – Lift up the right hand in line with the right shoulder into marking hand [straight fingers together with thumb tucked underneath], then bring the left hand as a fist underneath your right armpit [with the top of your hand in contact with your body], and then bring out the left hand out as an Outwards Block while bringing the right hand back onto your hip as a fist
  8. 5th Step: High Block – Lift up the left hand into marking hand [straight fingers together with thumb tucked underneath] so that your left hand is 45 degrees up from your shoulder, then lift up the right hand into a High Block while bringing your left hand to your hip as a fist
  9. 6th Step: High Block – Lift up the right hand into marking hand [straight fingers together with thumb tucked underneath] so that your right hand is 45 degrees up from your shoulder, then lift up the left hand into a High Block while bringing your right hand to your hip as a fist
  10. 7th Step: Body Punch – Next, put the left hand down into marking hand [pointing towards the solar plexus region], and then Punch out with the right hand to the center of the body [solar plexus] while brining the left hand back to your hip as a fist
  11. 8th Step: Body Punch – After that, open the right hand into marking hand [pointing towards the solar plexus region], and then Punch out with the left hand to the center of the body [solar plexus] while brining the right hand back to your hip as a fist
  12. 9th Step: Head Punch – Open the left hand into marking hand and lift up the left hand to your chin height, then Punch out with the right hand to your chin height while bringing the left hand back to your hip as a fist
  13. 10th Step: Head Punch – Open the right hand into marking hand, then Punch out with the left hand to your chin height while bringing the right hand back to your hip as a fist
  14. Go back into Ready Stance [Jumbee] by brining your left foot towards the right foot up until your feet are shoulder width apart
  15. Finally, go into Attention Stance by brining your left foot again to your right foot so that your feet are touching. That’s it!

Follow Along Step By Step Guide:

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1. Two for Two Kicking

‘Two for Two Kicking’ is the same as ‘One for One Kicking’ but instead of doing one kick each, each person will do 2 kicks.

The person doing the two kicks will go forwards twice.

The person being ‘kicked on’ [no contact though] should go back on their partners second kick only, then switch roles.