PURPLE AND WHITE BELT

Purple and white belt, last colour before brown!

Kihon

Kihon represents the basics or fundamentals. As a purple and white belt you will learn:

  • Sanbon tsuki – stepping punch, double punch
  • Jodan age uki, gyaku tsuki , gedan barai – rising block, reverse punch, downward block
  • Chudan soto uke, empi uchi, uraken, gyaku tsuki, gedan barai – outside block, elbow strike, back fist, downward block
  • Chudan uchi uke, kizama tsuki, gyaku tsuki, gedan barai – inside block, double punch, downward block
  • Shuto uke, mai geri, nukite – knife hand block, front snap kick, spear hand strike
  • Mai geri – front snap kick
  • Yoko geri keage – side snap kick
  • Yoko geri kekomi – side thrust kick from front stance
  • Mawashi geri – roundhouse kick
  • Ushiro geri – back kick

Purple and White Belt Kihon

Kumite

Kumite is where you spar with a partner, you will be taught:

  • Ippon kumite attacking with jodan oi tsuki, chudan oi tsuki and mai geri. yoko geri, mawashi geri on both sides.

Purple and White Belt Ippon Kumite

Kata

Kata is a set of fixed moves. With each belt you will learn a new kata. For purple and white belt you will learn:

  • Tekki Shodan

Tekki Shodan – Sensei Paul James

Tekki Shodan- Sensei Alex Cockx

Once you have trained enough and have reached the required standard you will be able to grade to brown belt.