Following is a list of requirements for each belt test. 

Training manuals and DVD's are available for purchase. 

These describe each technique in more detail.

(For a list of little dragons belt requirements, go to the "Little Dragons" page)

Yellow (Gold) Belt Test:
  • Stances:  horse stance, natural stance, forward stance, side fighting stance
  • Hand techniques:  reverse punch, lunge punch, uraken (backfist), shuto (knife hand), inverted body punch, vertical fist punch, full seiken (straight punch)
  • Kicks:  front kick (scoop and heel), side kick (step behind), roundhouse (step in front and rear leg)
  • Blocks:  rising, downward, inside, reverse, outside
  • Kata:  taikyoku 1
  • Demonstrate ability to tie belt.
Orange Belt Test:
  • Stances:  all required for yellow belt, and cat stance
  • Hand techniques: all required for yellow belt
  • Kicks: all required for yellow belt, and front kick (ball of the foot), side kick (step up), offset front kick, back kick
  • Blocks:  all required for yellow belt, and 10 way block drill
  • Kata:  all required for yellow belt, and taikyoku 2, taikyoku 3, pinan 1
  • Cat stance movements: #1, #2, #3, #4
  • Kumite Waza: #1, #2, and two person
  • Self defense movements:  5 required, and they should use each of the five basic blocks
  • Fighting movement: #1
  • 50 pushups
  • Kumite (fighting)
Green Belt Test:
  • Stances:  all required for orange, and back stance
  • Hand techniques:  all required for orange
  • Kicks:  all required for orange
  • Blocks:  20 way block drill
  • Kata:  all required for orange, and pinan 1 (with and without sais), pinan 2 (with and without sais), pinan 3
  • Cat stance movements: all required for orange
  • Kumite Waza: all required for orange, and #3
  • Self defense movements:  10 required
  • Fighting movement: all required for orange, and #2
  • 100 pushups
  • Kumite (fighting) with 2 opponents
Purple Belt Test:
  • Everything on green belt test, and
  • Block counter drill #1
  • Fighting movement #3
  • Block drill: 26 way
  • Kata:  no additional, but all katas should be more refined than at green belt level
  • Self defense:  11 required
  • Kumite:  one on one above green belt level
  • Cat stance movements #5
  • 2 man bo waza
Blue Belt Test:
  • Everything on purple belt test, and
  • Double block counter drill (#2)
  • Fighting movement #4
  • Block drill: 28 way
  • Kata:  no additional, but all katas should be more refined than at purple belt level
  • Self defense:  12 required
  • Bo sho
  • Kumite:  one on one above purple belt
  • Cat stance movements #6

 

Red Belt Test:
  • Everything on blue belt test, and
  • Double block counter drill with kicks (#3)
  • Fighting movement #5
  • Block drill: 32 way
  • Kata:  all through pinan 4
  • Focus glove drill
  • Self defense:  13 required
  • Kumite:  one on one above blue belt
  • Cat stance movements #7, #8

 

Brown Belt Test:
  • Everything on red belt test, and
  • Kicks:  front reverse wheel kick, spinning back wheel kick, hook kick, spinning back hook kick
  • Cat stance movements #1 - 10
  • Kumite waza: #1 - 4 and 2 person
  • Fighting movements #1 - 6
  • Continuous kiai
  • Self defense:  15 required
  • Katas: Taikyoku 1 - 3, pinan 1 - 5, pinan 1 - 3 with sai
  • Block drill:   36 way
  • Kumite:   with 3 opponents
Black Belt Test:
  • Everything on brown belt test, including history and terms
  • Cat stance movements #1 - 10 forward and backward
  • Kumite waza: #1 - 5 and 2 person
  • Fighting movements #1 - 7
  • Demonstrate 1, 2, 3, 4 block punch drill
  • Self defense:  20 required - 5 hand to hand, 5 against grabs and chokes, 5 against kicks, 5 against weapons
  • Katas: all brown belt, and sakure sho (with and without sais), nunchucks kata
  • Block drill:   40 way
  • Flow drill
  • Kumite:   with 4 opponents
  • You must be observed teaching class for your instructor