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Basic Curriculum for First Dan in U.S. Urban Goju Karate and Kempo
These lists provide the material that you will learn to achive the 1st dan level in our system. From complete beginner level to mastery of this material typically requires for years of study and practice. Students with advanced ranks in other martial arts systems will compleet this curriculum significant faster. But all start at white belt level, conform the guidelines of Master Peter Urban! Strikes Kicks Basic Strikes, Intermediate and advanced strikes, pressure point strikes Basic, intermediate and advanced Kicks, Travelling Kicks, Spinning Kicks, Flying Kicks, Sweeps Kata Tensho, Teikyoku, Gekisai, Empi-ha, Seinchin, Han, Sayaan, Kooroorunfa, Sanchin (All U.S. Urban forms) plus optional pinyan or kempo katas, original kata form Basics Basic Stances, Falling techniques, Throwing techniques, Rolling Kempo Combinations 1-20 to punching attack, both Right and Left handed Blocking Systems 8-point blocking system with follow ups, 10-point blocking, plum tree blocking, wings of the crane and dragon gate blocking and applications Bunki/Boji 5 fully developped bunki per kata and per Kempo animal form Academic Review on P. Urban's "The Karate Dojo", Review on martial arts book, Requirements comparison paper on two martial arts styles. Kempo Animals Names, meanings, technique recognition, applications in and outside kumite and bunki Self-Defense Self defense concepts and theory, legal and ethical issues, defense techniques and strategies against bare hand attacks, weapons, multiple attacks Weapon Forms Attack and defense forms and handling proficiency with escrema sticks, tonfa, nunchaku, bo Kumite (Sparring) Safety concepts, attack and defense, speed techniques, point sparring, power sparring and tai chi sparring Miscellaneous General fitness and stamina, discipline, attitude, dojo etiquette, elementary concept of Qi, board breaking A "boji" is the demonstration of a technique derived from a kata, a "bunki" is an application to a stylized attack of a technique derived from a kata.

2012 American Dragon Martial Arts

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