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Blue Belt Technique Manual

BEGGING HANDS (Front Two Hand Grab To Wrists)

  1. With feet together, step back with your left foot (to 6 o’clock) into a right neutral bow as you have both of your hands assimilate begging (palm up) on the top of your opponent’s wrists as your right foot draws back into a right cat stance.
  2. Immediately deliver a right snapping ball kick to opponent’s groin.
  3. Plant your right foot (toward 12 o’clock) adjusting its depth according to the circumstance and deliver a left snapping ball kick to opponent’s chin.
  4. As you plant your left foot forward (toward 12 o’clock) into a left neutral bow, deliver a double torquing heel of palm thrust under opponent’s chest, shuffling forward if needed.
  5. Cover out in usual fashion.

FLASHING WINGS (Front Right Step Through Punch)

  1. Standing naturally with feet together, step to your left on a 45* angle with your left foot (to 11 o’clock) as your left inward blocks on the outside of opponent’s right arm and your right arm cocks to your right hip (fist clenched and palm up).
  2. Shift into a left forward bow as you deliver a right inward horizontal elbow strike to opponent’s right ribs (with your left hand guarding and employing the bracing angle concept) which follows through and by-passes opponent’s ribs.
  3. Shift clockwise into a horse as you execute a right horizontal outward elbow strike to opponent’s right shoulder blade (just under it) as you simultaneously execute a left horizontal outward heel palm claw across opponent’s face.
  4. Continue to pivot clockwise into a right wide kneel (facing 5 o’clock) as you deliver a right hooking chop (out and diagonally while anchoring your right elbow) and left chop to the back of opponent’s neck.
  5. Shift counter clockwise into a left wide kneel as your left hand checks and pins opponent’s right arm to himself and your right hand chops (thrusting with the palm up) to opponent’s throat. Cover out in usual fashion.

HUGGING PENDULUM (Right Front Side Kick)

  1. While in a fighting stance (right neutral bow), shuffle back slightly as you deliver a right hammering downward diagonal block (hooking your blocking arm so that it travels from 11 o’clock to 5 o’clock) on the outside of opponent’s right kicking leg.
  2. Immediately do a left front crossover as your right hand cocks horizontally across your body (palm in) with your left hand in guarding position and deliver a right knife-edge kick to inside opponent’s left knee.
  3. Follow-up with a right horizontal back knuckle strike to opponent’s mastoid or temple (as you plant your right foot forward) arching wide to the right and returning with a right inward horizontal hooking heel palm claw to opponent’s face while maintaining a bend in your right elbow.
  4. Cover out in usual fashion.

SNAKING TALON (Front Two-Hand Push)

  1. With feet together, drop back with your left foot to 6 o’clock into a right neutral bow as your right hand loops a figure eight, first with a right inward handsword on the ·outside of opponent’s left hand and a right extended outward handsword on the outside of opponent’s right band, grasping his right wrist with your right hand while fading back into a right front 45 o cat stance.
  2. While your right hand pulls opponent toward you (to your right and down), deliver a right ball kick to opponent’s groin (kicking toward 12 o’clock).
  3. With your right kicking foot still in the air, plant right foot to 9 o’clock, into a right front twist stance.
  4. Immediately pivot counter clockwise and deliver a left reverse spinning back kick to opponent’s abdominal area toward 12 o’clock.
  5. With back facing your opponent, hop on to your left while edging toward opponent and deliver a right back kick, (a reverse chicken kick) to any opening opponent may have preferably the face or chest.
  6. Cover out in usual fashion.

RETREATING PENDULUM (Front Right Thrusting Heel Kick)

  1. While in a right neutral bow, drop back with your right foot into a left front twist stance. simultaneously deliver a right outside downward block to opponent’s kicking leg and check with your left hand by your right shoulder.
  2. Immediately deliver a right knife·edge kick to opponent’s left leg, to inner knee.
  3. Plant your right foot forward toward 12 o’clock and have your left hand check high dose to your armpit.
  4. As your block circles counter clockwise and without losing any momentum follow·up with a right overhead downward hammerfist to opponent’s neck as you plant your right foot toward 12 o’clock.
  5. Pivot to your left into a right reverse bow and deliver a right rear scoop kick to opponent’s groin, your right leg between your opponent’s leg at this point. You may have to drag your left foot toward your right foot to assure proper distance for your rear scoop kick.
  6. Cover out in usual fashion.

TRIPPING ARROW (Front Bear Hug—Arms Free)

  1. With feet together and opponent applying a front bear bug with your arms fee, step to your left with your left foot to 9 o’clock into a horse stance. simultaneously hooking your right heel of palm horizontally and in to strike opponent’s left jaw hinge. Your left hand is checking and anchoring your opponent’s right shoulder or arm by forcing and pulling it down thus nullifying opponent’s leverage and ability to deliver a right or left knee kick.
  2. Immediately cirde your right foot clockwise and back and around of opponent’s right leg to 3 o’clock and buckle it by planting heavily into a horse stance. right band also circles clockwise and cocks at your right shoulder palm-up.
  3. Without·hesitation, pivot to your left toward 9 o’clock into a left forward bow as you thrust your right heel palm to jaw of opponent, thus tripping him over your right leg, still maintaining left hand grab on opponent’s right arm.
  4. With opponent on his back and your left hand grab now at opponent’s right wrist, have your right foot heel stomp under opponents chin. Ifyour opponent turns from the momentum and slips out of your grasp, stomp kick to opponent’s right kidney or ribs.
  5. Cover out in usual fashion.

FLASHING MACE (Right Straight Front Punch)

  1. With feet together, step to 11 o’clock with your left foot (into a left neutral bow) as your left inward blocks the outside of your opponent’s right punch at or above the elbow. Simultaneously with the block, cock your right hand above your right shoulder (palm out).
  2. Immediately step through with your right foot to 10 o’clock (into a transitional right neutral bow) as you deliver a right inward horizontal knuckle rake to opponent’s right cheek bone or temple with your left hand still guarding.
  3. Without any hesitation pivot counter clockwise (you are now facing 4 o’clock) and strike to opponent’s right ribcage with a left horizontal outward back knuckle strike and in the same motion, have your right hand execute an inward heel of palm bracing check to opponent’s right upper arm.
  4. After delivering a right inward bracing check against opponent’s right arm follow·up with a left outward check (left hand looks like a waiter carrying a tray). As you drop into a left wide kneel stance continue the motion of your right arm and without loss of motion, have your hand circle counter clockwise as you loop a right overhead back knuckle strike to opponent’s face or temple while executing marriage of gravity.
  5. Left front crossover and cover out to 10 o’clock.

WINGS OF SILK (Rear Two Arm Armlock)

  1. With feet together and arms locked from the rear, stomp your left foot on to opponent’s left instep. simultaneously have your left hand pinch the nerve located on opponent’s crest of the left hip.
  2. As your right arm starts to slip out of opponent’s right arm, simultaneously execute a right back obscure elbow to opponent’s chin and a right rear heel scoop kick to opponent’s groin.
  3. Turn to step counteir clockwise with your right foot (toward 9 o’clock with a short right step) as your right arm slips completely out of opponent’s arm pinching and pinning opponent’s left arm with your left, as you begin to twirl out.
  4. Complete the twirl (360″ turn) by circling your left foot counter clockwise (again to 9 o’clock) and end up in a horse stance facing the same direction as your opponent. Simultaneously have your right arm deliver ( with your left arm still pinning opponent’s left arm) an uppercut forearm strike to opponent’s left elbow joint.
  5. Right front crossover and cover out to 9 o’clock.

DESTRUCTIVE TWINS (Two Hand Front Choke Pulling In)

  1. With feet together, step forward to 12 o’clock with your right foot (right neutral bow) as you deliver a left overhead punch to opponent’s face with a right uppercut to opponent’s groin (Keep your back erect and head up.)
  2. Move your right foot slightly to your right to 2 o’clock and execute a right inward and left vertical outward combination blocks outside of opponent’s left arm (At the completion of your left vertical outward, you should be in a right forward bow.)
  3. Immediately thrust your left fingers to opponent’s eyes.
  4. Follow·up by pivoting to your left into a horse as you deliver a right punch to opponent’s left ribcage simultaneous with your left hand grabbing opponent’s left arm, pulling that. arm toward your left hip, palm down.
  5. Drop your left foot ‘back to 5 o’clock. Right front crossover and cover out twice toward 5 o’clock.

CIRCLING THE HORIZON (Right Front Step Through Right Punch)

  1. With your feet together, step to your left with your left foot to 9 o’clock as your left hand parries (inward parry) your opponent’s right punch.
  2. Without any loss of motion, have your right hand circle clockwise, first covering past your groin area and begin to have your right foot cat toward your  left foot (into a right 45° cat stance).
  3. Continue to circle your right foot and your right band clockwise and step forward with your right foot to a right neutral bow at 1o’clock as you deliver a right thrusting back knuckle vertically to opponent’s right temple (have your right hand travel on the inside of your left arm as it strikes and have your left hand end up guarding your right ribcage. your right foot is checking opponent’s leg).
  4. Cock your right arm to your right ribcage and without hesitation; strike your opponent’s right ribs with a right inward horizontal elbow strike.
  5. Drop down (into a right close kneel) and strike back of opponent’s right knee with a right chopping hammerfist to buckle him.
  6. Follow through with your right hand and immediately strike up to opponent’s groin with your right underhand reverse hammerfist (your left hand is still guarding).
  7. Right front crossover and cover out twice toward 9 o’clock.

Blue Belt Kata Manual

LONG FORM 1

THEME: RETREATING WITH A FRONT HAND BLOCK AND A REAR HAND COUNTER; BLOCKING WITH THE REAR HAND; HAND ISOLATIONS.

  1. Salutation
  2. Start from a meditating horse stance facing 12 :00.
  3. Have your left foot drop back toward 6:00 into a right neutral bow, facing 12:00 as you simultaneously execute a right inward block and left back elbow.
  4. Pivot into a right forward bow toward 12:00 as you execute a left reverse punch toward 12:00.
  5. Have your right foot slide into a right transitional cat stance while executing a right thrusting inward block. Complete your right step through by having your right foot plant back toward 6 :00 into a left neutral bow. As you settle into your left neutral bow simultaneously execute a left inward block .
  6. Pivot into a right forward bow toward 12:00 as you execute a left reverse punch to 12:00.
  7. Cover (by moving your right foot toward 3:00) into a left neutral bow facing 9:00, while simultaneously executing a right inward I left vertical outward block combination.
  8. Pivot into a left forward bow toward 9:00 as you execute a right straight punch to 9:00.
  9. Your left foot drops back toward 3:00 into a right neutral bow facing 9:00, while simultaneously executing a left inward I right vertical outward block combination.
  10. Pivot into a right forward bow toward 9:00 as you execute a left reverse punch to 9:00.
  11. Cover (step right foot to 6:00, look towards 3 :00) while delivering a left outward elbow. Immediately pivot in-place into a left neutral bow facing 3:00, while simultaneously executing a right inward I left upward block combination.
  12. Pivot into a left forward bow toward 3:00 as you execute a right straight punch to 3:00.
  13. Your left foot drops back towards 9:00 into a right neutral bow facing 3:00, while simultaneously executing a left inward I right upward block.
  14. Pivot into a right forward bow toward 3:00 as you execute a left straight punch to 3:00.
  15. Cover (Cover- slide back into a side cat stance as you execute a left inward downward block palm up) step into a right neutral bow facing 6 :00, while simultaneously executing a right outward downward block .
  16. Pivot into a right forward bow toward 6:00 as you execute a left stra ight
  17. punch to 6:00.
  18. Your right foot drops back toward 12:00 into a left neutral bow facing 6:00 while simultaneously executing a right inward downward block palm up, followed by a left downward outward block.
  19. Pivot into a left neutral bow toward 6:00 as you execute a right straight punch to 6 :00 .
  20. Pivot back to a left neutral bow facing 6 :00 while simultaneously executing a left thrusting inward block .
  21. Execute a right inward block.
  22. Execute a left inward block.
  23. Your left foot steps back toward 12:00 into a right neutral bow, facing 6:00 while simultaneously executing a right inward block.
  24. Execute a left inward block .
  25. Execute a right inward block.
  26. Cover (by moving your left foot toward 3:00) into a right neutral bow facing 9 :00, while simultaneously executing a right outward block.
  27. Execute a left outward block .
  28. Execute a right outward block .
  29. Your right foot drops back toward 3:00 into a left neutral bow facing 9 :00
  30. while simultaneously executing a left outward block.
  31. Execute a right outward block .
  32. Execute a left outward block.
  33. Cover (by moving your left foot toward 9:00) into a. right neutral bow
  34. facing 3:00, while simultaneously executing a right upward block.
  35. Execute a left upward block.
  36. Execute a right upward block.
  37. Your right foots drops back to 9:00 into a left neutral bow facing 3 :00, while simultaneously executing a left upward block .
  38. Execute a right upward block.
  39. Execute a left upward block.
  40. Cover (by moving your right foot to a side cat stance, then toward 6:00) into a left neutral bow facing 12:00, while simultaneously executing a left downward block.
  41. Execute a right downward block.
  42. Execute a left downward block.
  43. Your left foot drops back toward 6:00 into a right neutral bow facing 12:00, while simultaneously executing a right downward block.
  44. Execute a left downward block.
  45. Execute a right downward block.
  46. Recover by first dragging your left foot your right foot and then moving it out toward 9:00 into a horse stance , facing 12 :00. This maneuver is simultaneously done it while executing a left inside downward block palm down bottom fist.
  47. Execute a right inside downward block (palm down). (c): Execute a left inside downward block (palm dow ).
  48. NOTE : The remainder of this form constitutes moves that are isolated. They a re not linked to produce logical working sequences, but are to be studied as hand isolations for their individual value.
  49. Execute a right inside downward block palm up -hammer fist­ simultaneously with a left back elbow strike.
  50. Execute a left inside downward block palm up simultaneously with a right back elbow strike
  51. Execute a right inside downward block palm up simultaneously with a left back elbow strike .
  52. Execute a left push-down block simultaneously with a right back elbow
  53. strike.
  54. Execute a right push-down block simultaneously with a left back elbow
  55. strike.
  56. Execute a right push-down block simultaneously with a left back elbow
  57. strike.
  58. Execute a left push-down block simultaneously with a right back elbow
  59. strike.
  60. Execute a right straight punch to 12:00 simultaneously with a left back elbow strike.
  61. Execute a left straight punch to 12:00 simultaneously with a right back
  62. elbow strike.
  63. Execute a right inward diagonal punch simultaneously with a left back
  64. elbow strike.
  65. Execute a left inward diagonal punch simultaneously with a right back
  66. elbow strike.
  67. Execute a right hook punch to 9:00 simultaneously with a left back elbow strike .
  68. Execute a left hook punch to 3:00 simultaneously with a right back elbow
  69. strike .
  70. Execute a right upper cut punch to 12:00 simultaneously with a right
  71. back elbow strike.
  72. Execute a left upper cut punch to 12:00 simultaneously with a left back elbow strike.

NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS

  1. Practice the form with your eyes closed to gain a better feel for your stances.
  2. Perfect the first two inward block punch sequences for they conta in the basic coordination levels of the form.
  3. Be sure to keep the heel of your back foot on the ground when pivoting into a
  4. forward bow . It adds to the push in support of your bracing angle, and stabilizes your stance.
  5. Economize on the time expended by not raising your back heel when executing a step through reverse .
  6. What practical application can you affix to the left outward elbow that you use just prior to converting it to your first left upward block.
  7. When analyzing Long Form I, please note that the second part of the form- is actually the left side of Short Form 1. [The only change is you are at 6 :00 and execute three blocks instead of just one.]
  8. Be sure to have your near blocking arm cover your entire body when employing your series of three blocks.
  9. What reason(s) would you attach to the blocks and punches that stem out of your horse stance at the end of Long Form I? Is this similar to the outward elbow discussed in number 5 of the notes?
  10. The value of the transition from a neutral bow into a forward bow can be paralleled to having your foot placed on the wall, then using the foot to help you lunge forward with your punch . As stated above, it adds to the push in support of your bracing angle .
  11. The cat stance that is seen in the beginning sequence of inward blocks is the desired motion used during all step through reverse actions. This helps solidify what number four talks about .
  12. Practice your punches and gain power through the use of contouring both in forward and reverse motion.