WHITE BELT (WB) / BEGINNER LEARNING CONTENT
SUMMARY
The white belt core competancies are listed below:
- Fighting Stance and how the stance can vary a little depending upon how close you are to the attacker
- Distance management, what is safe?
- Outward Blocks {oBLK} (stepping forward and backwards)
- Downward Blocks {dBLK} (stepping forward and backwards)
- Inward Block {iBLK} (stepping forward and backwards)
- Jab {JAB} (stepping forward and backwards)
- Reverse Punch {RP} or the Cross
- Combining the Jab and the Reverse Punch making a Double Punch {DP}
- Front Kick {FK} (lead and trailing leg)
- Turning Kick {TK} (lead and trailing leg)
There are 7 techniques with at least 20 variations of the above (lead arm, trailing leg, stepping forwards, stepping backwards etc).
The white belt assessment involves the above moves and chaining some moves together. This chaining or joining of the moves and techniques are often called short forms.
These short forms (usually two or more moves together) are used in assessements.
SHORT FORM KEY
, Between techniques: same side
– Between techniques: opposite side
i Inward
o Outward
«s Step backwards
s» Step forwards
d Downward
WB 1 : SHORT FORMS
iBLK – RP
dBLK – RP, TK
Downward Block — Reverse Punch, Turning Kick
(dBLK off the leading hand then RP off the opposite rear/trailing hand then TK from same side)
iBLK «s oBLK »s RP
Inward Block «step back Outward Block »step forward Reverse Punch
(iBLK off the leading hand step back oBLK off opposite hand step forward RP from opposite hand)
FK, DP, TK
Front Kick, Double Punch, Turning Kick
(FK off the leading leg then DP starting at same side then opposite rear leg TK)
WB 2 : SHORT FORMS
DP, FK
Double Punch, Front Kick
(DP off the leading hand (ending in opposite hand) then FK off the same side rear/trailing leg)
oBLK – RP, TK
Outward Block — Reverse Punch, Turning Kick
(oBLK off the leading hand then RP off the opposite rear/trailing hand then TK from same side rear leg)
iBLK — dBLK — RP
Inward Block — Outward Block — Reverse Punch
(iBLK off the leading hand dBLK off opposite hand RP from opposite hand)
FK, DP, TK
Front Kick, Double Punch, Turning Kick
(FK off the leading leg then DP starting at same side then opposite rear leg TK)
WB : VARIATIONS
TK, DP
Turning Kick, Double Punch
(TK off the leading leg then DP off the same side)
FK, DP, FK
Front Kick, Double Punch, Front Kick
(FK off the leading leg then DP off the same side finishing with a front kick same side as last reverse punch)
oBLK — RP, FK
Outward Block — Reverse Punch, Front Kick
(oBLK off the leading hand RP from opposite hand FK from same side)
iBLK «s dBLK «s dBLK
Inward Block «step back Outward Block «step back Outward Block
(iBLK off the leading hand step back dBLK off opposite hand step back dBLK from opposite hand)
SPARRING
CADET
Imaginary Sparring and NO contact Sparring
ADULT
Imaginary Sparring and NO contact Sparring
PAD WORK
CADET / ADULT
DP x 20 , FK x 20 , oBLK — iBLK — dBLK x 20
- Double Punch into the focus pads x 20
- Front Kick into strike shields x 20
- Outward Block opposite side Inward Block opposite Downward Block against padded strike sticks x 20