White Belt to Yellow Belt Minimum of 6 weeks of training and 15 classes attended

Basics

Front Position

Attention Position

Rightfoot out to elbow

Punches

Front 2 Knuckle

Back 2 Knuckle

Thrust

Hammer Strike

Blocks

High Cross Block

Low Cross Block Kicks

Front Ball

Side

Back

Combinations 6a 7a Stances

Horse Stance

Physical Fitness 10 Push ups 20 Crunches

Yellow

Yellow is the color of the sun as well as the color of light and new found riches. The yellow belt indicates that the light of a new day has begun to shine. It is the color of learning.

Orange

Orange is also the color of the sun, but the sun of zenith. The orange belt indicates the first flash of day has matured; one whose skill and understanding are reaching new heights.

Purple

Purple is the color of courage. This belt symbolizes that a student has started to unite mind, body, and spirit.

Blue

Blue is the color of the sky and ocean. This belt symbolizes that the student’s aspirations have begun to expand to new horizons.

Green

Green is the color of growth, grass, and forests. The green belt symbolizes that the student has begun to absorb the light and started to blossom and bare fruit.

Brown

Brown is the color of earth, the color of solidity. The brown belt indicates one’s techniques have become competent, the mind is fertile and spirit is formed.

Black

Black is the fusion of all colors. It indicates that one has gained all of the traits of characterized skill necessary to surpass the obstacles encountered on the “first day of the way”. Black is the color of night. It shows that the first “day” is over and that a new day is coming. The karateka’s journey has not ended but merely begun.