Testing For Red Belt with A Black stripe
Once all three tags are achieved, karateka may attempt the full belt. To pass the coloured tags in class each month, karateka need to demonstrate each section as it is coloured below.
Tag colours ~ Black Red & Green
KIHON (basics)
OI ZUKI Stepping punch
AGE UKE Upper rising block
SOTO UKE Outside forearm block
UCHI UKE Inside forearm block
GEDAN BARAI Downward block
SHUTO UKE Knife hand block
MAE GERI Front kick
MAWASHI GERI Roundhouse kick
Kumite (sparring)
Sanbon Kumite (3 step sparring)
Jodan (head) & Chudan (body) attack and defend (to Count)
Kata
Heian Shodan (The whole kata no count)