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Red 1st Sash

Stance
• Left Stance
• Right Stance

Arm techniques
• Jab
• Cross
• Left Hook
• Right Hook

Leg techniques
• Front Snap Kick
• Rear Leg Round House Kick

Defence work (Illustrated with a partner)
• Parry (Both arms)
• Slip Evasion

Combination Work (Performed on pads)
• Jab > Cross > Rear Leg Round House
• Jab > Cross > Left Hook > Rear Leg Round House
• Left Snap Kick > Jab > Cross > Rear Leg Round House

Drills
• Punch out drill 3 x 1 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest
• Kicking drill 3 x 45 second rounds with 30 seconds rest

Fitness test
• 10 Push Ups (Girls can perform these off their knees)
• 40 Sit Ups
• 30 Squat Kicks

Yellow 2nd Sash

Assessment begins with covering the Red belt syllabus techniques.

Stance
• Moving Forward and Backwards

Arm techniques
• Uppercut Both Arms (Short)
• Uppercut Both Arms (Long)

Leg techniques
• Side Kick
• Front Push Kick
• Turning Back Kick
• Foot Sweep

Defence work (Illustrated with a partner)
• Side Step Evasion
• Inside Knee Block

Sparring
• Controlled one step sparring illustrating offensive and defensive named techniques

Pad work
• Jab > Right Uppercut > Left Hook > Right Cross
• Left Side Kick > Right Cross > Long Left Hook > Right Round House
• Right Cross > Left Hook > Right Round House

Drills
• Punch out drill 3 x 1 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest
• Kicking drill 3 x 1 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest
• Squat Kick drill 2 x 1 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest

Fitness test
• 15 Push Ups
• 50 Sit Ups
• 40 Squat Kicks

Orange 3rd Sash

Assessment begins with covering Red & Yellow syllabus techniques

Stance
• Ability to move forward, backwards, left and right
• Ability to switch stance
• Ability to Jab whilst moving

Leg techniques
• Jump Scissor Front Kick
• Straight Leg Spinning Round House Kick
• Hook Kick (Both legs)
• Axe Kick (Both legs)

Defence (Illustrated with a partner)
• Rolling Evasion
• Pressing Block
• Elbow Blocks

Combination
• Jab > Cross > Jab > Cross > Slip > Right Round House
• Left Side Kick > Right Hook Kick > Right Round House
• Left Hook > Roll (with hook) > Left hook > Right Side Kick

Sparring
• 1 & 2 Step sparring against named attacks, Illustrating basic offensive and defensive skills.
• Counter Sparring, Illustrating the ability to deliver a named counter attack against a named attack.

Pad work
• 3 x 1.5 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest using:
• Jab > cross > left hook > right cross
• Double left roundhouse > double right roundhouse

Drills
• Punch out drill 3 x 1.5 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest
• Kicking drill 3 x 1.5 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest
• Squat Kick drill 2 x 1.5 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest

Fitness test
• 20 Push Ups
• 60 Sit Ups
• 50 Squat Kicks

Green 4th Sash

Assessment begins with covering Red, Yellow & Orange syllabus techniques

Stance
• Ability to move in all directions
• Throwing basic named combinations whilst moving

Arm techniques
• Slipping Jab
• Back Fist
• Turning Back Fist
• Over Arm Cross

Leg techniques
• Jumping Round House Kick
• Jumping Front Kick
• Ball of Foot Front Kick
• Spinning Hook Kick

Defence
• Over Arm Block (from Axe Kick)
• Tap down with Counter Strike

Combinations
• Lead Leg low Round House > High Lead Leg Round House > Straight Leg Spinning Round House (Rear)
• Jab > Cross > Left Hook > Spinning Hook Kick > Left Side Kick
• Right Uppercut > Left Hook > Overhand Right > Right Round House (Land in Right Stance) Turning Back Kick.

Sparring
• Continuous light sparring for 3 x 45 second rounds.

Drills
• Punch out drill 3 x 1.5 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest
• Kicking drill 3 x 1.5 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest
• Squat Kick drill 2 x 1.5 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest

Fitness test
• 25 Push Ups
• 70 Sit Ups
• 60 Squat Kicks

Purple 5th Sash

Assessment begins with covering Red, Yellow, Orange & Green belt techniques.

Stance
• Shadow Boxing, Illustrating ability to move and turn in all directions whilst delivering punches and kicks.

Arm techniques
• Stepping Cross
• Sliding Cross
• Jumping Cross
• Spinning Back Fist

Leg techniques (Performed onto pads)
• Turning Jumping Back Kick
• Turning Side Kick
• Low Point Round House Kick (Thai Kick to thigh)
• Jumping Spinning Round House Kick (Tornado Kick)

Defence (Illustrated with a partner)
• Long Guard (Thai Guard)
• Double Forearm Block
• Over Arm Hook Deflection

Combinations
• 5 x 1 minute rounds of a mixture of combinations taken from previous grades.

Sparring
• 3 x 1.5 minute rounds of semi contact sparring

Drills
• Punch out drill 3 x 2 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest
• Kicking drill 3 x 2 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest
• Squat Kick drill 3 x 2 minute rounds with 30 seconds rest

Fitness test
• 30 Push Ups
• 80 Sit Ups
• 70 Squat Kicks

Blue 6th Sash

Assessment begins with covering Red, Yellow, Orange, Green & purple belt techniques

Stance
• 2 rounds of advanced shadow sparring

Arm techniques
• Elbow strikes:
• 1. Upward
• 2. Hooking
• 3. Over the top

Leg techniques
• Front Knee
• Jumping Spinning Side Kick
• Jumping Spinning Hook Kick
• Jumping Knee

Defence
• Clinch Work
• Restrain an attacker
• Overwhelming defence

Combinations
• Jab > Cross > Slip > Right Cross > Left Hook > Right Uppercut > Left Uppercut
• Left Side Kick > Turning Back Kick (Rear Leg) > Jumping Front Kick
• 3 x random combinations assigned on the day

Sparring
• 3 x 2 minute rounds of semi contact sparring

Drills
• Punching and kicking drills will be assigned on the day

Fitness test
• 60 Push Ups
• 120 Sit Ups
• 80 Squat Kicks

Brown 7th Sash

The student must illustrate the ability to coach both basic and advanced techniques presented by the examiner.
• The student must be able to recall all moves from the syllabus upon request.
• The student must be able to produce and demonstrate both basic and advanced combinations.

Leg techniques
• Double Jumping Front Kick
• Double Jumping Side Kick

Pad work
• 4 x 2 minute of boxing drills assigned by the examiner.
• 3 x 2 minute rounds of kicking drills assigned by the examiner

Sparring
• 3 x 2 minute rounds of semi contact sparring
• 2 x 1 minute rounds coaching a novice on the basics of sparring.

Grappling & ground techniques
• 2 x chokes
• 2 x arm locks
• 2 x throws
• Defence against multiple attacker using both Grappling and striking techniques

Fitness test
• 100 push ups in 5 minutes
• 250 sit ups
• 80 squat kicks

Black 1st Dan

Assessment begins with covering Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, Purple, Blue & brown belt techniques.

The student must illustrate the following before being considered for a black belt grading under RCUK.

• 1 Years assistant coaching under the supervision of an RCUK Black Belt
• Competed in at least 3 semi contact fights
• First Aid trained
• Completed student evaluation form
• Completed Black Belt Examination
• Assessment of coaching skills to a group of novice Kickboxers.
• Assessment of advanced coaching skills.
• Ability to illustrate pressure point manipulation of at least 3 separate areas.

• 3 x 2 minute rounds of pad work (combinations provided on the day)
• 5 x 2 minute rounds of sparring (Semi contact)
• 2 x 1.5 minute rounds of sparring (Full contact)
• 5 rounds of drills assigned by the instructor on the day.

Fitness test
• 150 push ups in five minutes
• 600 crunches in 8 minutes
• 200 squat kicks in 5 minutes

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