Ikkyu - 1st Kyu
1st Degree Brown Belt
Techniques
This is the last of the intermediate levels and the highest of the Brown Belts. The next step is Shodan. The time requirement for Ikkyu, 1st Degree Brown Belt, varies from person to person, since each person advances at their own rate and are tested individually.
Ikkyu, 1st Degree Brown Belt, consists of 30 Self Defense Techniques and 20 Variations.
At this point in the students training they have learned 393 Self Defense Techniques and Variations.
Technique Name | Attack | ||
1. Legions of Ming (AB) | Right kick/Right punch | ||
2. Fish Hook | Right/Left punch | ||
3. The Sickle | Right punch | ||
4. The Dagger (AB) | Right punch | ||
5. Mantis | Right or left punch from right side | ||
6. Whirling Mantis | Right/Left or Left/Right punch | ||
7. Sticks of Satin (AB) | Overhead club | ||
8. Diving Hawk | Hammerlock | ||
9. Advancing Hammers | Right punch | ||
10. Sweeping Arm Hook | Two hand push from the front | ||
11. Snapping Twig | Straight on shoulder grab | ||
12. Breaking the Yoke | Right punch | ||
13. Prayer of Death | Defense against a kick from a down knee position | ||
14. Buckling Branch | Right step/Right punch | ||
15. Circling the Pagoda (ABC) | Right punch | ||
16. The Thistle | Headlock | ||
17. Reversing Wind (AB CD) | Right punch | ||
18. Double Swords | Side club attack | ||
19. Twisting Staves (AB) | Double wrist grabs from both sides | ||
20. Guiding the Staff | Right punch | ||
21. Cyclone | Left punch | ||
22. Double Spear (ABCD) | Left punch | ||
23. Crossing Swords | Left punch | ||
24. Whirling Thorn | Overhead knife | ||
25. The Wedge (ABC) | Two hand choke from the front | ||
26. Slashing Cougar | Left punch | ||
27. Twisting Knee (ABC) | Double shoulder grabs from both sides | ||
28. Double Asp (ABCD) | Left/Right punch | ||
29. Oriental Lever (AB) | Right roundhouse punch | ||
30. Parting the Reeds | Two hand push from the front |