Purple Belt Skills


Reading

          “A Book of Five Rings” by Miyamoto Musashi         

Soft Skills

          Finding Your Center of Balance (Tanden)

Stances (Dachi)

          Twisted Horse (Hineri Shiko)

          Snake (Sashi Ashi)

Strikes (Zuki)

          Elbow (Empi Zuki)

                    Downward (Otoshi)

                    Hand Assisted (Soete Mae)

                    Vertical (Tate)

                    Back (Ushiro)

Blocks (Uke)

          Knee Support (Hiza Morote)

Kicks (Geri)

          Inside & Outside Crescents (Soto Mikazuke & Zuki Ude Mikazuke)

          Spinning Back (Ushiro Mawashi)

Kata    

          Pinan Nidan

          Pinan Sandan

          Pinan Yondan

Self-Defense Techniques (Goshin Waza)         

          Bear Hug (Osae komi or Koho Osae)

          Ground Defense (Fuse)

Throws (Nage Waza)

          Displacement from Back of the Leg (Ushiro Ashi)

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