| Yellow Belt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "Life is about the journey, not the destination." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strikes: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1) Palm Strike--to the face, ribs, and groin. Keep fingers together and strike with the lower pad of the hand. 2) Hammer Strike--to the top of head, ribs, and groin. Start by head, and swing downward. 3) Downward Elbow--make sure to use legs to increase power 4) Chicken Wrist--thumb, index, and middle finger brought to a point, the rest should be tucked into palm. Use legs to increase force, coming up under the chin. |
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| Kicks: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"'Ow' is not a Kempo word." Jonathan Vance |
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| 1) Side Blade Kick--use side of foot 2) Side Thrust Kick--strike with heel, pivot on supporting foot 3) Crescent Kick--inward motion to knee |
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| Jujitsu: |
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| 1) Bear Hug--stomp on right foot, throw elbows back and pelvis forward, then thrust rear end back against attacker, while jumping into a horse-stance and pushing arms forward. 2) Head Lock--pinch between uppper inside of legs, hammer strike to lower back and stomach, hook bottom of nose with finger and stretch the person backward, while thrust punching to the ribs. |
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| Blocking System: |
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| 8 Point Blocking System with Strikes-- Outside Block 1-2 Front 2 Knuckle Inside Block 3-4 Back 2 Knuckle High Block 5-6 Hammer Strike to ribs Low Block 7-8 Chicken Wrist |
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| Kempo: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1) High block with left arm-rotate to the right forcing the person's upper body downward, while grabbing the back of the neck, right arm downward elbow to back of head/neck. 2) High block with left arm, grab back of neck, hit filtrum with right elbow and hammer blow to the groin with right arm. |
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| Combinations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #3-- Palm block with left hand, thrust punch to the ribs, push down on shoulder with left hand, forcing person downward. Back 2-knuckle to head with right hand, while keeipng left hand on right shoulder, hook left shoulder with right hand, twisting them and dropping them to the floor. Finish with a left punch to the filtrum, while covering with the right arm--cross and cover. #6B-- Iron Fortress on their punching arm--front ball kick to ribs, throw the arm away during cross and cover to the left. |
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| One Pinion: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I-shape pattern with only front 2-knuckle punches for strikes. Remember to breathe loudly. (See Forms page) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club Techniques: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overhead Club--Block with right arm-swing it into groin, while stepping to the side of the attacker compensating for their position. Big windmill with right arm and strike back of neck with flat of forearm. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||