BASIC

PROGRAM

ADVANCED PROGRAM

Hand Techniques

• Bent wrist strikes (horizontal, upward, downward, diagonal upward, diagonal downward)
• Looping punch
• Looping ridgehand
• Palm corner strike

Blocking Techniques

• Bent wrist blocks: (three levels)
• Palm corner block
• Palm push to elbow

Leg Techniques

• Spinning reverse crescent kick
• Reverse dropping kick
• Flying back kick *
• Flying wheel kick *

* optional for age 40+

Blocks and Punches

• (in inward stance) Palm push

Self-Defense

• Knife self-defense - from behind neck
• Corner reversal (sumi gaeshi)

Sparring

• Free sparring:

Three two-minute rounds

Board Breaking

• Rank requirements

Stamina

• Pushups - 15/15 one arm, 20 fingertip, 20 knuckle, 20 palm

Written Paper

• Two pages typed - Include name, date, age, rank, dojo. Include a way in which Cuong Nhu has influenced your life outside the dojo

Leadership and Philosophy

Assistant teaching experience:

15 hours

• Ten Stages of Growth
• Nobody
• Learner
• Worker
• Fighter
• Achiever
• Winner
• Teacher
• Leader
• Thinker
• Philosopher
• Nobody

• Five Loves of a Sensei

Teaching

Sharing

Students

Martial arts

Growth

• Five Negatives in Teaching
• Don't ridicule any student
• Don't make discriminatory remarks
• Don't push students excessively
• (to avoid burning them out)
• Don't show favoritism
• Don't lose your composure

Weapons

• Bo 2 and ApplicationsLearning speed - Front view

Learning speed - Side view

Performance speed - Front view

Kata and Applications

• Empi (Flying Swallow)
• Applications