First Degree Black Belt Requirements 
 
 
 

Techniques (with Extensions*):
1. Captured Leaves
(Right flank -- finger lock)
2. Evading the Storm
(Front -- right step through overhead club)
3. Twirling Wings
(Rear -- two-hand stiff-arm shoulder grab)
4. Snapping Twig
(Front -- left hand chest push)
5. Leaping Crane
(Front -- right step through punch)
6. Crushing Hammer
(Rear -- bear hug, arms pinned)
7. Circling Wing
(Rear -- two-hand choke, arms bent)
8. Calming the Storm
(Front -- right step through roundhouse club)
9. Charging Ram
(Front -- tackle)
10. Parting Wings
(Front -- two-hand push)
11. Thundering Hammers
(Front -- right step through punch)
12. Squeezing the Peach
(Rear -- bear hug, arms pinned)
13. Bow of Compulsion
(Front -- wrist lock against opponent's chest)
14. Obstructing the Storm
(Front -- right step through overhead club)
15. Darting Mace
(Front -- two-hand wrist grab)
16. Shield and Sword
(Front -- left step through punch)
17. Swinging Pendulum
(Front -- right roundhouse kick)
18. Gift in Return
(Front -- handshake)
19. Cross of Destruction
(Rear -- two hand choke)
20. Twin Kimono
(Front -- two-hand lapel grab, pushing out)
21. Hooking Wings
(Front -- two-hand low push)
22. Sleeper
(Front -- right step through straight punch)
23. Spiraling Twig
(Rear -- bear hug, arms free)
24. Flight to Freedom
(Rear -- hammerlock)

Forms:
Form Four
Personal Form

Stances:
Rotating Twist

Punches:
Chopping Punch
Overhead Hooking Diagonal Downward Punch
Uppercut


Weapons (Club):
Inward Strike (Vertical)
Downward Strike (Vertical)
Inward Horizontal Strike
Outward Horizontal Strike
Underhand Strike (Snapping the Wrist)
Inward Outward Horizontal Strike


Strikes:
Vertical Forearm
Snapping Forearm Lift
Outward Raking Back Knuckle (Vertical Fashion)
Downward Diagonal Heel Palm (Fingers Palm Down)
Horizontal Outward Hammerfist
Inward Elbow (Fulcrum In Place)
Inward Downward Hammerfist
Inside Downward Heel Palm


Finger Techniques:
Five Finger Claw Ripping
Five Finger Jab
Circling Inward Two Finger Hook
Outward Two Finger Hook
Inward Heel Claw
Outward Heel Claw
Inward Diagonal Downward Heel Claw
Upward Outward Claw


Kicks:
Side Kick (Side Of Heel)
Side Knife Edge Thrust
Roundhouse Knee
Knee Drop (Close Kneel)
Dragging (Raking) Inside Foot
Instep Kick
Horizontal Foot Scrape
Upward Knee
Chicken Front Leg Scoop
Spinning Left Back
Upward Hook
Back Outward Horizontal Heel Scoop
Roundhouse Ball
Horizontal Heel Scoop
Bounce Stiff Leg Lift Back
Stiff Leg Sweeping Kick