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Testing Requirements:
Jukyu (Yellow Belt)
Kukyu (Blue Belt)
Hachikyu (Second Blue Belt)
Shichikyu (Green Belt)
Rokyu (Second Green Belt)
Gokyu (Purple Belt)
Yonkyu (Second Purple Belt)
Sankyu (Brown Belt)
Nikyu (Second Brown Belt)
Ikkyu (Third Brown Belt)

Shodan (First Black Belt)
Nidan (Second Black Belt)
Sandan (Third Black Belt)
Yondan (Fourth Black Belt)
Godan (Fifth Black Belt)

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Second Purple Belt (Yonkyu) Testing Requirements

Minimum Training Time
3 months
Stances
same as last test
Blocks
same as last test
Punches and Strikes
same as last test
Kicks
same as last test
Kata
Tekki Shodan
Gyaku Heian Godan
Kihon Combinations
same as last test
Kumite Combinations
front kick to lunge punch, reverse punch to round kick (mae geri to oi zuki, gyaku zuki to mawashi geri)
jab to step-up front kick, switch, reverse punch to front kick (kizami zuki to step-up mae geri, switch, gyaku zuki to mae geri)
half-step back to step out lunge punch (half-step back to step out oi zuki)
lunging reverse punch to reverse punch to round kick to spinning back kick (oi gyaku zuki to gyaku zuki to mawashi geri to spinning ushiro geri)
Self-Defense
same as last test
Sparring
Bag work with a partner, stationary and moving
Other Requirements
from this test on the number new techniques is very small so greater improvement of the existing required techniques is expected

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