under construction
WHITE JUKYU
1 stripe: training oath
2 stripe: Ediquette
3 stripe: Stationary punch, Basic blocks
4 stripe: Knee kick (front & side)
5 stripe: Self Defense: single wrist grab
6 stripe: Naihanchi shodan
7 stripe: Bible Matthew 22:37-39
YELLOW KUKYU
1 stripe: Vocabulary
2 stripe: Lunge punch, front stomp kick
3 stripe: Back Kick: standing, stepping and fading
4 stripe: Defense against Lapel grabs
5 stripe: Rear break fall
6 stripe: Naihanchi nidan
7 stripe: Bible 1 Corinthians 3:16-17
ORANGE HACHIKYU
1 stripe: Vocabulary
2 stripe: Side Break fall
3 stripe: Side stomp kick
4 stripe: Defense: rear double arm hook, two hand wrist grab
5stripe: kumite
6 stripe: Naihanchi sandan
7 stripe: Bible 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
PURPLE SHICHIKYU
1 stripe: defense: bear hug
2 stripe: basic three step kumite
3 stripe: round kicks
4 stripe: defense: front and side head locks
5 stripe: kumite
6 stripe: Pinan shodan
7 stripe: Bible 2 timothy 1:7
BLUE ROKUKYU
1 stripe: kumite
2 stripe: forward roll
3 stripe: side snap kick
4 stripe: self defense: two hand chokes
5 stripe: Self defense full nelson
6 stripe: pinan nidan
7 stripe: Bible 1 thessalonians 5:22
GREEN GOKYU
1 stripe: shihowaza
2 stripe: Crescent kicks
3 stripe: Pinan sandan
4 stripe: three step kumite closing with hidden blocks
5 stripe: shihonuke
6 stripe: Rear roll
7 stripe: Bible Ephesians 5:7-13
========GREEN WITH BLACK CENTER YONKYU ==========
1stripe: samban kumite
2 stripe: closing and opening set
3 stripe: Sanchin
4stripe: Defense
5 stripe: kumite
6 stripe: Odo no Tonfa ichi
7 stripe: Bible Matthew 5:5-9
8 stripe: Pinan yondan
9 stripe: Wansu
10 stripe: Kyan no sai
11stripe: defense
12 stripe: take downs
13 stripe: Hook kick
14 stripe: kumite
BROWN SANKYU
awarded after completion of yonkyu stripes and having activily
trained in the dojo of at least one year
BROWN ===================================
NIKYU
Pinan godan, Chounokun, Odo no nunchaku, Suiyoshi no kun
ichi, defense: sucker punch, take downs, kumite
BROWN
ichikyu
Seisan, Ananku, Odo no tonfa ni,
Suiyoshi no kun ni, combination kicks, five throws from list A, 8 points of balance, self defense, kumite
BLACK SHODAN
1ST DEGREE
minimum three years training in dojo: Passai, Kusanku, Nakamura
no sai, stick defense, kumite, breaking, shima igiri bo ichi, kinjo no bo tai bo, five additional throws from list B, kumite
BLACK NIDAN
2ND DEGREE
minimum one year after shodan: Chinto, Niseishi, Shima Igiri
bo ni, Odo no sai ichi, Kinjo no Bo tai tonfa, tsuken Akachono Nunte bo, Sakugawa no kun ichi, knife defense, kumite
BLACK SANDAN
3RD DEGREE
minumum two years after nidan: Gojushiho chu, Nakamura no bo tai
sai, Sakugawa no kun ni, Odo no kama ichi, Ko bo, Gun defense, kumite
BLACK YONDAN /
4TH DEGREE
minumum three years after sandan: Koryu Gojushiho, Tokumine
no kun ichi, Odo no kama ni, tsuken Akachono eiku bo, Tokumine no kun ni, Matayoshi no bo tai kama
BLACK GODAN /
5TH DEGREE
minimum four years after yondan: Maezato no tekko and Matayoshi
no tekko, kinirotusru, Hakatsuru, five additional throws from lists A and/or B
RENSHI TEACHER AWARD
/
BLACK ROKUDAN /
6TH DEGREE
minimum five years after godan: Kinjo no bo tai tinbe and
rochin,hanamizuki no tinbe to rochin, chatanyara no sai, iainuki, nijuni no jo, taichi roku kata
NANADAN //
7TH DEGREE
KYOSHI SENIOR TEACHER AWARD //
(current rank
of Sensei Hershman)
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HACHIDAN //
8TH DEGREE
minimum seven years after nanadan, major contributions to
the dojo and system
KUDAN ///
9TH DEGREE
minimu of 8 years after hachidan, major contributions to karate
and kobudo
HANSHI MASTER TEACHER AWARD
currently can not be awarded
JUDAN HELD BY SEIKICHI ODO FOUNDER RHKKF
