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8th Kyu – Brown Belt (100 Hours – 13 Months)

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  1. Basic Skills
    1. Push Ups 50 times in 3 minutes
    2. Sit Ups 50 times in 3 minutes
  2. 1) Aiki-Taiso (Aikido Exercise)
  3. 2) Taisabaki (Body Movements)
    1. Tenkan
    2. Irimi
    3. Combination: Tenkan & ushiro tenshin (step back)
    4. Koshinage loading; changing to Kokyu-Nage
  4. Ukemi
    1. Mae-Ukemi 20 times in 2 minutes
    2. Ushiro-Ukemi 20 times in 2 minutes
  5. Attack
    1. Suwariwaza (Zagi) Ryote-Dori
  6. Waza (Techniques)
    1. Katate-Dori Kaiten-Nage (Soto-Mawari)
    2. Katate-Dori Kokyu-Nage (Like Kaiten-Nage Soto-Mawari)
    3. Katate-Dori Tenbin-Nage (Tenkan)
    4. Katate-Dori Kotegaeshi
    5. Katate-Dori Aiki-Otoshi
    6. Zagi Kokyuho
    7. Shomenchi Koshinage

*Students are required to complete each section in class before being approved to take the test. Upon completion of each section, students will receive a black stripe on their belt. When students acquire three stripes and complete the required hours, the Chief Instructor will approve the student to take the next test.