Feet parallel, shoulder-width apart. The stance almost everything starts from.
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Techniques for the 10th Kyu
Everything you learn at each grade is still tested in the exams that follow. Each grade adds to the last; it never replaces it.
Stances Tachikata
Like Heiko Dachi, but with the toes pointing inward.
One foot forward, toes pointing inward and knees tight. A stance for strength and breathing.
A long step forward, front knee bent and back leg straight.
A natural ready stance, stable and relaxed. It is the basic guard of Kyokushin.
Sitting on your heels. It is the position for the formal bow that opens and closes class.
Strikes Tsuki and Uchi
A straight punch to the middle of the body. The other hand returns to the hip: that is the hikite.
A straight punch at face height.
A straight punch to the lower area.
A short upward punch to the solar plexus, with the elbow close to the body.
A forward elbow strike. It is the strongest technique at close range.
Blocks Uke
High block. The forearm rises and deflects the strike above the head.
Middle block from the outside in.
Middle block from the inside out.
Low sweep. The forearm comes down diagonally and deflects an attack to the lower area.
Kicks Geri
Rising knee strike. The knee drives up and forward with force.
Front kick. Raise the knee and extend the foot forward.
Striking surfaces Buki
The first two knuckles. The striking surface of every tsuki.
The elbow.
The knee.
The ball of the foot. It strikes in Mae Geri.
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