
Rising elbow strike.
Grading program 3rd Kyu
Previous grade: 4th Kyu
Fighting footwork comes in, along with the Ura katas performed with a turn and the complete elbow and fingertip repertoire.
Everything you learn at each grade is still tested in the exams that follow. Each grade adds to the last; it never replaces it.

Rising elbow strike.

Downward elbow strike, from top to bottom.

Backward elbow strike.

Two-finger thrust, to the eyes.

Four-finger thrust, to the throat or the solar plexus.

The tips of the extended fingers.

The tip of a single finger.

The second joints of the fingers.
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The fitness marks are the I.K.O. Kyokushinkaikan adult standard. In the children’s category, twelve and under, they are adjusted at the Sensei’s discretion.