Square stance, lower and wider than Kiba Dachi, with the toes pointing outward.
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Techniques for the 5th 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
T-shaped stance, with one foot perpendicular to the other.
Strikes Tsuki and Uchi
Simultaneous double punch with both hands.
Mountain-shaped double punch, one high and one low.
Hook punch, short and horizontal, with the elbow bent.
Blocks Uke
Cross block with both forearms.
Circular low sweep.
Kicks Geri
Spinning back roundhouse kick, with a full turn of the body.
Striking surfaces Buki
The back of the bent wrist.
The inner edge of the hand, on the thumb side.
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