Cat stance. Almost all the weight on the back leg; the front foot only lightly touches the floor.
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Techniques for the 8th 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
Strikes Tsuki and Uchi
A whipping backfist strike to the side of the torso.
A downward whipping backfist strike to the face.
A hammer-fist strike with the edge of the fist, from top to bottom.
Striking surfaces Buki
The edge of the fist, on the little-finger side.
The inner sole of the foot.
The heel.
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