MAINE SHOTOKAN KARATE ASSOCIATION
2ND KYU GRADING EXERCISES - Brown Belt
| KIHON | |
| ZENKUTSU DACHI – GEDAN BARAI | (Front Stance – Low Block) |
| FORWARD: MAE GERI - JUN TSUKI | 5 TIMES (Front Kick Front Punch) |
| FORWARD: MAWASHI GERI–GYAKU TSUKI | 5 TIMES (Roundhouse Kick-Reverse Punch) |
| FORWARD: GYAKU TSUKI – MAE GERI – JUN TSUKI – GEDAN BARAI | 3 TIMES (Reverse Punch – Front Kick – Front Punch – Low Block) |
| Turn and repeat: GYAKU TSUKI – MAE GERI – JUN TSUKI – GEDAN BARAI | 3 TIMES |
| ZENKUTSU DACHI GAMAE | (Front Stance) |
| FORWARD: MAE GERI – MAWASHI GERI | 3 TIMES (Front Kick-Roundhouse Kick using different legs) |
| Turn and repeat: MAE GERI – MAWASHI GERI | 3 TIMES |
| FORWARD: MAE GERI YOKO GERI KEKOMI | 3 TIMES (Front Kick-Side Thrust Kick using different legs) |
| Turn and repeat: MAE GERI YOKO GERI KEKOMI | 3 TIMES |
| FORWARD: MAWASHI GERI – USHIRO GERI | 3 TIMES Roundhouse Kick-Back kick using different legs) |
| Turn and repeat: MAWASHI GERI – USHIRO GERI | 3 TIMES |
| KIBA DACHI GAMAE | (Straddle Leg Stance) |
| FORWARD: YOKO GERI KEAGE –YOKO GERI KEKOMI | 3 TIMES (Side Snap Kick-Side Thrust Kick using the same leg) |
| Turn and repeat: YOKO GERI KEAGE –YOKO GERI KEKOMI | 3 TIMES |
| KATA | |
| Choose One: | BASSAI-DAI (Storm a Fortress) JION (Name of a Temple) ENPI (Flying Swallow) KANKU-DAI (Viewing the Sky) |
| KUMITE | |
| JIYU IPPON KUMITE (HIDARI) | (Semi Free One Step Sparring) |
| ATTACK & DEFEND: | 2X JODAN, 2X CHUDAN, 2X MAE GERI |
| 1X YOKO GERI KEKOMI & 1X MAWASHI GERI | |
The student must be starting to look a little deeper into Karate. This means focusing more on the Hara while increasing speed and power of each technique and snapping the leg back after each kick, then driving into a strong stable stance and executing Kime Waza on the upper body techniques such as Gyaku Tsuki. One learns to focus power on a precise target while conserving energy, coupled with proper breathing, tension and a powerful snapping action of the techniques while exhibiting good balance. In Kata, one now has a choice which depends on one’s technical ability and body composition. One should favor a technically easier exercise of which one has a sound knowledge and subsequently will achieve a better result. Jiyu Ippon Kumite allows a greater freedom of personal expression as both attacker and defender take up a fighting posture.