Action Photos Online - Springfield Tournament

In case you missed it before, here is a link that will take you to the photos taken by Mike Williams Photography. Questions about photos, please direct to  mike@shoots4u.com.

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First Knowledge Stripe

We will be testing for the first knowledge stripe this week. Students will need to understand and demonstrate the following information to earn their first stripes.

• Tiger's: Confident attitude, improved level of effort and punches, side & front kicks.
• White - Yellow belt's: Side & front kicks, knifehand strike, punch, and high, low & innerforearm blocks
• Camo-Purple belt's: Reverse, spin, step reverse & step spin side kicks, twin innerforearm block and sparring stance.
• Blue-1BR belt's: Blocks (Low X, ridgehand, knifehand square, side high/low) Strikes (palm heel, reverse upward elbow, upset knifehand, knee) twin upset punch & head grab, Crescent kicks (jump reverse, jump spin, step jump reverse and step jump spin)

Eye Contact and Focus: Accuracy in the martial arts is a crucial skill to develop. It is essential for self-defense techniques to be effective. The black belt attributes of eye contact and focus have three aspects that receive special attention in our training. The first is directional, keeping eye contact on the target even when it or you are moving. The second is target training which is concentrating your aim on a precise area or point. The third aspect is penetration or aiming beyond the target to strike with greater force.