Foot Techniques
Before you can begin using your feet to defend and attack you need to know what your feet are capable of doing.
Click here to view the attacking and blocking "tools" of your foot.
Testing For Yellow Stripe:
Testing For Yellow Belt:
- Side Piercing Kick (lead leg/rear leg/stepping)
- Combination Kicks
Testing For Green Stripe:
- Turning Kick (lead leg/rear leg/stepping)
- Side Turning Kick (lead leg/rear leg/stepping)
- Back Piercing Kick
Testing For 6th Gup Green Belt:
- High Kick (lead leg/rear leg/stepping)
- Side Pushing Kick (lead leg/rear leg/stepping)
- Side Thrusting Kick (lead leg/rear leg/stepping)
- Skip Side Piercing Kick
- Skip Turning Kick
- Skip Side Turning Kick
- Skip Side Front Snap Kick
- Flying Front Snap Kick
Testing For 5th Gup Blue Srtipe:
- Stepping hook kick (offensive)
- Outward downward kick
- Inward downward kick
- Crescent kick
- Skip side pushing kick
- Skip side thrusting kick
- Flying front snap kick
- Flying high kick
- Flying side piercing kick
- Two consecutive kicks - same direction
Testing For 4th Gup Blue Belt:
- Reverse Hook Kick (offensive)
- Hooking Kick (defensive)
- Twisting Kick
- Skip Hook Kick (offensive)
- Flying Turning Kick
- Flying Side Turning Kick
- Double Kicks - multiple targets, more difficult kicks
- Two consecutive Kicks - multiple targets, more difficult kicks
- Combination Kicks - multiple targets, more difficult kicks
Testing For 3rd Gup Red Stripe:
- Vertical kick with the foot sword
- Vertical kick with the reverse foot sword
- Reverse turning kick - toward front or side front
- Skip twisting kick
- Sweeping kick
- Mid-air 180 back piercing kick
- Flying crescent kick
- Triple kicks
- Three consecutive kicks - same direction
Testing For 2nd Gup Red Belt:
- Front rising kick
- Side rising kick
- Skip hooking kick (defensive)
- Flying 360 back piercing kick
- Flying twisting kick
- Mid-air lead leg hook kick
- Triple kicks
- Three consecutive kicks - multiple targets, more difficult kicks
Testing For 1st Gup Black Stripe:
- Front checking kick
- Side checking kick
- Outward pressing kick
- Inward pressing kick
- Stamping kick
- Back snap kick
- Mid-air 180 reverse hook kick (offensive)
- Flying vertical kick with the foot sword
- Flying vertical kick with the reverse foot sword
- Quadruple kicks
- Four consecutive kicks - same direction
