Kihons
Kihons are one of the hardest if not the hardest part of exams so we made this page showing every belt/kyus kihons so you can practice or just look at it if you forgot it.
Repeat each exercise 3/5 times for practice.
During the exam sensei will give you an exact number.
Red belt
Kihon: 9th kyū
- Choku-zuki chudan
- Age-uke
- Mae-geri chudan
- Gedan-barai
- Ren-zuki chudan
- Choku-zuki chudan
Yellow belt
Kihon: 8th kyū
- Oi-zuki chudan
- Age-uke
- Gyaku-zuki chudan
- Uchi-ude-uke
- Soto-ude-uke
- Gedan-barai
- Mae-geri
- Shuto-uke
Orange belt
Kihon: 7th kyū
- Oi-zuki jodan
- Age-uke → gyaku-zuki
- Gyaku-zuki chudan
- Uchi-ude-uke → gyaku-zuki
- Soto-ude-uke → gyaku-zuki
- Gedan-barai → gyaku-zuki
- Mae-geri
- Mawashi-geri chudan
- Shuto-uke
- Yoko-geri keage
- Ren-zuki
- Mae-geri → oi-zuki
Green belt
Kihon: 6th kyū
- Sanbon-zuki
- Age-uke → gyaku-zuki
- Uchi-uke → kizami-zuki → gyaku-zuki
- Soto-uke → yoko-empi-uchi
- Shuto-uke → kizami-mae-geri → gyaku-nukite
- Kizami-mae-geri → mae-geri
- Yoko-geri keage
- Yoko-geri kekomi
- Mawashi-geri jodan
- Mae-geri → mawashi-geri
- Mae-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Kizami-zuki → gyaku-zuki
Blue belts
Kihon: 5th kyū -- First blue belt.
- Sanbon-zuki
- Age-uke → gyaku-zuki → age-empi-uchi
- Soto-uke → yoko-empi-uchi → gyaku-zuki
- Uchi-uke → kizami-zuki → gyaku-zuki
- Shuto-uchi
- Shuto-uke → kizami-yoko-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Kizami-mae-geri → mawashi-geri
- Yoko-geri keage
- Yoko-geri kekomi
- Ren-mawashi-geri
- Ushiro-geri
- Mae-geri → jodan mawashi-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Kizami-zuki → gyaku-zuki
Kihon: 4th kyū -- Second blue belt.
- Sanbon-zuki
- Age-uke → gyaku-zuki → age-empi-uchi
- Soto-uke → yoko-empi-uchi → ura-ken-uchi → gyaku-zuki
- Uchi-uke → gyaku-mawashi-empi-uchi
- Shuto-uchi → gyaku-shuto-soto-uchi
- Shuto-uke → kizami-mawashi-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Mae-geri → mawashi-geri
- Kizami-mae-geri → ushiro-geri
- Ura-mawashi-geri
- Mawashi-geri → ura-ushiro-mawashi-geri
- Kizami-mae-geri → ushiro-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Ura-mawashi-geri → ura-ken-uchi → gyaku-zuki
Brown belts
Kihon: 3rd kyu -- First brown belt.
- Sanbon-zuki
- Age-uke → gyaku-zuki → age-empi-uchi
- Soto-uke → yoko-empi-uchi → ura-ken-uchi → gyaku-zuki
- Uchi-uke → gyaku-mawashi-empi-uchi
- Shuto-uchi → gyaku-shuto-soto-uchi
- Shuto-uke → kizami-mawashi-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Kizami-mae-geri → mawashi-geri
- Yoko-geri keage
- Yoko-geri kekomi
- Ren-mawashi-geri (chudan → jodan)
- Ushiro-geri
- Mae-geri → jodan mawashi-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Kizami-zuki → gyaku-zuki
Kihon: 2nd kyu -- Second brown belt.
- Sanbon-zuki
- Age-uke → gedan-barai → gyaku-zuki → age-empi-uchi
- Soto-uke → yoko-empi-uchi → ura-ken-uchi → gyaku-zuki
- Uchi-uke → kizami-empi-uchi → gyaku-mawashi-empi-uchi
- Shuto-uchi → gyaku-shuto-soto-uchi → haito-uchi
- Shuto-uke → kizami-mawashi-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Yoko-geri keage → kekomi (same leg)
- Mae-geri → mawashi-geri
- Kizami-mae-geri → ushiro-geri
- Ura-mawashi-geri
- Mawashi-geri → ura-ushiro-mawashi-geri
- Kizami-mae-geri → ushiro-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Ura-mawashi-geri → ura-ken-uchi → gyaku-zuki
Kihon: 1st kyu -- Third brown belt.
- Sanbon-zuki
- Age-uke → gedan-barai → gyaku-zuki → age-empi-uchi
- Soto-uke → yoko-empi-uchi → ura-ken-uchi → gyaku-zuki
- Uchi-uke → kizami-empi-uchi → gyaku-mawashi-empi-uchi
- Shuto-uchi → gyaku-shuto-soto-uchi → haito-uchi
- Shuto-uke → kizami-mawashi-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Yoko-geri keage → kekomi (same leg)
- Mae-geri → mawashi-geri
- Kizami-mae-geri → ushiro-geri
- Ura-mawashi-geri
- Mawashi-geri → ura-ushiro-mawashi-geri
- Kizami-mae-geri → ushiro-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Ura-mawashi-geri → ura-ken-uchi → gyaku-zuki
Second and First kyu kihons are the same although 1st kyu should be performed with greater strength confidence and speed.
Black belt
Kihon:
- Oi-zuki → sanbon-zuki
- Age-uke → kizami-mae-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Soto-uke → yoko-empi-uchi → tate-ura-ken-uchi → gyaku-zuki
- Shuto-uke → kizami-mae-geri → nukite
- Uchi-uke → kizami-zuki + kizami-mae-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Mae-geri rengeri
- Mawashi-geri rengeri
- Yoko-geri keage
- Yoko-geri kekomi
- Kizami-yoko-kekomi → mawashi-geri → gyaku-zuki
- Kizami-mawashi-geri → kizami-yoko-kekomi → oi-zuki
- Combination of mae-geri, yoko-geri keage, yoko-geri kekomi, mawashi-geri and ushiro-geri