Ji Grade Grading Syllabus - Areas Of Assessment

Area Two - The Practical Test 6th, 5th & 4th Ji Grade (Intermediate Level One)

Stances:

At this stage, stances should be reasonably defined and allow better balance, speed and correct use of hip.

Hand techniques:

Forearm middle section double arm block Palm heel outside to inside block Closed fist hook punch Closed fist vertical punch Hammer fist inside to outside strike Hammer fist outside to inside strike Back fist inside to outside strike Back fist outside to inside strike Elbow outside to inside strike Elbow inside to outside strike Elbow upward strike Spear hand vertical thrust Palm heel forward thrust Combination hand techniques will be required

Leg techniques:

Round-house kick Outside to inside drop kick Inside to outside drop kick Outside to inside crescent kick Front knee kick (both upwards & forward thrust) Round-house knee kick Combination leg techniques will be required

Forms:

7th-6th Ji	Chee Pen Ser Thau & Ping an Ee Duan (Basic form 4 & Ping an form 1)
6th-5th Ji	Ping an Ee Duan & Ping an Er Duan (Ping an form 1 & Ping an form 2)
5th-4th Ji	Ping an Er Duan & Ping an San Duan (Ping an form 2 & Ping an form 3)

Sparring:

7th-5th Ji	San puh tooi ta (three step sparring)
5th-4th Ji	Ee puh tooi ta (one step sparring)

All grades:

A reasonable level of defensive ability and control will be required.

Impact Testing:

7th-6th Ji	Outside to inside drop kick (wai chuai ti)
6th-5th Ji	Inside to outside drop kick (nei chuai ti)
5th-4th Ji	Jump front kick (thiau chean ti)

From this point onwards, all lower grade impact techniques may be asked for.

General Knowledge:

The candidate must be able to:

-	Understand and repeat The Seven Basic Principles
-	Have a basic understanding of eye focus, use of stances, speed, power, balance and mental concentration
-	Know the Chinese terminology for all the techniques used and in addition, remember the terminology used in the lower grades.

 

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