Duan Gradings/Upgradings at HQ
15th March 2009

A Selection of Photographs from the Day

Photographs courtesy of Panayotis Evagorou

Danny Hodgson smashes through his stack of tiles with a
back fist strike (farn sou kong chee)

Warming up (nuan sern) and demonstrating flexibility

The next generation in training. A superb achievement at such a young age. The slow kicking requirement is an essential part of the grading examination.

Grandmaster Loke observing students in horse stance (ping ma bu) - balancing a book on their heads

Side thrust kick (cher chuai ti) - reaching as far as possible

Lifting up ready to kick (kick of the student's own choice)

Barry Fisher and Jonathan King

One step sparring (ee puh tooi ta) with Tony Sellen

Duan grades and 1st Ji's sparring

Russell Jones

Billy Lee from Horsham Club sparring with duan grade Kris Knight

Kicking the breakboard. 1st Ji (red belts) are required to perform 5 different kicks with both their left and right leg in order to be upgraded to 1st duan level

Shawn Feltham breaking the white board and the harder black board with side thrust kick

Ben Hodgson, roundhouse kick (chuan ti) breaking through the black board

Barry Fisher, roundhouse kick (chuan ti)

Barry Fisher, front thrust kick (chean chuai ti)

Tim Eves, side kick through black board

Jonathan King, roundhouse kick through black board

Andy Farrell, palm heel strike (chang kern kong chee) through breeze block,
observed by Master Steve Ronketti and Master Adam Goward.
The short range power generation test against a free standing block is a
requirement for the 3rd duan grading examination.

TANG SOU!

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