Ushiro Geri, Uraken, Gyaku Zuki
Tailored for a 3rd kyu brown belt Karateka, this tutorial guides you on the journey to earn your 2nd kyu brown and white belt and is the fifth of five combinations that are needed.
Brown Belt Shotokan Karate Basics
A full understanding of Kime is needed when testing from 3rd Kyu brown belt to 2nd Kyu brown and white belt. Kime is not just muscle tension, you must release the tension in a fraction of a second at the completion of the techniques, or this combination will become very robotic.
Ushiro geri (back kick), Uraken uchi (backfist strike), Gyaku zuki (reverse punch)
1. Try not to telegraph your technique at the start. Keep kamae as you lift the kicking knees foot behind the supporting legs knee, then switch the arms at the same time you spin and kick.
2. Drive off the supporting leg after the round house kick and execute uraken uchi.
3. Finish with gyaku zuki chudan.
Working on shomen and hanmi, hikite and the snap back of gyakuzuki.
Try and stay relaxed throughout the movement, with kime only for a split second at the end of each technique.
3rd kyu to 2nd kyu kihon, kata and kumite requirements
Kizami Zuki, Oi Zuki, Gyaku Zuki
Mae Geri, Oi Zuki, Gyaku Zuki
Yoko Geri Kekomi, Uraken, Gyaku Zuki
Mawashi Geri, Uraken, Gyaku Zuki
Kicking Combination 1
Kicking Combination 2
jiyu ippon kumite
Bassai Dai