Syllabus 3 Dan

International Examiners may supplement this with additional techniques to further test your skills. However the necessary skill siught after by KWF Hombu is the usage of the rotational action of the hips combined, with the stretch and drive of the rear leg into stances.

You must be able to work the torso/hips/legs as a unit and be able to thrust or launch into techniques as opposed to pulling and working the rear leg/hip/ action as separate entities. There must be a marked progression from Nidan in this area, with smooth transmission between techniques.


Kihon

1. From Free-style kamae kizami-zuki → sanbon-zuki.
2. From Free-style kamae kizami-zuki → mae-geri → oizuki.
3. From Free-style kamae step back age-uke → mawashi-geri (with back leg) → uraken → oizuki.
4. From Kiba-dachi and move sideways kicking yoko-geri-keage → yoko-geri-kekomi (changing legs).
5. From zenkutsu-dachi while staying in place with the back leg kick mae-geri → yoko-geri → ushiro-geri. (Left and right)

Kumite

Jiyu-kumite (free-style sparring)
At least two 'bouts'

Kata

Tokui-gata (Can not be a Shitei/Sentei-gata)
Shitei-gata (sentei-gata) one kata chosen freely by the examinee from Jion, Bassai-dai, Empi, and Kanku-dai.