Orange Belt Study Guide & Test

To get away from your opponent and look around 360 degrees.   “Never do a step through before a crossover.”

Hitting at or on an angle that causes a deflection or glancing strike.

Angles or positions that give stability to your stances and/ or strikes.

A frozen transition.

Returning on the same path of an initiated move.

Using your opponent's motion to add power to your technique or moves. Borrowed force always has borrowed reach, but borrowed reach does not always have borrowed force.

Using opponents reaction to a strike to decrease your range.

The leg and arm on the same side of the body going in opposite directions (like walking). Left leg forwards, Left arm to the rear.

Counter Rotation: your block/strike and torso are opposite.

Direct Rotation: your block/strike & rotation of your torso are the same.

It’ll make you feel safer because you’ve hindered or nullified their ability to hit you.

As soon as you let go they’ll try to pull away from you so always get the next grab first.

Lock onto them first then push, pull, sweep, throw...

(1) Categorized library of techniques and/or basics to synchronize the upper and lower body to work together as a unit.

(2) Does not represent a fight, it teaches the rules and principles of motion, that everything has an opposite and reverse, and gives you an example.