SOLO DRILLS

Stances and Dynamic Footwork

9th Grade

Feet-together/ready stance

Natural/upright stance

Horse or horse-riding stance

Front stance/ bow-and-arrow stance

Back stance/ dropping stance

Cross stance

Cat stance

Sparring stance

Basic step forward/backward

Slide forward/backward

Change stance

Turn around in stance

Tap kar step into cross stance: withdrawing, advancing

8th Grade

Crane stance

Cross/switch step into cross stance

Breakfall/front roll from kneeling

Indirect step forward/backward

Step through forward and turn

Spring to switch stance

7th Grade

Kneeling stance

False-kneeling/ half-kneeling stance

Spring rotate forward

Spring rotate away

Step away and turn

Pull to point and step out with same leg

Pull to point and step out with opposite leg

Pull to point and pull back maintaining stance

Pull to point and step forward with opposite leg

Pull to point and pull off line

Pivot off front foot

6th Grade

Hourglass stance

Advancing natural stance

Drop to floor with knee and hip down

Drop to floor with knee down, hip up

Lift leg with cover/block and rotate backward/forward

Reverse step through

Tap kar step into cross stance: across the centre line with the front foot, across the centre line with the back foot, through behind with the back foot, away across the centre line with the front foot, away across the centre line with the back foot

5th Grade

Cartwheel

4th Grade

Ba Bu Quan (Eight Stance Drill)

Breakfall/front roll from standing

Boxing-style slip

Boxing-style duck

Boxing-style roll

Boxing-style lean back

3rd Grade

Spring rotate to switch stance

Spring rotate 360 degrees to land in same stance

2nd Grade

Backward roll from standing

Drop to floor with knee and hip up

1st Grade

Heel-raised feet-together stance

Butterfly legs from floor to stand

Examiners’ choice

Hand Strikes

9th Grade

Long-fist punch             

Upright punch                 

Palm strike

8th Grade

Snap punch

Back fist: outward, descending

7th Grade

Knife hand: advancing, outward, inverted inward, descending, reverse upward

Club hand/kow chiew: outward, descending, ascending, step through reverse

Elbow strikes: horizontal inward blade, rising blade, diagonal descending blade, descending blade, advancing point, outward point, descending point, reverse high point, reverse low point, reverse step through point

6th Grade

Spear hand: horizontal, vertical, inverted horizontal

Inner kow chiew/club hand 

Hammer fist: advancing, outward, inverted inward, descending, reverse upward

Inverted (Luohan) punch

5th Grade

Ridge hand: inward, inverted outward, descending, advancing, inverted advancing

4th Grade

Boxing jab

Boxing cross

Boxing hook

Boxing upper cut

2nd Grade

Phoenix eye fist: direct upright fist, long fist, direct upper cut, descending upright fist with wrist flexion, inner kow chiew with wrist flexion, rising kow chiew, descending kow chiew, back fist, swinging upper cut

Crane fist: descending upright, inward, horizontal spear, vertical spear, inverted horizontal spear, ridge hand inward, advancing ridge hand

Hand swipes to ankles

1st Grade

Shadow hand: advancing shadow back hand, direct shadow hand, outward shadow back hand, inward shadow hand, inverted inward shadow back hand, descending shadow back hand, descending shadow hand, rising shadow back hand,upward shadow hand

Dummy hand strikes

Kicking Techniques

9th Grade

Short side kick               

Front kick (instep, ball of foot)

Instep roundhouse kick

8th Grade

Push kick

Side kick

7th Grade

Ball of foot short turning kick

Back kick           

Knee strike

6th Grade

Stamp kick

Roundhouse kick with shin

Roundhouse kick with ball of foot

5th Grade

Front leg sweep             

Front sweep from back leg (180/360/etc deg)           

Back sweep from back leg (180/360/etc deg)

4th Grade

Oblique front kick       

Axe kick             

Front hook kick

3rd Grade

Back swing kick             

Front slice/crescent kick/inside-out kick   

Back slice kick

2nd Grade

Inner crescent kick/Outside-in kick

Reap

1st Grade

Big toe front kick

Big toe short turning kick

Dummy kicking techniques

Contact Defence and Interception Techniques

9th Grade

Mirror block (also known as hinge out block)

Press in block

Outward grasp

Knife hand press down block

8th Grade

Low press down block (with fingers to side)

Hinge down block

Wing block

7th Grade

High press down block

Interchange block: Press in block followed by mirror block

Press up block with fingers away from face

Outer forearm block

6th Grade

Cross block

Inward grasp

Hard hinge down block

Hard hinge out block

Hard outer forearm block

Hard bar block, including use as descending smash against prone elbow

Rising club hand/kow chiew as rising smash against prone elbow

Hard rising block

5th Grade

Shin block

Stamping block

Knife hand hinge out block

Single/double low press down block with fingers to front versus kick

Simultaneous press down and press in block

Press up block with fingers toward face

4th Grade

Boxing parry

Boxing absorb/ “telephone” block

3rd Grade

Soft rising block with forearm muscle

Rising block with point of wrist

Outward chicken fist hook

Inward chicken fist hook

Downward chicken fist hook

2nd Grade

Hooking hand

Hooking hand hinge out block

Hooking hand hinge down block

Intercepting jab punch

Intercepting knife hand

Intercepting uppercut punch

Intercepting Luohan punch

1st Grade

Intercepting horizontal palm-down spear hand

Intercepting horizontal palm-up spear hand

Intercepting vertical spear hand

Stick Work

4th Grade

Basic strike     

Overhead strike             

Thrust strike   

R mirror block, L hook block

L/R press block             

Cross block     

Press up/down block

Guards L/R forward

3rd Grade

Diagonal block

Inward and outward strikes to head

Up strike           

Scissor strike 

Pump 

Sweeps (knee down or in back stance or as low block)     

Reaps 

Smashes/discharges

2nd Grade

Smothering blocks

Redirecting blocks

Sweeping block

1st Grade

Examiners’ choice

PAIRED DRILLS

9th Grade

Palm strike vs mirror block

Horse stance, mutual grasping hand

Press block versus long-fist punches

9th Grade Qin Na

9th Grade movement sensitivity drill for distance

8th Grade

Upright stance: Outward grasp to upright punch drills

Fighting stance: Attacker slide forward front kick, jab, cross; Defender slide backward press down, press in, press in

Three-way arm knocking (adults only)

8th Grade Qin Na

8th Grade movement sensitivity drill for distance

7th Grade

Sparring stance: Press block, interchange, backfist or joint smash responses to upright punches

Drills using grasp out and in

7th Grade Qin Na

7th Grade movement sensitivity drill for distance

6th Grade

Three-directional dynamic off-the-line drills

Drills using cross block

Pushing hands drills: Direct block and counter

6th Grade Qin Na

6th Grade movement sensitivity drill for distance

5th Grade

Three-directional dynamic off-the-line, keep hand contact, and re-enter drills

Drills for hard block and counter

Pushing hands drills: Indirect block and counter

5th Grade Qin Na

5th Grade movement sensitivity drill for distance

4th Grade

Three-directional dynamic off-the-line with kick and re-enter drills

Interchange and control drills

Pushing hands drills: Open main door entry

4th Grade Qin Na

4th Grade movement sensitivity drill for distance

3rd Grade

Cover/Absorb/Duck/Slip/Roll

Pushing hands drills: Closed main door entry

3rd Grade Qin Na

3rd Grade movement sensitivity drill for distance

2nd Grade

Close-range strike/trap/escape drills

2nd Grade Qin Na

2nd Grade movement sensitivity drill for distance

1st Grade

Stick responses 1-6

Empty hand drills using bracketing

1st Grade Qin Na

1st Grade movement sensitivity drill for distance

Examiners' choice empty hand drills

Examiners’ choice stick responses

FORMS

9th Grade

[No form]

8th Grade

Three Battles 1

7th Grade

Grasping Hand 1

6th Grade

Grasping Hand 2

5th Grade

Intercepting Fist

4th Grade

Eight Winds Form

3rd Grade

Eight Winds Form

Southern Stick

2nd Grade

Eight Winds Form

Southern Stick

1st Grade

Eight Winds Form

Southern Stick

Three Battles 2

MEDITATION AND QIGONG

9th Grade

Standing monitoring in natural stance

8th Grade

Seated monitoring

7th Grade

Static qigong breathing

6th Grade

Five Qi Gathering Exercises

5th Grade

Breath following

4th Grade

Small circulation

3rd Grade

Seated iron belt gathering

2nd Grade

Iron Belt Form

1st Grade

Iron Belt Form

FREE MOVEMENT

9th Grade

Shoulder tapping

Shoulder and knee tapping

8th Grade

Use of press blocks to defend against upright punch (including to face for adults), long fist punch (including to face for adults), slide and step

Free sparring

7th Grade

Breaking out of grasps

Free sparring

6th Grade

Pushing hands

Use of press and cross blocks to defend against upright punch, long fist punch, front kick and roundhouse kick: no face contact for children

Free sparring

5th Grade

Pushing hands

Non-impact joint locks in response to grab

Free sparring

4th Grade

Free response to grab from attacker

Free sparring

3rd Grade

One step free response

Free response to grab and strike from attacker

Free sparring

2nd Grade

Two step free response with takedown

Two step free response with lock/choke

Two step stick response

Free sparring

1st Grade

Three step free response with takedown

Three step free response with lock/choke

Light contact stick sparring

Free sparring

DESTRUCTION TECHNIQUES

1st Grade

2 x wooden boards