STAFF

HOLDS ( NIGIRI )

BASIC HOLD JUN NIGIRI..... ONE HAND UP ONE HAND DOWN

REVERSE HOLD GYAKU NIGIRI... BOTH HANDS DOWN

DOUBLE HOLD YOSE NIGIRI..... ONE UP AND DOWN BOTH
TOGETHER AT ONE END

PALM HOLD HASAMI NIGIRI.. VERTICAL STAFF HOLD BETWEEN THUMB AND FINGER TOP PALM OUT BOTTOM PALM UP

FEELING AND AWARENESS EXERCISE

FRONT SPIN HORIZONTALLY IN FRONT OF YOU
SIDE TO SIDE SPIN ( HALF CIRCLE )
FORWARD SPIN
BACKWARD SPIN
FULL CIRCLE SPIN

BALANCE AND COORDINATION EXERCISE

SIDE TO SIDE HOLD ( WORK FROM ONE END OF STAFF TO THE OTHER )

FINGER TWIRLING ( OVER HEAD RIGHT/LEFT )

FIGURE EIGHT

STAFF EXERCISE

HOLD STAFF AND BRING IT FOR FRONT TO BACK THEN BACK TO FRONT

HIP SWING (STAFF AT YOUR BACK AND TWIST )

STRIKING ( SOBURI )

USING DOUBLE HOLD BRING STAFF OVER HEAD UP AND DOWN

THRUSTING

USING BASIC HOLD SLIDE STAFF THROUGH FRONT HAND AT TARGET

READY STANCE
HEISOKU-DACHI FEET TOGETHER STAFF BEHIND ARM RELAXED

MUSUBI-DACHI FEET IN DUCK POSITION STAFF BEHIND ARM

FALLS, ROLLS, JUMPS,
STANCES ( DACHI )

NATURAL STANCE HEIKO-DACHI FEET STRAIGHT STAFF IN FRONT
OF ARM RELAXED

NATURAL STANCE SOTO-HACHIJI- FEET IN DUCK STANCE STAFF IN
DACHI FRONT OF ARM

FORWARD STANCE ZENKUTSU-DACHI BASIC HOLD RIGHT FORWARD BOW
STAFF READY TO DEFEND

REAR DEFENSE GYAKU-ZENKUTSU- BASIC HOLD RIGHT FORWARD BOW
DACHI BODY FACING BACK TOWARDS LEG

TENSION STANCE SANCHIN-DACHI STAND IN SHORT RIGHT NEUTRAL
USING PALM HOLD AT RIGHT SIDE OF BODY KEEP STAFF STRAIGHT

HORSE STANCE KIBA-DACHI HORSE STANCE WITH STAFF AT SIDE USING BASIC HOLD FEET STRAIGHT

CAT STANCE NEKOASHI-DACHI PALM HOLD STAFF IN FRONT OF BODY RIGHT FOOT FORWARD I N CAT STANCE

BACK STANCE KOKUTSU-DACHI PALM HOLD STAFF IN FRONT RIGHT LEG STRAIGHT BACK LEG BENT HOLDING ABOUT 70% OFF YOUR WEIGHT

STRADDLE STANCE SHIKO-DACHI LIKE HORSE BUT WIDER WITH FEET IN DUCK POSITION

CRANE OR ONE LEGGED STANCE SHIRASAGIASHI-DACHI ONE HAND MIDDLE HOLD WEIGHT
ON BACK LEG WITH FRONT LEG
BENT UP TO BACK LEG TOES
BEHIND KNEE OF BACK LEG
FIGHTING POSITION

FORWARD FIGHTING POSITION LEFT FORWARD NATURAL WITH STAFF AT OPPOSITE SIDE
REVERSE HOLD

REAR FIGHTING POSITION REAR STANCE WITH STAFF BACK AS IF TO STRIKE BASIC HOLD
( LEFT FORWARD STANCE WITH A TWIST )

KNEELING POSITION PALM HOLD OUTWARDS WHILE KNEELING

STRIKES
OVERHEAD STRIKE (BASIC HOLD ) UCHI-OTOSHI
UPWARD STRIKE ( BASIC HOLD ) UCHI-AGE DOUBLE HAND
THRUST (REVERSE HOLD) MOROTE-UCHI ( UP/DOWN )
DOUBLE HOLD OVERHEAD STRIKE YOSE-NIGIRI-UCHI
SIDE STRIKE ( BASIC HOLD ) YOKO-UCHI (LOW/HIGH)
REVERSE SIDE STRIKE ( BASIC ) GYAKU-YOKO-UCHI (L/H)

POKING OR THRUSTING

TWO HANDED THRUST (BASIC HOLD ) TSUKI-KOMI
REVERSE THRUST (BASIC HOLD ) GYAKU-ZUKI
SLIDING THRUST (BASIC W/ SLID) NAGASHI-ZUKI
REVERSE DOWNWARD THRUST TSUKI-OTOSHI

BLOCKING

DOUBLE HANDED BLOCK ( UPWARD ) MOROTE-UKE REVERSE
DOUBLE HANDED BLOCK ( DOWNWARD ) MOROTE-UKE REVERSE
DOUBLE HANDED BLOCK ( SIDEWAYS ) MOROTE-UKE PALM HOLD
DOUBLE HANDED BLOCK ( BACKWARDS ) MOROTE-UKE PALM HOLD
INSIDE TO OUTSIDE BLOCK YOKO-UKE BASIC
OUTSIDE TO INSIDE BLOCK YOKO-UKE BASIC
UPPER SIDE BLOCK AGE-UKE REVERSE
UPPER SIDE BLOCK GYAKU-AGE-UKE
VERTICAL BLOCK ( UP AND OUT FRONT ) TATE-UKE CLOSE PALM

FOOT MOVEMENTS BACK, FORWARD, SIDE, ALL 360 DEGREES

COMBINATIONS

DRILLS BLOCK / STRIKE
STRIKE / BLOCK
THRUST / BLOCK
BLOCK / THRUST
REVERSE BLOCK / STRIKE
STRIKE / REVERSE BLOCK
THRUST / REVERSE BLOCK
REVERSE BLOCK / THRUST

DRILLS WITH MOVEMENT

STRIKES, THRUSTS, BLOCKS, ( FORWARD/REVERSE )

FORM WORK

BASIC - 4 POINT

2 - 8 POINT

3 - FULL COMBAT