WTKK CURRICULUM

Kenpo Karate Curriculum

Click each drop-down menu for an overview of the White Tiger Kenpo Karate requirements for each belt rank. Note that the WTKK curriculum utilizes a blended belt curriculum, with 15 Kenpo techniques per belt (10 for yellow belt). Techniques are generally organized according to Mr. Parker's Web of Knowledge and are based on a foundation of Mr. Parker's American Kenpo while merging techniques from Tony Martinez Sr. Chinese Kenpo (highlighted in light-gray text) and additional forms and sets from Chiryoku Rikiji and Chung Do Kwan, a traditional school of Tang Soo Do. Sparring and pressure testing of techniques and combinations are required for each belt after yellow.

YELLOW BELT

KENPO TECHNIQUES

Delayed Sword
Alternating Maces
Sword of Destruction
Deflecting Hammer
Striking Talon (Martinez's "Single Hand Wrist Grab")
Escaping Twins (Martinez's "Front Choke")
Repeated Wing (a variation of Martinez's "Rear Bear Hug, Arms Pinned")
Checking the Storm
Attacking Mace (two variations)
Sword & Hammer

KENPO FORMS & SETS

Short Form 1
Blocking Set 1/Star Block Kata

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Technique Line
Star Block Drill

ORANGE BELT

KENPO TECHNIQUES

Lone Kimono
Triggered Salute
Shielding Hammer (a variation of Martinez's "Inside Left")
Thrusting Salute
Crossing Talon (Martinez's "Cross Wrist Grab")
Grip of Death (Martinez's "Headlock")
Thrusting Prongs (Martinez's "Front Bear Hug, Arms Pinned")
Calming the Storm
Dance of Death (Inside & Outside variations) (Martinez's "Dance of Death Inside" and a variation of Martinez's "Dance of Death Outside")
Obscure Falcon (Martinez's "Side Shoulder Grab")
Scraping Hoof
Locked Wing
Striking Serpent's Head (Martinez's "Front Bear Hug, Arms Free")
Clutching Feathers
Five Swords (a variation of Martinez's "Standard 5 #1")

KENPO FORMS & SETS

Long Form 1
Kicking Set 1

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Yoko 1 (Chiryoku Rikiji form)
Combination Drills
One-Step Sparring

PURPLE BELT

KENPO TECHNIQUES

Twin Kimono (Martinez's "Double Hand Lapel Dead")
Parting Wings (Martinez's "Front Push")
Raining Claw
Swinging Pendulum
Snapping Twig (Martinez's "Single Hand Lapel Grab")
Circling Wing (Martinez's "Rear Two-Handed Choke")
Crashing Wings (a variation of Martinez's "Rear Bear Hug, Arms Free")
Evading the Storm
Sleeper
Rotating Feathers (Martinez's "Rear Hair Grab")
Twirling Wings
Spiraling Wing (Martinez's "Hammerlock")
Charging Ram
Rapid Mace (Martinez's "Right-Left")
Protecting Maces (Martinez's "Left-Right")

KENPO FORMS & SETS

Short Form 2
Coordination Set 1
Stance Set 1

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Yoko 2 (Chiryoku Rikiji form)
Universal Hand Drills
Two-Step Sparring

BLUE BELT

KENPO TECHNIQUES

Raking Mace (Martinez's "Double Hand Lapel Live")
Flashing Cranes
Glancing Wing
Detour from Doom
Darting Mace
Destructive Twins
Gathering Clouds
Returning Storm
Flashing Wings
Crossed Twigs (a variation of Martinez's "Rear Two-Handed Wrist Grab")
Thrusting Wedge
Leaping Crane (a variation of Martinez's "Outside Crane")
Shield & Sword (Martinez's "Outside Left")
C-Variations (Inside & Outside) (Martinez's "Inside C" & "Outside C")

KENPO FORMS & SETS

Long Form 2
24 Moves Set
Striking Set 1

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Kuk-Mu Sam Dan (Chung Do Kwan form)
Standard 5's (Tony Martinez Sr. Kenpo Karate)
Three-Step Sparring

GREEN BELT

KENPO TECHNIQUES

Conquering Shield (Martinez's "Single Hand Lapel Cross")
Hooking Wings
Shield & Mace
Wings of Silk
Escaping Talons (Martinez's "Two-Hand Wrist Grab")
Separating Maces (Martinez's "Front Choke Cross")
Fatal Gift (Martinez's "Handshake")
Defying the Storm
Thundering Hammers (Martinez's "Thundering Hammers")
Obscure Claws (a variation of Martinez's "Side Waist Grab")
Adjusting Wing (Martinez's "Full Nelson")
Inside Crane (Martinez's "Inside Crane")
Rolling Thunder (with variations)
Securing the Storm
Clipping the Storm

KENPO FORMS & SETS

Short Form 3
Finger Set 1

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Kuk-Mu Sah Dan (Chung Do Kwan form)
Sticky Hands Drills
Continuous Sparring (2-Minute Drills)

3rd-Class Brown Belt

KENPO TECHNIQUES

Falling Falcon
Snaking Talon
Protecting Fans
Deceptive Panther
Glancing Spear
Unfurling Crane
Dominating Circles
Brushing the Storm
Flashing Mace
Blinding Sacrifice
Fatal Cross (Martinez's "Front Waist Grab")
Circling Fans
Circles of Protection
Back Breaker (a variation on Martinez's "Back Breaker")
Leap of Death (a variation on Martinez's "Leap of Death")

KENPO FORMS & SETS

Long Form 3
Club Set

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Kuk-Mu O Dan (Chung Do Kwan form)
Club Drills
Point-Break Sparring

2nd-Class Brown Belt

KENPO TECHNIQUES

Twirling Hammers
Circling Windmills
Destructive Kneel
Dance of Darkness
Bowing to Buddha
Reversing Circles
Unwinding Pendulum
Prance of the Tiger
Defensive Cross
Entwined Maces
Fatal Deviation

TWO-PERSON ATTACKS, PART 1:

Falcons of Force
Bear the the Ram
Gathering of the Snakes
Marriage of the Rams

KENPO FORMS & SETS

Long Form 4

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Club Disarms
2 vs. 1 Sparring

1st-Class Brown Belt

KENPO TECHNIQUES

TWO-PERSON ATTACKS, PART 2:

Grasping Eagles
Ram and the Eagle
Reprimanding the Bears
Courting the Tiger
Parting of the Snakes
Snakes of Wisdom

KNIFE DEFENSE CONCEPTS:

Raining Lance
Glancing Lance
Thrusting Lance
Entwined Lance
Piercing Lance

GUN DEFENSE CONCEPTS:

Capturing the Rod
Broken Rod
Defying the Rod
Twisted Rod

KENPO FORMS & SETS

Two-Person Set

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Yoko 3 (Chiryoku Rikiji form)
Knife Disarms
Technique Circle

1st-degree Black belt

KENPO TECHNIQUES

15 individual personal techniques, choreographed by the black-belt candidate under supervision of a qualified Kenpo instructor

KENPO FORMS & SETS

Thesis Form, made up of the black-belt candidate's personal techniques and arranged to illustrate American Kenpo concepts and principles

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

A black-belt thesis, written by the black-belt candidate about an assigned or chosen martial arts topic and submitted to the testing committee prior to the belt test

Additional tasks and requirements as assigned by members of the testing committee

TAEKWONDO Curriculum

Select from the drop-down series below for a brief overview of White Tiger Kenpo Karate's traditional Korean, Japanese, and Okinawan curriculum. Our school practices several series of traditional forms as interpreted through Chung Do Kwan, a traditional style of Tang Soo Do that was eventually assimilated into Taekwondo.

Kuk-mu series

The Kuk-Mu forms (1 through 5) are unique to Master Myers's lineage of Korean martial arts. The first two forms introduce foundational strikes and stances, while the final three (included in our Kenpo Karate curriculum beginning at blue belt) incorporate more-athletic kicking methods.

Pyong-ahn series

The Pyong-Ahn series of forms originate from Okinawa (where they are called "Pinan," meaning "peaceful" or "the way of peace"). They are Korean translations of Shotokan forms, called "Heian" in Japan. There are 5 Pyong-Ahn forms.

CHULGI SERIES ("NAIHANSHI")

The Chulgi series of forms is a set of three forms also based on Shotokan and traditional karate. These forms represent the culmination of our dojo's blended curriculum: Gichin Funakoshi, creator of Shotokan karate, learned these forms (which he called "Tekki") in Okinawa, where they are called "Naihanshi"--the form also taught by James Mitose, the teacher of American Kenpo founder Ed Parker's instructor, William Chow. These forms represent our focus on the formal study of the martial arts of the American Kenpo lineage, from their roots in Okinawa and Naihanshi kata until now.

At White Tiger Kenpo Karate, this form series is taught after 1st-degree black belt.

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