Five-Step and Three-Step Sparring
- In five-step and three-step sparring, each person attacks five or three times to face and five or three times to stomach from one side only (usually starting from a left side forward front stance, right-hand punch) respectively. The attacking side alternates after each exchange (i.e., Person A attacks to face; Person B attacks to face; Person A attacks to stomach; Person B attacks to stomach).
One-Step Sparring
- In one-step sparring involving only punching attacks (i.e., for 5th and 4th kyu), Person A attacks once to face from left-side forward (right-hand punch), then once to face from right-side forward (left-side punch). The same person then attacks once to stomach from both sides. Person B then performs the same attacks. Each person thus performs four attacks.
- In one-step sparring involving kicks as well as punches (i.e., for 3rd kyu and above), Person A attacks once to face from either side, then to stomach from either side, then with a front kick from either side. Person B then attacks one time each (face, stomach, front kick) from either side. Each person thus performs three attacks.
Kiai on the last attack (when attacking) and on the counter-attack (when defending). Down block strongly when attacking; announce your target forcefully and decisively.
| Kyu | Kumite | Japanese |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | 5-step: face and stomach | Gohon Kumite (Jodan junzuki, Chudan junzuki) |
| 7 | 5-step: face and stomach | Gohon Kumite (Jodan junzuki, Chudan junzuki) |
| 6 | 1-step: face and stomach | Kihon Ippon Kumite (Jodan, Chudan) |
| 5 | 1-step: face, stomach and front kick | Kihon Ippon Kumite (Jodan, Chudan, Maegeri) |
| 4 | 1-step: face, stomach, front kick, side thrust kick | Kihon Ippon Kumite (Jodan, Chudan, Maegeri, Kekomi) |
| 3 | Semi-free: face, stomach, front kick | Jiyuu Ippon Kumite (Jodan, Chudan, Maegeri) |
| 2 | Semi-free: face, stomach, front kick, side thrust kick, roundhouse kick (say face or stomach) |
Jiyuu Ippon Kumite
(Jodan, Chudan, Maegeri, Kekomi, Mawashigeri)
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| 1 | Semi-free: face, stomach, front kick, side thrust kick, roundhouse kick (say face or stomach) | Jiyuu Ippon Kumite
(Jodan, Chudan, Maegeri, Kekomi, Mawashigeri)
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| Shodan | Semi-free: face, stomach, front kick, side thrust kick, roundhouse kick (say face or stomach) [both sides] | Jiyuu Ippon Kumite
(Jodan, Chudan, Maegeri, Kekomi, Mawashigeri)
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