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•  Basic Skills Block A
•  Basic Skills Block B
•  Basic Skills Block C
•  Basic Skills Block D

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Little Dragons 5-8 Years Old - Basic Skills

Block A

1. Stances: Horse, bow, crane
Stepping: Overhead stretch kicks, crab walking
Strikes: Horizontal fist punch to midsection
Kicks: Front stretch, front thrust (ball of foot)
Blocks: Circling blocks inward, circling blocks outward

 

2. Stances: Horse, bow, lying leg, cat
Stepping: Overhead stretch kicks, crab walking
Strikes: Horizontal fist punch to midsection, willow leaf
Kicks: Side stretch, side kick (hitting with heel)
Blocks: Circling blocks inward, circling blocks outward

 

3. Stances: Horse, bow, shao ma bu
Stepping: Overhead stretch kicks, duck walking (box stance)
Strikes: Horizontal fist punch to midsection, vertical punch to midsection
Kicks: Pendulum stretch kick, back kick
Blocks: Circling blocks inward, circling blocks outward

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Block B

4. Stances: Lean Forward and Search for the Sea
Stepping: Horse stance, forward bow
Strikes: Horizontal punches high, middle, low
Kicks: Outside wheel kick, inside wheel kick
Blocks: Middle level inward, outward (fist)

 

5. Stances: Swallow Skims the Water
Stepping: Crane
Strikes: Inward chop, outward chop
Kicks: Roundhouse (instep)
Blocks: Overhead, downward outward, downward inward (fists)

 

6. Stances: Box stance
Stepping: Cat stance
Strikes: Horizontal backfist, vertical backfist
Kicks: Front-side combination, crane snap kick with instep

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Block C

7. Stances: Horse, bow, cat, crane, lying leg (review)
Stepping: Horse, bow, cat, crane, back, lying leg sweep (review)
Strikes: Horizontal and vertical punches, doubles
Kicks: Front, side, back, roundhouse, wheel (review)
Blocks: Front and back somersaults

 

8. Stances: Search for the Sea, Skim the Water (review)
Stepping: Crab, frog, duck (review)
Strikes: Inward chop, outward chop
Kicks: Front, side, back, roundhouse, wheel (review)
Tumbling: Forward roll

 

9. Stances: Horse, bow, crane (review)
Stepping: Horse, bow, crane (review)
Strikes: High, middle, low spear hands
Kicks: Front knee strike (toe out), roundhouse knee strike
Tumbling: Cartwheels

 


Block D

10. Strikes: Spinning back fist
Kicks: Spinning hook kick

 

11. Strikes: Inner & outer foream strikes (tam tui style)
Kicks: Jump double front kick (chicken kick)

 

12. Strikes: Inward ridge hand
Uppercut punch

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