Combat Hapkido Purple Belt (6th Gup) Testing
To receive your purple belt at
Palm Beach Combat Hapkido, you will be required to know and demonstrate several
techniques and principals of Combat Hapkido.
To test for your purple belt in combat hapkido, you will need to have had a minimum
of
20 hours of training and will be required to demonstrate
22 new techniques (78 total) including:
- Kicking - 3 techniques with both legs
- Strikes - 5 techniques with both hands
- Breakaways - 5 techniques
- One-hand same side wrist grabs - 3 techniques
- Cross wrist grabs - 2 techniques
- Side wrist grabs - 2 techniques
- Defense against a punch - 2 techniques
Sample technique from the Green to Purple Belt curriculum:
Side Wrist Grab (with distraction kick)
Bring wrist to belt, trap hand, elbow up over uke's wrist, apply a wrist
lock and push down, taking uke to their knees.
Green Belt -
Blue Belt