Level 1 Testing

Register for Level 1 Test

What you will be tested on

Level 1 is the foundation. Your test will ask you to show:

Fundamentals. Fighting stance, moving in stance, sprawling, and changing levels.

Strikes. Straight punches and combinations, striking while moving, palm heel strikes on all angles, hammer fists, horizontal and vertical elbows, front kick, round kick, front kick to a vertical target, and knees from the clinch and from side control.

Creating space. Framing at the wrist, elbow, shoulder, and neck, and framing while you move.

Defenses against strikes. Inside cover, outside cover against a haymaker, and cover into counterattack.

Self defense. Choke from the front with both the rotational and one hand pluck options, choke from behind, headlock from behind, and takedown defense.

Controlling techniques. Arm drag, duck under, and applying a headlock from behind.

Ground work. Moving on your back and side, front kicks from the ground with one leg and both, and getting back to your feet.

Drills. Shark tank across all combatives and defenses, blitz drill, upper body strikes on moving targets, and cover, crash, and counter with your back to the wall.

Review the full Level 1 curriculum: etxkravmaga.com/etkm-student/level-1

Nothing on this test is new. Every piece of it is something you have already drilled in class.