Level 5 Testing

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What you will be tested on

Level 5 pulls everything together under fatigue and pressure. Your test will ask you to show:

Throws and takedowns. One arm shoulder throw, hip throw, face to face flip, and neck leverage takedowns front rotational, back rotational, and behind lift and drop.

Self defense. Defense against a headlock from the side, headlock from behind with weight over the hips into a forward throw, and full nelson defense by leverage on the fingers, forward throw, and step behind and sweep.

Knife defense. Hostage knife at the throat, front hand threats at the throat, low, tight, and at distance, rear hand threats low, high, tight, and at distance, threats with lead hand obstruction same side and cross body, knife control and re-stab vertical and horizontal, and knife threats on the ground from guard and while mounted.

Handgun defense. From behind by machine gun takedown and neck leverage takedown, from behind at distance, at the midsection tight with push or pull obstruction on all angles, and handgun defense finishing with a sweep.

Long gun defense. From the front over arm on the live side, dead side, and behind, defense against a rifle or bayonet stab on the live and dead side, long gun defense finishing with a sweep, and long gun defense near a wall and in a confined area.

Ground work. Arm triangle choke, sweep, and defense, leg triangle choke and defense, armbar guard defense, guillotine from the bottom guard position and the defense against it, and headlock from behind on the ground with its defense.

Drills. All knife threats and attacks, handgun and long gun threats mixed, standing and ground sparring, mixed sparring with takedowns, five rounds of Thai pads with sprints, and shark tank covering every defense from Levels 1 through 5.

Review the full Level 5 curriculum: etxkravmaga.com/etkm-student/level-5

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