Grading for Blue to Blue-gold

Grading: Blue to Blue-gold (6th Kyu - 5th Kyu)
Duration: 1hr or so

Requirements:

• Yokomen-uchi Shiho Nage (omote + ura)
• Katadori Nikyo (omote + ura)
• Basic Techniques from the blue belt grading (omote + ura)
  

Basic:

• Irimi Nage
  
• Shiho Nage
  
• Ikkyo - Nikyo
  
• Tenchi Nage
  

Addition:

• Free style
  

All the requirements above can be found in website of Aikido Zhen Qi Shu.

GOOD LUCK
TO
THOSE WHO ARE GRADING

The BIG word - COURAGE

A good martial artist may display good techniques and fighting skills, but if he/she face a group of barbarians or fighters that are charging towards him/her, will he be able to display the once good fighting skills.

Courage is the word when facing your enemy. Courage overcomes any obstacles you face, it help you to feel confident and be forward-looking. Courage of a general may rise the morale of the army. Courage may make the enemy fear and think twice before attacking you. To dash forward an attacking blade is courage. Courage is not fierceness or wildness. To solve a problem with courage, one will face risk without fear and will tackle when situation changes. Wildness is daring without a direction, you may rush aimlessly, but you may fall in the enemy's trap or get caught easily.

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm
Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow."
Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be
Courage consists in the power of self-recovery
Courage is the solution to fear.

Way of a warrior

Tao of martial

Train in excess to compensate the weak
Excessive illusive compensates the empty spots
Energy become internal strength, then become power,
and lastly become nothing
See not with the eyes, but the soul in the liver
Hear not with the ears, but the spirit in the kidney
A wise one will sit in solace for self-improvement

Shall the four limbs be motionless, feeling:
The wood of the west soul
The gold of the east spirit
The fire of the south deity
The water of the north spirit

Attempts to enhance one's capabilities against heaven's will
Are but foolish notions doomed to failure
Meditate faithfully and attain success by humility
Utilize the functions and power of the body well
Sharpness of the eye, Clearness of the ears
Smelling of the nose, Sensing of the touch
Harness the senses into immense power
Power becomes nothing while the eyes become soulless

Be one with the universe and cosmos
Maintain a stable and comfortable stance
Have a behavior of calm and quietness
With the mind of nothingness
Represents the balance of Heaven and Earth
In the left hand, hold the qi of Yang
In the right hand, amass the qi of Yin