The Young Eagle stage
1st grade · white belt
- salute
- the Young Eagle warm-up
- dao tan - the path of the stances in the Young Eagle
- dao shou - the path of hand strikes
- dao chunk - the path of blocks
- dao pao - the path of elbow strikes
- names of the stances
2nd grade · white with red
- the eight trigrams with and without a partner
- "pa kua" tao - the tao of the eight trigrams
- counting and commands in Chinese
3rd grade · yellow belt
- "shou" tao ("yin" tao) - the form of the hands, or the cross of the eagle
- applying the "shou" tao with a partner
- "shou" tao in place
- transitions along the five basic and the intermediate trajectories
- monkey breathing
- tiger breathing
- dragon breathing
- snake breathing
The Soaring Eagle stage
4th grade · green belt
- the Soaring Eagle warm-up
- the key of the stances
- dao tan in Fei Jing - the path of the stances in the Soaring Eagle
- training combinations of stances
- training combinations of hand strikes
- bai ho tao - the tao with tied hands
- the colour of the lotus - kick trajectories
- tui shou (push hands) with one hand, in place
- sparring
5th grade · blue belt
- "wu xing" tao - the tao of the five elements
- the tao of impulses
- "moc" tao - the tao of the wood element
- monkey fall
- tiger fall
- eagle fall
- standard kicks
- tui shou with one hand, stepping
- sparring
6th grade · purple belt
- combat trigrams with and without a partner
- "thuy" tao - the tao of the water element
- nunchaku tao
- snake fall
- leopard fall
- specific kicks
- tui shou with two hands
- sweeps - 3 levels, front and back
- sparring
7th grade · brown belt
- dui lian - paired form
- "kim" tao - the tao of the metal element
- staff tao
- dragon fall
- "shoeing the horse" techniques
- tui shou with two hands, stepping
- sparring
- chi dao - the path of breathing
8th grade · orange belt
- double knife tao
- "battle wings" tao
- sabre tao
- whirlpool techniques
- tui shou - free form
- sparring against two opponents
9th grade · red belt
- double sabre tao
- sword tao
- the tao of the clouds
- breathing tao with the staff
- points on the body with martial application
- sparring against two opponents
With the 9th grade, a student automatically received an instructor grade in the club.
Instructor and master grades
10th grade · black belt
- all techniques to a higher standard
- sparring against three opponents
- self-defence against an armed opponent
11th grade · black with gold
- on merit only
12th grade · black with gold
- on merit only
13th grade · black with gold
- on merit only
Club instructor grade
- at least the 3rd grade passed;
- all the forms up to the grade held.
Related: the Young Eagle warm-up, stances and trajectories, weapons.