Open Hand Forms for up to Black Belt
Basic Forms
The following are the forms we train in up to Black Belt:
1. Taikyoku Form 1
2. Taikyoku Form 2
3. Taikyoku Form 3
At Black Belt we do 3 additional forms similar to the Taikyoku, then later we study the 5 Hein forms as well as 6 weapon forms and an additional 2 open hand forms.
About Forms Training
There are a total of 19 Forms in our system of Freestyle Karate. There are 13 open hand forms and 6 weapon forms. For the rank of Black Belt you will you only test on the first 3 basic Taikyoku forms.
At each Dg. of Black Belt you will be required to perform 2 forms.