Sunday, November 9, 2025

The Belt Requirements of Nick Cerio's Kenpo

White Belt (9th Kyu) - New Student


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Yellow Belt (8th Kyu) - 

Blocking Form #1 and #2

Combination #1

Checking the Storm, Battering Ram, Rotating Destruction "B", Downward Hammer


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Orange Belt (7th Kyu) - 

Pinan #1

Combination #2, #3, and #4

Buckling Branch, Bending Tree, Menacing Twirl, Hammering Vice, Fleeing Snake, Circling Armbar, Wrist Grab #10, and Rotating Destruction "A"


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Purple Belt (6th Kyu) - 

Blocking Form #3, Pinan #2

Combination #5,#6,#7, and #8


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Blue Belt (5th Kyu) -

Pinan #3

Combination #9 and #10


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Green Belt (4th Kyu) - 

Cat 1 and Cat 2

Combination #11 and #12, 

Sweeping Tiger, Dance of Death, Rotating Ram, Sword of Destruction, Preying Mantis Kick,

Pressing Palms, Twisting Branch, Spinning Sword, Three Swords, Haka Dori, Tornado, and Circling Sword


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Brown Belt (3rd Kyu) - 

Circle of the Tiger 

Combination #13, #14, #15 and #16


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Brown Belt (2nd Kyu) - 

Shushi No Kon Sho 

Combination #17, #18, and #19


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Brown Belt (1st Kyu) - 

Cat 3 

Combination #20

Tiger's Mouth, Returning Sword, Tiger Whips His Tail, Spinning Crane, Ripping Panther, Driving Ram, Mountain Cat, Raging Bull, Helping Hand, and Cyclone


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Black Belt (1st Dan) - 

Statue of the Crane, Pressing Vice and Circling Snake


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Black Belt (2nd Dan) - 

Blocking Form #4, Circle of the Leopard, Lin Wan Kune, Cerio No Kon Sho


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Black Belt (3rd Dan) - 

Bassaï Daï, Sanchin, Suji No Kon Sho, Kanegawa Ni Sho Gama


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Black Belt (4th Dan) - 

Blocking Form #5, Empi, Cerio No Kon Dai, Matsu Higa No Saï


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Black Belt (5th Dan) - 

Circle of the Panther, Konku Daï, Goju Shi Ho, Hama Higa No Tonfa


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Black Belt (6th Dan) and (7th Dan) - No New Material, Promotion based on contribution to the art


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Black Belt (8th Dan) - Highest Rank given out by Professor Cerio, no longer obtainable through the promotion process in Nick Cerio's Kenpo.

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