Listed below are the necessary requirements for your class to be effective and give you maximum benefits.

Have a Partner or Partners to Train With. Learning Kung Fu San Soo works best with a partner or partners so choose them wisely! Your partner/s should be as dedicated to learning San Soo as you and be someone you can count on to put in the time to learn the necessary skills to be an effective San Soo fighter. All partners should be enrolled in the on-line program.

Stretching (10 - 15 minutes)

Warm up Drills (10 - 15 minutes) *drills are all done in a continuous sequence until completed. Leg Stance Drills Up/Down Windmill Warm Up Drills Striking Drills Kicking Drills

Hand Forms (15 - 20 minutes) Start with hand form # 1, moves 1-6 and practice them 10 times per day/7 days per week. Progress to the next 6 moves repeating the above step until the hand form is completed. Memorize each hand form you learn as they will be used for testing and advancement purposes.

Techniques and Lessons (40 - 50 minutes) Start with lesson #1 and the corresponding technique the lesson is focusing on. Work on 1 lesson per week over and over until it becomes second nature. Memorize each lesson and technique as they will be used for testing and advancement purposes.

Video Record Your Classes All students must submit a video of classes, a mimimum of twice per month, for my review so that I can see your progress, thus ensuring correct advancement in the Art of San Soo. Video's can be recorded many ways today. You have the choice of using many devices including, cell phones, hand held cameras, video cameras, etc. All video submissions done via the web for your convenience.

Below, is the criteria I will use to grade your skill levels and is based on the mastering of techniques and lessons in a particular time period, depending on what belt level you are operating from. I use the same Belt ranking criteria that I was taught from my, and other Kung Fu San Soo instructors over the last 15 years.

An accomplished Kung Fu San Soo practitioner cares not what belt color he wears. His accomplishments are within his body and mind; the color of a belt will not change his ability to use his body and mind. What ever rank you hold, be proud of it! Continued self-improvement in the Art of San Soo, not belt advancement, should be the students goal. Remember that the strong green tree that stops growing withers and dies.

*See notes below

• All students enroll as White Belts (exceptions will be made for advanced San Soo practitioners on an individual basis)
• From the time you enroll it takes the average person who continues training and progressing about 4-6 months, or 75-110 training hours to qualify for a Yellow Belt
• Yellow Belt to Green Belt takes the average student approximately 8-10 months, or 100-120 hours to qualify for a Green Belt
• Green Belt to Brown Belt takes the average student approximately 10-12 months, or 120-145 hours to qualify for a Brown Belt
• Brown Belt to Black Belt takes the average student approximately 12-16 months, or 145-195 hours to qualify for a Black Belt providing the student passes all of the necessary requirements.