One-step sparring, or simply step-sparring, is drill that dates back to the early 1900’s. It was used as a way to practice various striking and kicking techniques on a stationary partner. This practice has spread to many traditional martial arts. Once learned on a stationary target, these techniques should be practiced and modified to be successful in the chaos of real-life defense scenarios. Additionally, this drill can be evolved in three-step and free-flow sparring.

In the WTSDA curriculum, there are 30 official techniques for both hand and kick techniques, 60 in total . Each set of 5 becomes more advanced to empower students to become more proficient in their kicking ability. Students will learn a new set of 5 as the progress through each belt color.

A video playlist of all techniques is available for hand techniques and kick techniques.

#1-5 – White belt techniques

Hand techniques

  1. Out/in block, then elbow strike
  2. Out/in block, then double elbow strikes
  3. Out/in block, then chop to neck
  4. Out/in block, then center punch
  5. Block and simultaneous punch to face

Kick techniques

  1. Front kick
  2. Side kick
  3. Roundhouse kick
  4. Spin back kick
  5. Step to the outside, then side kick

#6-10 – Orange belt techniques

Hand techniques

  1. Outside block, three punches
  2. Simultaneous block and knife hand
  3. Block, grab, twist elbow to head
  4. Out/in block, elbow, backfist, hammerfist
  5. Center bunch, simultaneous block and punch

Kick techniques

  1. Step under, roundhouse kick
  2. Push kick
  3. Grab, roundhouse kick
  4. Grab, side kick
  5. Step outside, hook kick to head

#11-15 – Green belt techniques

Hand techniques

  1. Step outside, grab shoulder, knee strike
  2. Step back knife hand block, grab head, knee strike
  3. Outside-inside block, chop to neck, spin chop to neck
  4. Step outside, grab shoulder, take down behind knee
  5. Step outside, take down using arm and leg.

Kick techniques

  1. Outside-inside kick, wheel kick
  2. Outside-inside kick, side kick
  3. Front kick, roundhouse kick
  4. Inside-outside kick, front kick, roundhouse kick
  5. Step outside, inside-outside kick, roundhouse kick

Stay tuned…

Videos for all 30 official WTSDA techniques will be added over time. In addition, non-official techniques will also be added as need. You can get a sneak peak of future sets from the official WTSDA video