Tiger Badge Requirements

Physical Skill and Fitness

  • Black Belt Tiger Posture

  • Black Belt Tiger Fist

  • 10 Black Belt Push Ups

  • 15 Black Belt Sit Ups

  • 2 pull ups

  • Flexed arm hang for 10 seconds

  • Vertical jump so feet are higher than 50% of resting body height

  • Complete 4 circuits of an obstacle course utilizing kangaroo hops and ski jumps in 60 seconds

Canada and Community Appreciation

  • Write a short story of not less than 50 words about a great Canadian

  • Tell about another person who you think is a good citizen and explain why you think so

  • Name your MLA

  • Name your MP

  • Name the monarch of Canada

Health and Safety

  • Know the value of, and practice keeping your hands and fingernails clean; brush your teeth; care for your hair

  • Know your parents’ names

  • Know your telephone number

  • Know your address

  • Know how to surf the internet safely

  • Document a weekly exercise program that will strengthen your entire body inside and out

Family and Nature

  • Pick up the litter you see in your neighborhood and put it where it belongs or recycle it

  • List 10 ways your neighbourhood gets dirty. (don’t forget the air and water)

  • Explain why it is important to listen to and obey your parents

  • Set the family table for 5 different meals

  • Identify six trees that grow in our area

  • Write about a family outing that you enjoyed

  • Know how to prevent forest fires

Creativity and Communication

  • Draw and colour a picture of a tiger

  • Make a mask of a tiger and try to look like the animal while wearing it

  • With your parents, read and discuss “Eye of the Hurricane”

  • Recite the Student Creed

  • Start and keep a kung fu training diary

  • List in writing some important things you can do now because you are going to school

  • Help another student with schoolwork. Tell what you did to help

  • Learn 5 Chinese words and their English translation:

    • Sifu - teacher

    • Kung fu - hard work

    • Long - dragon

    • Da Mu Hsing - great mother form

    • Hsieh Chien - unity with vigor

    • Chuan Fa (kempo) - law of the fist

    • I Ho Chuan - righteous and harmonious fist

    • Lu Ping An - walking in peace and harmony

    • Kuei - honor

    • Ying - courage

  • Learn the 100 times theory

  • Explain body language and show 3 different emotions using body language (must use entire body, not just face)