Terra Moto is the second form in the Quantum Style written by Master Rachael Evans.
Students will learn Terra Moto at the following levels in their curriculum:
Adults: Yellow Belt
Teens (ages 10–14): Green Belt
Kids: (ages 6–9): Blue Belt
Terra Moto
- Step forward with the left foot, assume a back stance and execute a guarding block.
- Execute a front leg front kick, step backward, assume a back stance and execute a guarding block.
- Execute a front leg round kick, turn attention 90° to the left, step down into a horse stance and execute a right targeted elbow strike.
- Execute a step-up side kick, step forward, assume a back stance and execute an inside knife-hand strike.
- Grab attacker’s head and execute a targeted outside crescent kick. Step forward, assume a front stance and execute a palm heel strike (High).
- Execute a round kick, step forward, assume a walking stance and reverse punch.
- Execute a round kick, step forward, assume a walking stance and reverse punch.
- Step forward, assume a front stance and execute a triple punch (high; middle, low), KIHAP.
- Shift the balance to the right foot, pivot 270° degrees to the left, assume a front stance and execute a reverse outside middle block.
- Execute a front kick, step forward to a front stance, reverse dropping knife-hand strike.
- Shift the balance to the left foot, pivot 180° degrees to the right, assume a front stance and reverse outside middle block.
- Execute a round kick, step forward, assume a back stance and execute a guarding block.
- Shift the balance to the right foot, pivot 90° degrees to the left, assume a front stance and down block.
- (Full re-chamber) Reverse punch.
- Step forward, assume a front stance and rising block.
- (Full re-chamber) Down block.
- Step forward, assume a front stance and palm-heel strike (High).
- Step forward, assume a front stance and palm-heel strike (High).
- Step forward, assume a front stance and triple punch (low, middle, high), KIHAP.
- Shift the balance to the left foot, pivot 270° degrees to the right, assume a back stance and execute a guarding block.
- Execute a front leg sidekick, step down, assume a horse stance, inside knife-hand strike.
- Slide the right foot to the left foot, slide the left foot out to the left, assume a horse stance and inside knife-hand strike.
- Execute a front leg side kick, step forward, assume a back stance and execute a guarding block.
- Shift the balance to the right foot, pivot 90° degrees to the left, assume a back stance and execute a guarding block, KIHAP.
Move your left foot forward to the ready-stance.
Watch a video of Master Evans and Ms. Popovich performing Terra Moto:
Please note: The video is provided as a supplemental learning tool for at-home practice, for help remembering what students have learned in class. The video is not meant for DIY at-home learning, and students who attempt to learn the forms from the videos alone (without the direction of an instructor) will not be permitted to test for belt advancement.