What follows is a basic outline of the Hung Leng Kuen grading syllabus.

A full syllabus document is available when you commit to training.
(All students begin at White Sash level.)

First Grade - White/Yellow Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Kwoon Etiquette
• "Seeking the Free Spirit" set
• Ba Bo Hsing (Eight Steps Form)
• Free sparring with straight-line punches, parries and centre guard

Students should display suitable ability/awareness in the following areas:
• Warm up exercises
• Basic punches
• Basic parries
• Students should be familiar with practical defences against a variety of common scenarios

Second Grade - Yellow/Orange Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Parries and counters
• Attacking punching combinations
• Sparring - Hands only using all combinations

Students should display suitable ability/awareness in the following areas:
• Fitness training
• Stretching
• Footwork
• Correct stances

Third Grade - Orange/Green Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Kicking drills

Students should display suitable ability/awareness in the following areas:
• Correct thrust and snap of kicks during set and formwork
• Familiarity with the uses of kicks in sparring and self-defence situations
• Combining of hand and foot blows - being able to mix, match and flow

Fourth Grade - Green/Blue Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Kicking combinations
• Chuan Fa (Fist Way)

Students should display suitable ability/awareness in the following areas:
• Application of gates and ranges in sparring situations

Fifth Grade - Blue/Purple Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Rolls and breakfalls
• Trips and throws

Students should display suitable ability/awareness in the following areas:
• Application of self defence using trips and throws

Sixth Grade - Purple/First Brown Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Self defence as specified in the syllabus

Students should display suitable ability/awareness in the following areas:
• Comfortable use of trips and throws in sparring situations

Seventh Grade - First/Second Brown Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Striking Set
• Advanced hand striking combinations

Students should display suitable ability/awareness in the following areas:
• Appropriate use of advanced hand strikes
• Practice of Fa Jing (explosive power)

Eighth Grade - Second/Third Brown Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Liu Shui (Flowing Water)

Students should display suitable ability/awareness in the following areas:
• Development of Fa Jing
• Application of form in practical situations
• Teaching classes where appropriate

Ninth Grade - Third Brown/First Black Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Jeng Fu Kuen (Peaceful Tiger Fist)
• Man Fu Ha San (Tiger Descending the Mountain)

1st Black is about honing all the previous grades, so that you have the raw materials ready to begin the true learning of how to develop yourself as a martial artist and as an individual.

Tenth Grade - First/Second Black Sash

Grading Requirements:
• First Aid Course
• Throwing Form

Eleventh Grade - Second/Third Black Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Hut Pao Chi Kung set
• Ma Hsing (Horse form)

Twelfth Grade - Third/Fourth Black Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Hung Leng Kuen Chi Kung set
• Ba Gwa Chang (Eight Trigrams Palm)
• Flexible Weapon Form

Thirteenth Grade - Fourth/Fifth Black Sash

Grading Requirements:
• Tan Tien breathing set
• Single Pushing Hands
• Double Pushing Hands
• Yang Family Tai Chi Chuan form
• Form applications
• Chinese Sabre form

Fourteenth Grade - Fifth/Sixth Black Sash

Grading Requirements:
Other Forms or Syllabus chosen at the discretion of the Chief Instructor

Sets
• Stretching set
• Mungum Sao (sensitive hand set)
• Blocking set
• Thunder and Lightning Fist set
• Advanced Kicking set
• Ba Lu Mei Fu (Eight Ways of Ambush)

Forms
• Fu Hok Sern Yeng Kuen (Tiger & Crane Mixed Style Fist)
• Tang Lung Gin Yek (Dragon Folds Its Wings)
• Dok Seh Toe Sun (Poison Snake Darts Out)
• How Gee Yin Toe (Monkey Offering Fruit)
• Shaolin Chang Chuan (Long Fist)
• Tong Long Fong Guan Kuen (Praying Mantis and Phoenix Eye Fist)
• Ying Jow (Eagle Claw)
• Sern Yeng Kuen (Mixed Style Fist)
• Hung Leng Kuen Drunken Form
• Ba Yeng Kuen Hut Pao Tsut (Eight Formed Fist of the Black Leopard System)
• Two Man Form
• Lion Dance Form

Weapons forms
• Double-edged sword form
• Gwan Dao (Great Sabre)
• Double Ended Spear Form
• Staff version of Spear Form
• Double Sword Form