Kung Fu Promotional Scale
- White Sash
- All basic skills, required pad drills
- Gold Sash
- Action drills 1-5, required pad drills
- Green Sash
- Swing stick 1 & 2
- Slow Sparring
- Purple Sash
- Action drills 6-10, Shaolin blocking form 1-3
- Slow/Medium Sparring
- Brown Sash
- Swing Stick 3, Tiger 1, Kicking form
- Medium Sparring
- Blue Sash
- Shaolin blocking form 1-6, Leopard
- Medium/Fast Sparring
- Red Sash
- Swing stick 4, Tiger 2, Iron Tiger, Crane
- Fast Sparring
- Black Sash 1
- Swing Stick 5, Tiger 3, Sickle, Sword 1, Staff 1
- Black Sash 2
- Swing Stick 6, Tiger 4, Cobra, Dragon, Monkey
- Black Sash 3
- Perform Black Sash forms 1st and 2nd level
- Hsing I, Tiger Sticks, Golden Tiger
- Black Sash 4
- Perform Black Sash forms 1st, 2nd, and 3rd level
- Shaolin Sword, Shaolin Staff, Panther
Being promoted to Black Sash is not only knowing the required material, but showing that you can teach it and react to a real situation.