Shim's Way Jujitsu Syllabus
This is a new syllabus for summer 2008 with one for junior students and one for the adult students, designed to be multi-disciplinary and to give our students a broad knowledge of jujitsu. Syphoned from the knowlege and experience of the clubs blackbelts who come from a variety of martial art backgrounds, it is hoped that this new sylibus will allow for students interest and understanding of jujitsu to develop and grow. When junior students acheive the age of 18 or black belt status, they will be expected to meet the criteria of the adult syllabus.
Grading costs
6th - 2nd Kyu (Red - Blue): £10 incl. cost of session, new belt, certificates, grading cards and issue of licence with a 6th Kyu grading.
1st Kyu (Brown): £35 incl. cost of session, new belt, certificate and grading card.
Dan grades (Black belt plus): £65 incl. cost of session, new belt, certificate and grading card.
We will also issue a Shims Way Student Handbook with a 6th Kyu grading, however, if lost, these can be replaced at a cost of £1.50.
Junior lower Kyu gradings tend to be during training sessions, whilst junior higher Kyu and Dan gradings and all adult gradings will have a seperate weekend session that can last several hours. For the date of the next grading, please check the Events page of this website or speak to Sensei Steve.
Junior Syllabus
7th Kyu - White Belt Junior Syllabus
1. Front Roll breakfalls.
2. Back Drop breakfalls.
3. Side breakfalls.
4. Front Drop breakfalls.
5. Back Drop, Roll Out.
6. Front Drop, Roll Out.
7. Basic kicks, front, roundhouse, thrust & side.
8. Basic punching.
9. Use of elbow strikes.
10. Dojo etiquette: Why & what to do & not to do!
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed.
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6th Kyu - Red Belt Junior Syllabus
1. Breaking simple wrist holds A & B:
A) Step into the centre of your opponents legs with your right leg and gather your opponents left arm. Twist at the elbow and hold under your armpit. Place your other arm on their shoulder and feed your right hand under the arm to create a figure four arm lock. Breathe out and perform the arm bar. B) With your right hand grab your opponent’s right wrist (diagonal). With your free hand, attack your opponent’s chin and move round so you are standing next to them. Rap your arm under theirs so you have their arm under your arm pit and perform a water pump action by pushing down on their wrist.
2. Arm locks A & B:
A) Your opponent grabs your wrist with both hands. Strike downwards with your free fist to your opponent’s chin, allowing your striking arm to drag down their chest. Link hands and strike upwards, pulling away. B) Your opponent grabs your wrist with both hands. Turn your hand, twisting your palm upwards and round to grab their wrist. Strike with your free hand to your opponent’s closest arm, forcing them to the ground. Hold their shoulder down with one hand using the other to hold the wrist in a lock until your opponent taps out.
3. Breaking hair holds from the front (Left & Right handed):
Left) Trap their hand with a sharp slap onto your head, and palm strike to the elbow joint. Right) Trap their hand with a sharp slap onto your head, and roll the tricep with your left arm, roll their forearm to the ground and control the back of their forearm, raise the position to 2 o’clock and finish with a wrist lock.
4. Breaking hair holds from the rear (Left & Right handed):
Left) Trap their hand with a sharp slap onto your head, turn in to your left and palm strike to their elbow joint. Right) Trap their hand with a sharp slap onto your head, turn in to your left and roll the tricep with your left arm, roll their forearm to the ground, control the back of their forearm, raise the position to 2 o’clock and finish with a wrist lock.
5. Wrist crush with distraction:
Your opponent grabs the lapel of your Gi jacket. Hold your opponents hand in place and strike across their face with your free hand to distract. With both hands, grab their captured hand from the Gi and try to place in you pocket, turning the wrist. This will cause your opponent to fall to the ground. Slap their elbow into the ground and with both hands, push down on our opponent’s wrist pulling it towards you.
6. Cross ankle trip:
Grab your opponent’s arm at the elbow and step past your opponent on the same side so you are heal to heal with the opposite leg. Use your free arm to clothesline (push across the chest), bringing them down at your feet keeping hold of the elbow. This can be used to perform an arm bar.
7. Osoto Gari (Outer reap):
Grab your opponent’s wrist. Step to the side and sweep the leg whilst using your other arm to clothes-line. Finish off with a swan neck arm lock.
8. Cross Hold Strangle:
Strike your opponent to the throat with your right hand, and grab the Gi lapel as high as possible to the naked throat. With the left hand, grab the opposite lapel and pull down whilst pushing up with the right arm. Protect your eyes by shielding them with your arm.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed. Back to top ^
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5th Kyu - Yellow Belt Junior Syllabus
1. Hip throw, Arm & Waist:
Step into the centre of your opponents legs with your left leg, gather up their right arm as if to do arm lock A. Step past with the right, then turn in so that your stance is in front of your opponents, your right arm should be around their waist. Now throw them to the ground and complete with arm lock A.
2. Hip throw, Wrist & Waist:
As above but grabbing the wrist. Use this to point the direction of throw and complete with a swan neck lock.
3. Hip throw, Wrist & Shoulder with Reap:
Step in for a normal wrist & waist hip throw. Stand with your body at T shape to your opponent. Push your right arm up onto the right shoulder. Place your right foot near to their right leg and sweep/hook at the same time as you push all their weight onto the side of their right shoulder. Complete with a lock.
4. Cross collar hip throw:
Cross collar hold with a right hand strike. Keep grip & hold, turn in as for a hip throw, and throw. Drop with them and strangle whilst pinning them down.
5. Breaking rear body holds, Arms free, A & B:
A) Stamp, reach up for the Gi near the shoulder. Keep hold of the wrist and shoulder throw. Complete with a lock. B) Stamp, block up & down, turn in small circles locking and keeping hold of your opponents arm. Kneel and lock.
6. Breaking rear body holds, Arms pinned, A & B:
A) Stamp, assault with your elbow to their ribs, gather the Gi and hip throw. B) Stamp, grab their Gi as if to throw, drop your inside knee inside your opponent’s legs and pull them over your right shoulder. Complete with an arm lock.
7. Breaking Back Hammer locks A, B & C:
A) Left hand in, turn in (right) to face your opponent, lock out their arm, place your finger into their neck clavicle and push downward. Take down to the ground and lock out. B) Right hand in, turn in (right) to face your opponent take your opponent down using your forearm to push their arm down to the ground and lock out. C) Your right hand/arm are in a figure lock behind your back. Take your left arm, thread through their left arm and roll it over using your forearm again. Force to the ground and lock.
8. Breaking Full Nelson:
Push both your arms down and forward breaking the neck hold. Step round into Keba Dachi stance (horse riding stance), trap their hand with your right hand, then using your left flick to the groin area and throw over your back. Back fist with your right hand.
9. Ground trips A & B:
A) Back drop and sit up partially, your opponent kicks to groin area. Block using your right foot under their knee cap and trapping their right ankle. Push with your right forward and pull with your left foot. Drop your opponent to the floor with the lock on. B) As above but let your opponent step past. Change your feet position to opposite sides and cause your opponent to fall forward. Hook their right leg to the right, trap the left leg with your leg. Reach forward and grab the neck of their Gi.
10. Kneeling defence A & B:
A) Same as above but using your arms and hands instead of your feet and legs. From a kneeling position. B) Same as above but once your opponent is on the floor raise their right leg over your right shoulder, trap their left leg and reach forward for the neck of their Gi, then pull.
11. Come with me hold:
Place your opponents elbow into your stomach, cup their wrist and push toward your stomach holding on the lock and walk.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed. Back to top ^
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4th Kyu - Orange Belt Junior Syllabus
1. Throat and leg hold:
Opponent throws a punch to the head with their right hand. Block with your right (open handed), step past them putting your right arm over their right arm up to and around their neck. Reach back with your left hand and grab the inside of their right leg and lift in a strong Keba dachi stance (horse riding stance). If you lose balance stand up straight and try again.
2. Japanese headlock:
With your right hand grab their left collar on the Gi and pull towards you. They should spin and end up with their back facing you. Left arm goes under their chin, right arm behind the head into a figure four format. Lock and choke. Take your opponent to the floor keeping the lock on. Link your legs on top of theirs and push down with the lock on.
3. Temple headlock:
Assault the stomach with your right hand and simultaneously strike (cup) the back of the head, tucking it under your right armpit. Bring your right arm under your opponent’s face/nose. Your right forearm should be under the bridge of your opponents’ nose. Link your right and left hands and gently squeeze upwards.
4. Hip neck throw:
Start facing your opponent then move round to their side, placing a head lock on them bringing their head in line with your stomach. Then allow them to come up, re-griping your lock. Step across their body, linking your hands and throw them over your hip. Complete with a lock.
5. Breaking front strangle holds, A & B:
A) Using your right arm, thrust/throw the strangle grip and take hold of the left wrist. Twist and roll their forearm to the ground and lock out. B) Take hold of both wrists, stretch the wrists/arm apart (the wider the better), and take long strides/steps backwards. Bring your opponent to the floor, assault and leave.
6. Breaking rear strangle holds, arms straight, A & B:
A) Stamp back with your right foot, reach for their right arm and pull forward over your shoulder into the water pump position and lock. B) Reach up, grab both wrists and turn inside tripping your opponent, taking them to the floor. Keep hold of the wrists and smother.
7. Breaking rear strangle holds, arms bent:
Stamp back, reaching up but letting your opponent keep his strangle hold on. Link your hands, step across and throw. Complete with a lock.
8. Breaking ground strangle holds, A, B & C:
A) Opponent kneeling over you on your right hand side with a double arm strangle. With your right hand, thrust your arm through under their left arm to grab the right wrist. Twist and roll over to the floor and lock. B) Opponent kneeling over you on your left hand side with a double arm strangle. Grab both hands, push over with your left knee and then get on top and smother. C) Opponent in the mount with a double arm strangle. Hook and wind your left arm into their grip and upward punch with your right hand to their ribs. Raise your right leg to kick over. Opponent should fall opposite you with their arm under your back. Link your hands and turn away from your opponent to lock.
9. Reverse Whip:
Right hand grabs opponent’s right, turn clockwise then come back anticlockwise moving under the arm. Support their elbow and take to the ground.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed. Back to top ^
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3rd Kyu - Green Belt Junior Syllabus
1. Flying Mare:
Take opponents left wrist, turn into them thrusting your right arm up under their left armpit. Throw over your shoulder and complete with a lock.
2. Japanese Mare:
From the water pump position, cup your opponents elbow, turn in slightly, grab the shoulder of the Gi and throw. Complete with a lock.
3. Reverse wrist crush, A, B & C:
A) Opponent takes hold of your lapel of your Gi, trap and gather the wrist. Turn your opponent over and push their hand into the air to lower your opponent. Turn into them close keeping the lock on and sit down into them. B) As before but, instead of sitting into your opponent step in close with your nearest leg over the locked arm into your opponents neck crevice. Pull their locked arm toward their head and hold. C) Take hold of your opponents arm in the same locked position, with their head lowered, kick to their face with your right leg. Then wrap the same leg over the held and under the opponent’s chest keeping the lock on, drop your weight and throw your opponent by lifting your leg and supporting the weight. Pull your opponent in and lock arm across your legs. One across the neck the other over their chest.
4. Cross ankle roll:
Left hand grabs your opponents arm at the elbow and place your right arm/hand on to their opposite shoulder. Step in with the left foot, then place the right foot by their right leg/ankle and lock their knee out. Drop, kicking your leg out (as in side break fall) to the left, capturing their arm under your back. Link your hands and turn away from your opponent to lock.
5. Armpit roll (sloppy hip throw):
Assault your opponents chin with your elbow, wrap your arm around the outside of your opponent with your body turned in to throw. Throw and complete with a lock.
6. Neck hold roll:
Simultaneously gather the back of your opponents head and strike to their stomach, gathering in their head under your armpit. Place your right foot in front of their left right foot and lock out the ankle & knee. Drop your weight as if sitting and lift your leg throwing your opponent. Push their arm out of the way and link hands turning away into a neck lock.
7. Cross collar shoulder throw, left hand strike:
Left handed strike to your opponent’s throat and then cross collar strangle hold. Turn in, keeping the grip and throw over your body. Bring them up onto your knees and strangle using their Gi.
8. Throat & Leg hold, from punch attack:
Block punch with your right hand, step in and strangle with that arm going up and across their throat. Step into (back to them) Horse riding stance (Keba dachi), gather their leg and lift onto your back.
9. Knife defences A & B:
A) Left arm rising block open handed against a downward strike, stepping in and link a figure four with right arm/hand (under) and step to the side. Take your opponent to the floor and keep knife hand locked, Retrieve knife and retaliate. B) Against a Knife Lunge. Downward scooping block with your left hand/arm capture the striking arm, assault their face with your left elbow and link arms across their knife arm. Lock and turn in (small circle) into a figure four lock. Retrieve the knife and retaliate.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed. Back to top ^
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2nd Kyu - Blue Belt Junior Syllabus
1. Hip throw against round house punch:
Opponent punches to the head, step inside, punch to the stomach and then hip throw.
2. Shoulder throw against round house punch:
Opponent punches to the head, step inside and thrust through with arm. Turn inwards and shoulder throw.
3. Block and Stamp against a straight punch:
Opponent punches, block outward (to the right) and with an open hand, catch your opponent’s wrist. As your opponent now has their back to you, grab the collar and push the back of the knee with your foot, controlling your opponent to the floor. Keeping pressure on the calf with your foot, bend down and stretch your free arm across their neck pushing their face away from you. At the same time, stretch their arm across your body.
4. Osota gari against stomach punch:
Opponent punches, block inwards (to the left) and assault the face. Take the closest leg with an Osota gari leg sweep. Control the face with a thumb behind the jaw and lock.
5. Forward trip with locks A & B:
A) Step in and trap the right leg by putting your heal behind your opponent’s. Assault their face and take the left leg. Complete with a lock. B) Same as above but turn your opponent over and sit back. Complete with a lock.
6. Defences against pistol to chest A & B:
A) Block with your left hand and clear away the gun from yourself. Keep hold of the hand, assault their face and osota gari leg break. Grip of gun and kneel on the bicep, taking the gun. B) Right hand takes and controls opponent’s pistol hand. Assault and sweep the leg away from behind and take to the floor. Keep hold of the gun hand and assault the arm with your knee to the biceps. Roll the arm and take the gun.
7. Defences against pistol to back A & B:
A) Left handed. Bring your right hand in front of you at chest height and spin round, grabbing the gun hand and turn your opponent. Grab the collar and pull back whilst striking the thigh with your knee. Follow to the floor and take the gun B) Right handed. Bring your right hand in front of your chest spin round, Osota gari assault and take to the ground. Push the face away and assault the bicep with your knee. Take the gun.
8. Breaking front body holds arms free, A, B & C (all pressure points): A) Hand under nose, push up and back. Control the rear of the head. B) Assault the side of the head with a knuckle to the temples. Push on the other side of the head with a flat hand. C) Take the ear and twist.
9. Breaking front body holds arms pinned A & B:
A) Slap to the groin and turn into a hip throw. B) Slap to the groin, then push arms up and through to a shoulder throw.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed. Back to top ^
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1st Kyu - Brown Belt Junior Syllabus
1. Defence against Pickaxe Haft, A & B.
A) Downwards swing. As the pickaxe haft swings down, step to the side, dropping the knee closest to your opponent and extend the same side arm above your head to deflect the weapon. Turn you body to face the direction which your opponent is facing and wrap both your opponents arms with your other arm, whilst changing kneeling position. Cause your opponent to fall forward using your body weight, taking them to the floor. Disarm you opponent and lock out. B) Side swing at head height. Step into you opponent and strike opponents arms with both your forearms. Wrap your closest arm underneath both their arms, with your other over the top for a shoulder throw. Allow one arm to be released for training. Once thrown, disarm and lock out.
2. Defence against Cudgel:
Side swing at head height. Step into your opponent and block your opponents swinging hand, whilst turning in to perform a shoulder throw. Once thrown, disarm and lock out.
3. Counter to hip neck throw:
Opponent moves to grab you in a head lock. Kneel with the leg closest to your opponent and with the same side arm grab their ankle. With the opposite arm, reach up and grab their collar. Change knee for momentum and pull across your back. Finish with an arm bar or lock.
4. Counter to hip throw A, B & C:
A) Opponent moves to hip throw you. Place your nearest hand into the base of your opponent’s spine and push under the jaw with your other hand to take them to the floor. Finish with a lock. B) Opponent moves to hip throw you. Grab your opponents collar with your closest hand and assault their thigh with your knee to give them a “dead leg”, landing them on the floor. Finish with a lock. C) Opponent moves to hip throw you. As your opponent lifts you, grab them in a strangle and allow yourself to be thrown, keeping hold of their head. They will role with you. Finish with a neck lock.
5. Counter to cross collar hold A & B:
A) Hold the wrist bracelet and encompass the hand. With your other hand, push on the elbow to complete the wrist lock. B) As above then move the elbow up and down followed by extending your arm across their chest. Complete with a block and stamp.
6. Counter to single handed lapel pulls (straight & diagonal):
Straight) Osoto gari. Finish with a lock. Diagonal) Turn in to your opponent and shoulder throw. Finish with a lock.
7. Counter to single handed shoulder push (straight & diagonal):
Straight) Japanese Mare. Finish with a lock. Diagonal) Catch you opponents hand whilst turning into them and strike the upper part of their arm with your forearm. Push them to the ground and finish with a lock.
8. Counter to two-handed shoulder push:
Sacrifice throw by grabbing your opponent’s collar with both hands and turn sideways and side breakfall, throwing your opponent forward. Finish with a lock.
9. Counter to two-handed lapel grab:
Open hand strike/push to your opponents face or under their chin and step forward between their legs. Hook your opponent’s leg and push, catching their other leg as they fall backwards. Finish with an ankle lock on the captured leg.
10. Forward trip as counter to kick to the groin:
Step to the side and hook under the attacking leg. Push through your opponent as above, but turn the ankle lock over so your opponent in on their front. Finish with the leg lock.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed. Back to top ^
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Adult Syllabus
6th Kyu - Red Belt Adult Syllabus
1. Ukemi waza: Forward roll break falls (left & right):
Kick with rear leg, followed by the front leg and into a front roll. Finish in a fighting stance.
2. Front drop break falls:
Kick with the rear leg, followed by front drop.
3. Back drop break falls:
Reverse kick (usheri-kiri) into a back break fall.
4. Side break falls (left & right):
Side break fall and complete with an upward kick to defend followed by a leg sweep.
5. Front drop roll out:
Kick with the rear leg, followed by front drop and roll out. Finish in a fighting stance.
6. Back drop roll out:
Kick (usheri-kiri) into a back break fall and roll out. Finish in a fighting stance.
7. Choku Zuki (basic punching), Jodan (upper body/face), Chudan (Middle body/stomach) & Gedan (Lower body/Groin).
8. Uke (Blocks. From standing - Rising block, outside block, downward block & inside block.)
9. Keri Waza (Kicking Techniques), Jodan, Chudan, Gedan & ankle turn techniques.
10. Kaeshiwaza (Counter Techniques) & Uchi (Knee kick)
Techniques 7, 8, 9 and 10 also be demonstrated in Kumite (one attack sparring with counter and counter attack)
11. Breaking simple wrist holds A & B:
A) Step into the centre of your opponents legs with your right leg and gather your opponents left arm. Twist at the elbow and hold under your armpit. Place your other arm on their shoulder and feed your right hand under the arm to create a figure four arm lock. Breathe out and perform the arm bar. B) With your right hand grab your opponent’s right wrist (diagonal). With your free hand, attack your opponent’s chin and move round so you are standing next to them. Rap your arm under theirs so you have their arm under your arm pit and perform a water pump action by pushing down on their wrist.
12. Arm locks A & B:
A) Your opponent grabs your wrist with both hands. Strike downwards with your free fist to your opponent’s chin, allowing your striking arm to drag down their chest. Link hands and strike upwards, pulling away. B) Your opponent grabs your wrist with both hands. Turn your hand, twisting your palm upwards and round to grab their wrist. Strike with your free hand to your opponent’s closest arm, forcing them to the ground. Hold their shoulder down with one hand using the other to hold the wrist in a lock until your opponent taps out.
13. Wrist Crush with Distraction:
Your opponent grabs the lapel of your Gi jacket. Hold your opponents hand in place and strike across their face with your free hand to distract. With both hands, grab their captured hand from the Gi and try to place in you pocket, turning the wrist. This will cause your opponent to fall to the ground. Slap their elbow into the ground and with both hands, push down on our opponent’s wrist pulling it towards you.
14. Cross Hold Strangle:
Strike your opponent to the throat with your right hand, and grab the Gi lapel as high as possible to the naked throat. With the left hand, grab the opposite lapel and pull down whilst pushing up with the right arm. Protect your eyes by shielding them with your arm.
15. Bar Choke:
As above but without using the Gi. To be done standing and on the floor, using the shoulder and ground to assist with the strangle.
16. Cross Ankle Trip A (single leg) & B (double leg):
A) Grab your opponent’s arm at the elbow and step past your opponent on the same side so you are heal to heal with the opposite leg. Use your free arm to clothesline (push across the chest), bringing them down at your feet keeping hold of the elbow. This can be used to perform an arm bar. B) Begin as above but take both legs by placing you leg behind both your opponents ankles. Wrap your free arm around the front of your opponent’s neck and draw them down into a scarf hold.
17. Balance breaking (kuzushi).
18. Dojo etiquette & Belt tying.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed. Back to top ^
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5th Kyu – Yellow Belt Syllabus
1. Osoto Gari (Outer reap):
Grab your opponent’s wrist. Step to the side and sweep the leg whilst using your other arm to clothes-line. Finish off with a swan neck arm lock.
2. Hip Throw, Arm & Waist:
Step into the centre of your opponents legs with your left leg, gather up their right arm as if to do arm lock A, step past with the right then turn in so that your back and stance is in front of your opponents. Your right arm should be around their waist. Throw them to the ground and finish with arm lock A.
3. Hip Throw, Wrist, Shoulder and Reap:
Step in for a hip throw taking the wrist first, stand with your body at a T shape to your opponents. Thrust your right arm up onto right shoulder. Place your right foot near to their right leg and sweep/hook at the same time as you push all their weight onto the right side. Swan neck to finish.
4. Cross Collar Hip Throw (left handed):
Put on a bar choke then release the pressure slightly. Keeping hold, turn in and throw. Drop with them and strangle by lying on the ground parallel with them to strangle.
5. Breaking Rear Body Holds, Arms Free A & B:
A) Stamp, reach up for your opponents Gi near their shoulder with your right hand, keep hold of their wrist with your left, shoulder throw and finish with a wrap over lock. B) Stamp, block down with your left hand and up with your right simultaneously. Keep hold or your opponent’s wrist and elbow and turn in a small circle maintaining a rear straight arm lock.
6. Breaking Rear Body Holds, Arms Pinned A & B:
A) Stamp, thrust your elbows upwards, assault with your right elbow to their ribs, gather their Gi and hip throw. B) As above but dropping to your inside knee to pull them over your right shoulder. Arm bar across your knee to finish.
7. Breaking Back Hammer locks A, B & C:
A) Left hand in, turn in (right) to face your opponent, lock out their arm, place your finger into their neck clavicle and push downward. Take down to the ground and lock out. B) Right hand in, turn in (right) to face your opponent take your opponent down using your forearm to push their arm down to the ground and lock out. C) Your right hand/arm are in a figure lock behind your back. Take your left arm, thread through their left arm and roll it over using your forearm again. Force to the ground and lock.
8. Breaking Full Nelson:
Push both your arms down and forward breaking the neck hold. Step round into Keba Dachi stance (horse riding stance), trap their hand with your right hand, then using your left flick to the groin area and throw over your back. Back fist with your right hand.
9. Ground trips A & B:
A) Back drop and sit up partially, your opponent kicks to groin area. Block using your right foot under their knee cap and trapping their right ankle. Push with your right forward and pull with your left foot. Drop your opponent to the floor with the lock on. B) As above but let your opponent step past. Change your feet position to opposite sides and cause your opponent to fall forward. Hook their right leg to the right, trap the left leg with your leg. Reach forward and grab the neck of their Gi.
10. Kneeling defence A & B:
A) Same as above but using your arms and hands instead of your feet and legs. From a kneeling position. B) Same as above but once your opponent is on the floor raise their right leg over your right shoulder, trap their left leg and reach forward for the neck of their Gi, then pull.
11. Mawashi Keri (Round house kicks).
12. Kagi zuki (Hook punches).
13. 1st half of Katamae-no Kata:
Ground work:-
• Kesa gatame (Scarf hold & escape).
• Shoulder hold & escape.
• Chest hold & escape.
• Upper 4 quarters & escapes.
14. Combination of various kicks, punches, throws and chokes.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed. Back to top ^
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4th Kyu – Orange Belt Syllabus
1. Wrist Locks A, B &C:
A) Single hand, B) Double handed, C) Single handed with rotating elbow. 3 more to be added by student.
2. Japanese Head Lock:
With your right hand grab their left collar on their Gi and pull towards you, they should spin and end up with their back towards you. Left arm goes across and under their chin, right arm behind their head and into a figure four lock and choke. Sit back taking them with you, place your heels onto their knees, push down to extend their body and choke.
3. Temple Headlock:
Into a guillotine. Assault the stomach with your right hand and simultaneously strike/cup the back of their head and tuck it under your right armpit. Use your right fore arm to apply pressure to the bridge of their nose by linking your hands and applying a gentle squeeze upwards.
4. Hip Neck Throw:
Start facing your opponent then move round to their side, placing a head lock on them bringing their head in line with your stomach. Then allow them to come up, re-griping your lock. Step across their body, linking your hands and throw them over your hip. Complete with a neck lock and finish with arm bar.
5. Breaking Front Strangle Holds A & B:
A) Using your right arm, thrust throw the strangle grip and take hold of the left wrist, twist and roll their forearm to the ground, control the back of their forearm, raise the position to 2 o’clock and finish with a wrist lock. B) Thrust both hands up through the strangle, wrap your arms over the top and under theirs, turn in to the right and throw.
6. Breaking rear strangle holds, arms straight, A & B:
A) Stamp back with your right foot, reach for their right arm and pull forward over your shoulder into the water pump position and lock. B) Reach up, grab both wrists and turn inside tripping your opponent, taking them to the floor. Keep hold of the wrists and smother.
7. Breaking rear strangle holds, arms bent A & B:
A) Stamp back, reaching up but letting your opponent keep his strangle hold on. Link your hands, step across and throw. Complete with a lock. B) Step forward turning to your left and strike to the groin, step towards them placing your right hand around their waist and hip throw, strike to finish.
8. Breaking ground strangle holds, A, B, C & D:
A) Opponent kneeling over you on your right hand side with a double arm strangle. With your right hand, thrust your arm through under their left arm to grab the right wrist. Twist and roll over to the floor and lock. B) Opponent kneeling over you on your left hand side with a double arm strangle. Grab both hands, push over with your left knee and then get on top and smother. C) Opponent in the mount with a double arm strangle: Hook and wind your left arm into their grip and upward punch with your right hand to their ribs. Raise your right leg to kick over. Opponent should fall opposite you with their arm under your back. Link your hands and turn away from your opponent to lock. D) From above your head. Slap and grab the ears, knee to the side of the head and twist head north/south.
9. Breaking Rear Hair Holds:
Trap their hand with a sharp slap onto your head, turn in to your left and if they are using their left hand simply palm strike to their elbow joint, if they are using their right roll the tricep with your left arm, roll their forearm to the ground, control the back of their forearm, raise the position to 2 o’clock and finish with a wrist lock.
10. Tsuki Waza (Punching Techniques) A, B, C, D & E:
A) Yama Zuki (Punch – upper cut), B) Uraken Uchi (Back fist strike), C) Tettsui Uchi (Hammer fist strike), D) Teisho Uchi (Palm heal strike), E) Shuto Uchi (Knife hand strike).
11. Yoko Geri (Side kick).
12. Inside Hock.
13. Reverse Whip from attack (punch).
14. Straight Arm Lock • between your thighs. • from astride your opponent. • from beneath your opponent.
15. Figure Four Arm Lock:
Twist at the elbow and hold under your armpit. With the other hand on the shoulder link under the arm and perform the lock.
16. Recovery Position.
17. 2nd half of Katamae-no Kata:
Ground work:-
• Reverse Scarf hold
• Side 4 quarter hold.
• Length way 4 quarter from the mount.
• The Mount.
• Dismount using the knee.
18. Combination of various kicks, punches, throws and chokes.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed. Back to top ^
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3rd Kyu – Green Belt Syllabus
1. Ippon Seoi Nage (Flying Mare):
Grab your opponents left wrist, turn into them thrusting your right arm up under their arm pit taking them off their feet and throwing over your shoulder. Finish with a straight arm bar across your left knee.
2. Japanese Mare:
From the water pump position, cup your opponents elbow, turn in slightly, grab the upper part of the shoulder by the Gi and throw. Straight arm bar to finish.
3. Reverse Wrist Crush A & B:
A) Opponent takes hold of the lapel of your Gi, trap and gather the wrist, turn the wrist putting your opponent in both a wrist lock and a straight arm lock by elevating their arm. Turn into their side and sit down, spreading your feet and elevating the arm towards their head to finish. B) As before but instead of sitting into your opponent, step in close and with your left leg, step over their shoulder running your foot down their neck clavicle, pulling their locked arm towards their head and hold. 1 adaptation to be added by student.
4. Armpit Roll:
Sloppy hip throw. Assault the chin with your elbow, arm on outside of theirs with your body turned in to throw, throw and lock. 3 adaptations to be added by student.
5. Neck Hold Roll A & B:
A) Simultaneously strike your opponents stomach and gather the back of their head placing them in a head lock, place your right foot on the outside of their left and your knee on the inside of theirs to lock, sit back and at the same time lift your leg to throw, push their arm out of the way, link your hands and lean away from them to choke. B) As above but once thrown, follow them over by rolling backwards with them, keeping the head lock on, THEY WILL TAP.
6. Knife Defences A & B:
A) Left arm rising block open handed against a downward strike, step forward linking your right arm under in a figure four lock and step out to take them to the floor, once on the floor, apply pressure to their elbow with your right hand and retrieve the knife with your left. B) Lunge attack – downward scooping block with your left hand capturing the striking arm, assault their face with your right elbow and link arms across their arm to lock, turn in small circles locking their arm up behind their back and retrieve knife. 3 adaptations to be added by student.
7. Grab Wrist, Twist Throw:
Grab the attackers hand that holds the knife (usually their right) with both hands, turn their hand to the right if they try to grab it with their left, sharply and with force turn their hands and whole body to the left, throwing them to the ground, control with your upper body and dispose of the knife. 3 adaptations to be added by student.
8. Back Body Drop:
Side back drop & scissor drop.
9. Double Leg Take Down A & B:
A) Strike finish. B) Side mount & figure 4 leg lock.
10. Empi Uchi (Elbow strikes) x3. Upward, downward & side.
11. Ushiro Keri (Reverse kick).
12. Sutemi Waza (Sacrifice throw)
1 adaptation to be added by student.
13. Kubaton work.
14. Competition Randori.
15. Combination of various kicks, punches, throws, chokes, locks and holds.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed. Back to top ^
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2nd Kyu – Blue Belt Syllabus
1. Hip Throw against a round house punch:
Opponent punches to the head, step inside punch and hip throw, assault to finish.
2. Kata Guruma (Shoulder Throw against a round house punch):
As above but thrust through, turning and shoulder throw.
3. Block & Stamp against a straight punch:
Opponent punches, block outward (to the right) and with an open hand, catch your opponent’s wrist. As your opponent now has their back to you, grab the collar and push the back of the knee with your foot, controlling your opponent to the floor. Keeping pressure on the calf with your foot, bend down and stretch your free arm across their neck pushing their face away from you. At the same time, stretch their arm across your body. 1 adaptation to be added by student.
4. Osoto Gari against a straight punch:
Control your opponent’s wrist and draw them forward then take them back the opposite way and clothes line to finish.
5. Forward Trip with locks A & B:
A) Step in between your opponents legs putting your right heel behind their left to trap, assault their face with your right hand and grab their right leg as they fall backwards, lock leg as in arm lock A. B) As above but holding onto their leg, turn to your right to flip them onto their front and sit back to lock the leg.
6. Defence Against Pistol to chest A & B:
A) Block with your left hand and clear away the gun from yourself. Keep hold of the hand, assault their face and osota gari leg break. Grip of gun and kneel on the bicep, taking the gun. B) Right hand takes and controls opponent’s pistol hand. Assault and sweep the leg away from behind and take to the floor. Keep hold of the gun hand and assault the arm with your knee to the biceps. Roll the arm and take the gun. 2 adaptations to be added by student.
7. Defence against Pistol to the back A & B:
A) Left handed. Bring your right hand in front of you at chest height and spin round, grabbing the gun hand and turn your opponent. Grab the collar and pull back whilst striking the thigh with your knee. Follow to the floor and take the gun B) Right handed. Bring your right hand in front of your chest spin round, Osota gari assault and take to the ground. Push the face away and assault the bicep with your knee. Take the gun. 2 adaptations to be added by student.
8. Breaking Front Body Holds arms free A, B & C: All pressure points (see Atemi Waza, Jodan).
A) Hand under nose, push up and back, control the back of the head. B) Assault the temple with an extended knuckle fist; control the opposite side of the head with the palm of your other hand. C) Rotate your thumbs towards yourself, twist back ears and simultaneously pushing forward on their jaw bone with your thumbs. All should finish with taking your opponent to the ground. 4 adaptations to be added by student.
9. Breaking Front Body Holds arms pinned A & B.
A) Open hand slap to the groin area, turn in and hip throw. B) As before but push through and under their right arm with yours to shoulder throw.
10. Hiza Geri (Knee kick & take downs, Knee defences).
11. Ouchi Gari (Inner reap with leg lock).
12. Ushoo-Mawashi Geri (Reverse round house kick with feint).
13. Gyaku Mawashi Tsuke (Spinning back fist).
14. Shime Waza (Strangles) x6.
15. Combination of various kicks, punches, throws, chokes, locks and holds.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed. Back to top ^
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1st Kyu – Brown Belt Syllabus
1. Defence against Pickaxe Handle A & B.
2. Defence against Knife Attack A, B, C, D, E, & F.
3. Defence against Cudgel A, B, C, D, & E.
4. Counter to hip neck throw A & B.
5. Counter to shoulder throw A & B.
6. Counter to hip throw A, B & C.
7. Defence against Pistol A, B, C & D.
8. Defence against Chain A & B.
9. Defence against Bottle (broken) A & B.
10. Counter to single handed lapel pulls (straight & diagonal):
Straight) Osoto gari. Finish with a lock. Diagonal) Turn in to your opponent and shoulder throw. Finish with a lock.
11. Counter to two-handed shoulder push:
Sacrifice throw by grabbing your opponent’s collar with both hands and turn sideways and side breakfall, throwing your opponent forward. Finish with a lock.
12. Counter to two-handed lapel grab:
Open hand strike/push to your opponents face or under their chin and step forward between their legs. Hook your opponent’s leg and push, catching their other leg as they fall backwards. Finish with an ankle lock on the captured leg.
13. Forward trip as counter to kick to the groin:
Step to the side and hook under the attacking leg. Push through your opponent as above, but turn the ankle lock over so your opponent is on their front. Finish with a leg lock.
14. Demonstrate 10 combination of counters to kicks, punches and throws.
15. Demonstrate and explain/teach 5 of your favourite techniques.
16. 1 minute stamina bouts on kick shields x 3.
17. 4 person attack.
18. 4 person attack with weapons.
19. CPR.
All of the above to be demonstrated both left & right handed.
The above syllabus allows for the student to use and adapt the techniques taught in the previous belts. We will be looking for clean, workable and direct techniques.