Syllabus - The Jitsu Foundation

SyllabusGRADING CONDITIONSNo changePLEASE NOTE THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE ASSESSED LEFT AND RIGHTHAND SIDE7 th Kyu (Yellow Belt)Students must have good style and control and basic knowledge of terminologya) Kneeling Ukemi katab) Standing Ukemi katac) Dangerous partsd) Defence against strangles from front and reare) Defence against hair and ear grabs from front and rearf) 3 Wrist locks (1-3, no put-downs)g) 3 Arm locks (1-3)h) 3 Throws: O soto gare, Ko soto gare, Ko soto gakei) Wrist grabs and releases (single handed)j) Bottle disarms from overhead and back hand attacksk) Introduction to defence in a “V”.l) KuzushiChanges:• Standing Ukemi to include peg-legs as introduction to hip throws• Standing Ukemi to omit drop• Ko soto gake• No kicks (introduced at orange and green)• Fewer armlocks and throws (hips throws omitted until orange)• Additional material i) , j) and l)6 th Kyu (Orange Belt)a) Ukemi: Drop, Over-the-belt, Side drop (kick-up and drop)b) 3 additional armlocks (4-6)c) Wristlocks (1-3) with full application and finish (does not includethrowing Ko te gaeshi)d) Defence against body grabs from front and reare) Defence against cosh, over-hand and back-handf) Three gatame waza holds (Keza, Kata, Yoko shiho-gatame)g) Five additional throws: O goshi, Ippon seio nage, Seio otoshi, Koshigaruma, Ko uchi gare from Mae gerih) Knowledge of the importance of warm-up and cool-down techniquesi) Kicks-Mae geri, Yoko geri.Changes:• No Head locks or leg locks yet, these come later• No Defences against knife (bottle for yellow, cosh for orange, knife forgreen)

• Less break falling (peg legs at yellow, over 2 people later, off-the-backlater)• Change in the throws• All arm locks now covered by orange5 th Kyu (Green Belt)a) Ukemi: Forwards over someone on all fours, off the back (all fours)b) Counters to arm-locks 1 to 3c) Headlocks 1 to 3 from punchesd) 2 hand to 2 hand wrist grabs fronte) 7 additional throws: Harai goshi, Tsuri komi goshi, Irime nage, Tai otoshi,O uchi gari (from kick), Uke goshi, Tane otoshif) Additional gatame waza holds (Ushiro yoko shiho, Kame shiho, Tate,Ushiro keza, Mune gatame)g) Six ground immobilisations incorporating arm-locks and wrist-locks(Introduced by DW)h) Defence in circlei) Basic knife and broken bottle defencesj) Hair, ear and strangle with full application and finishk) Kicks-Ushiro geri, Mae washi geriChanges• Advanced Ukemi not yet introduced (Cut-aways/Handstand-no-hands/Somersaults are replaced with assisted cut-aways (Towara gaeshi style at4 th kyu))• No counters to leg-locks until 2 nd kyu• Changes to throws (no sacrifice throws at this grade)• Head locks 1 to 3 introduced here4 th Kyu (Purple Belt)a) Headlocks 4 to 6 from punchesb) Counters to headlocks 1 to 3 (including Towara gaeshi)c) Ukemi: Hand standsd) Defence against a safety chaine) Defence against a Bokken (down to head-Ski comes in for Shodan)f) Defence against two attackers armed with bottles, grabbing wrists,straight punchesg) Counters to wrist-locks 1 to 3h) Counters to arm-locks 4 to 6i) Additional Hold-downs (Juje gatame, Ude garami, Ude gatame)j) Empi katak) Knife and broken bottle slash defencesl) Additional throws: O and Ko uchi gare from punches, Ko tomoe seio nage,Hane goshi, Ashi garuma, O garuma, Kuke nage, O soto otoshi, Yokootoshi, Towara gaeshi (for headlock 2 defence); Yama Arashi (bokken

defence)Changes• Advanced Ukemi being introduced here• Headlocks 4 to 6 included here plus the counters to 1 to 3, this includesTowara gaeshi (assisted “cut-away”/handstand)• No defence on the ground (comes for 3 rd kyu)• Introduction to sacrifice throws3rd Kyu (Light Blue Belt)a) Advanced Ukemi: Kick and drop (no support), over-the-belt (no support),off the back (leapfrog), pulling legs out into drop, forward rolls withextended height and distanceb) Counters to head locks 4 to 6c) Defence against two attackers armed with coshesd) Wrist lock throws from punch and knife attacks with full application andfinish demonstrating controle) 2 hand to 2 hand wrist grabs rearf) Knowledge of Shime waza (1-6 and counters)g) Cosh disarms (forehand and backhand)h) Full knowledge of gatame/osaekomi wazai) Defences to being grabbed around the neck from the rearj) Basic knowledge of Nage No Kata (Koshi Waza plus all names and groupnames)k) Introduction to grappling and defence on the ground against uprightattackers including take-downs.l) Defence against a metal chainm) Defence against a knife attack to the solar plexusn) Defence against 2 unarmed RANDOM attackerso) Additional throws: Tsode tsuri komi goshi, ko tsuri komi goshi, yokogaruma, drop knee seio nage, morote seio nage, uke o toshi, kote gaeshi(full application of wrist 1 with a turning movement-left until this gradefor safety), uchi mata, de ashi barai2nd Kyu (Dark Blue Belt)a) Advanced Ukemi-employing an assisted “cut-away” breakfall from ukeotoshib) Leg locks and leg lock countersc) Defence against grab and punchd) Defence against a baseball bate) Nage No Kata-(ashi waza)f) Cosh/baton work (use of cosh against unarmed attackers)g) Knowledge of First Aidh) Defence against knife body slashes

i) Additional throws: Yoko gake, Ushiro goshi, Ude garuma (“Charlie’sAngels”), Tomoe nage, Okuri ashi harai, Uke waza, Yoko wakara, Shihonage1st Kyu (Brown Belt)a) Advanced Ukemi-employing an assisted “cut-away” breakfall from Tomoenage when tori holds onb) Defence against any weapon e.g. cosh, knife, short and long dull-edgedsword, broken bottle, chair, knuckle duster, and chain incorporating singlestalking defences against sharp weaponsc) Defence at close quartersd) Full Knowledge of Nage No Kata (particularly Te waza, Mae sutemi waza,Yoko sutemi waza)e) Defence against two armed attackers (non-sharps only), including bokkenf) Defence against a kick-boxing style attack and boxerg) Additional Throw: O tsuri komi goshi, Kata garuma, O soto garuma, Hizagaruma, Sumi gaeshi, Sassae tsuri komi ashi, Harai tsuri komi ashi, Sukenageh) Full knowledge of “Judo” competition rules