Grading Syllabus
- This is a list of techniques that a student is required to demonstrate in
a grading.
- All techniques are listed by their Japanese names.
For a Glossary of Terms.
5th Kyu
- Irimi tenkan tai-sabaki
- Katate tori tenkan (tai no henko)
- Katate tori (ai hanmi) Irimi nage (jodan & gedan)
- Shomen uchi Irimi nage
- Katate tori (Gyaku Hanmi) Shiho-nage (omote & ura)
- Mune tsuki Kote gaeshi (tenkan
- Katate tori (ai hanmi) Ik-kyo (omote & ura)
- Shomen uchi Ik-kyo (omote & ura
- San nin gake Irimi nage
- Suwari waza Kokyu Ho
- Boken - Shiho giri (four directions shomen uchi
- Jo - First four movements of 22 series.
4th Kyu
5th Kyu techniques plus :
- Shomen uchi Ni-kyo (omote & ura)
- Shomen uchi Kote gaeshi
- Kata tori Ik-kyo (omote & ura)
- Kata tori Ni-kyo (omote & ura)
- Yokomen uchi Shiho nage
- Riyote tori Tenchi nage
- Ushiro Riyote tori 1st Kokyu nage
- Ushiro kubi shime San-kyo
- Ushiro ryo kata tori San-kyo
- San nin gake Irimi nage
- Suwari waza Kokyu Ho
- First twelve movements of jo kata
- First jo nage technique
3rd Kyu
5th Kyu and 4th Kyu techniques plus :
- Shomen uchi Ik-kyo to Yon-kyo (omote &
ura)
- Shomen uchi (suwari waza) Ik-kyo to Yon-kyo
(omote & ura)
- Shomen uchi Kote gaeshi
- Mune tsuki Irimi nage
- Katate tori Ik-kyo & Ni-kyo (omote &
ura)
- Riyote tori Shiho nage
- Riyote tori Kokyu nage (opening to
rear)
- Yokomen uchi Kokyu nage (opening to
rear)
- Yokomen uchi Shiho nage and Kokyu
nage
- Yokomen uchi Irimi nage (First two
ways)
- Yokomen uchi Kote gaeshi
- Katate tori Koshi nage
- Katate tori Kaiten nage (uchi &
soto)
- Ushiro ryote tori Ik-kyo
- Morote tori Ik-kyo (omote &
ura)
- Mune-tsuki kokyu nage
- Katate tori - jiyu waza
- San nin gake - jiyu waza
- Kokyu ho suwari waza
- 22 movements of jo kata
- First 3 sword counters
- First sword block and counter
- Tanto tori
- Mune tsuki Kote gaeshi
- Shomen uchi Kote gaeshi
- Ken tori and Jo tori
- Shomen uchi Kokyu nage - ken
- Shomen uchi Kokyu nage - jo
- Mune tsuki - Left and right - jo
2nd Kyu
5th to 3rd Kyu techniques plus :
- Morote tori Kote gaeshi
- Katate tori San-kyo (Two ways)
- Ushiro ryote tori San-kyo
- Ushiro ryo kata tori Ik-kyo
- Kata tori Ni-kyo changes to San-kyo
- Katate tori (gyaku hanmi) Irimi nage (jo dan & ge dan)
- Katate tori Kote gaeshi
- Shomen uchi Kaiten nage
- Mune tsuki Kaiten nage
- Ushiro ryo Katate tori Kaiten nage
- Shomen uchi Ik-kyo kaeshi-waza to Ik-kyo
- Kata tori shomen uchi Kokyu nage
- Morote tori Kokyu nage (arm break)
- Riyote tori Ik-kyo
- Katate tori Jiyuji nage
- Riyote tori Jiyuji nage
- Riyote tori ju waza
- Shomen uchi ju waza
- Katate tori Shiho nage (hanmi hantachi)
- Morote tori Shiho nage
- San nin gake
- Kokyu ho suwari-waza
- Jo nage techniques - two more
- Ken tori techniques
- Shomen uchi Kote gaeshi
- Yokomen uchi Shiho nage
- Jo tori techniques (at least three)
- Tanto tori techniques
- Yokomen uchi Shiho nage
- Yokomen uchi go-kyo
- Shomen uchi go-kyo
- Sword counters to sword attacks
- Jo counters to jo attacks
1st Kyu
5th to 2nd Kyu techniques plus:
- Katate tori Yon-kyo
- Katate tori Yon-kyo
- Kata tori Yon-kyo
- Morote tori Ik-kyo
- Morote tori Irimi nage (two ways)
- Yokomen uchi Irimi nage (omote)
- Kata tori shomen uchi Kokyu nage
- Morote tori Kokyu nage
- Morote tori Kokyu nage (2 attackers)
- Ushiro ryo kata tori Kokyu nage
- Ushiro hiji tori Kokyu nage
- Mune tsuki Jiyuji nage
- Katate tori Jiyuji nage
- Shomen uchi Jiyuji nage
- Yokomen uchi Jiyuji nage
- Ushiro riyote tori Kote gaeshi
- Ushiro riyote tori Kaiten nage
- Ushiro riyote tori Jiyuji nage
- Ushiro riyote tori Irimi nage
- Ushiro riyote tori Ik-kyo
- Ushiro riyote tori ju waza
- Katate tori ju waza
- Riyote tori ju waza
- Morote tori ju waza
- Kata tori Ni-kyo to Sankyo Kaeshi waza
- Morote tori Shiho nage
- Riyote tori Shiho nage (Hanmi hantachi)
- San nin gake
- Kokyu ho suwari waza
- Demonstrate free sword movements
- Demonstrate free jo movements
- Ju-waza against knife attacks
- Ju-waza against tanto, ken and jo
- Oral test
Dan Grades
For dan grades, all of the kyu techniques are required,
together with any other techniques requested.
- Shodan: Minimum of 1 year after 1st Kyu
- Nidan: Minimum of 3 years after 1st Dan
- Sandan: Minimum of 3 years after 2nd Dan
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