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