SEN RAN JU JITSU KAI GRADING SYLLABUS

8th Kyu - Red Belt
Dojo Etiquette.
Ukemi (breakfalls) - Front, Side and Rear.
Escapes from wrist holds - Front and Rear. One or both Wrists held - one or two handed attack - same side and cross grip - plain or inverted grip.

7th Kyu - Yellow Belt
All previous grade syllabus.
Escapes from Front finger strangulations and Rear finger and forearm (Hadaka-jime) Strangulations.
Escapes from Front, Side and Rear Bear-hugs - arms free and pinned.

6th Kyu - Orange Belt
All previous grade syllabus.
Simple "block and blow" defences against hook punch and cosh attacks.
Defences against kick attacks.
Defences against head chancery, front and rear, and against full - and half-nelson.

5th Kyu - Green Belt
All previous grade syllabus.
Escapes from lapel holds - one or two handed attacks, with or without punch or head-butt.
Defences against rear shoulder grip, one or two handed, with and without punch, same side and cross grip attacks.
Defences against hair grabs, front and rear.

4th Kyu - Purple Belt
All previous grade syllabus.
Defences against a straight punch to the face, (minimum of 5 simple techniques).
Defences against low punch to the stomach, (minimum of 5 simple techniques).
Minimum of 5 defences incorporating throwing techniques.
Uke-no-kata.

3rd Kyu - Blue Belt
All previous grade syllabus using combination techniques - blocks, blows, throws, kicks, nerve point attacks, immobilizations and standing controls.

2nd Kyu - Brown Belt
All previous grade syllabus.
Defences against knife attacks, downward and thrusting stabs, slashing and "hold-up" attacks.
Defences against two-man attacks, one holding, one attacking.

1st Kyu - Brown Belt, one red tag
All previous grade syllabus.
Defences against "hold-up" pistol attacks, front and rear.
Defences against three-man attacks, two holding, one attacking.
Defence against line up. Minimum of five attackers.
Embu of five attacks each.