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JudoGradingRequirementsforKids,

Teens&Adults

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‘"Itisnotimportanttobebetterthansomeoneelse,buttobebetterthanyesterday."

-KanoJigoro


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TableofContentsWhoweare………………………………………….………………………………………….……Page4HistoryofJudo…………………………………………………………….………………………Page5Gradingoverview…………….………………………………………….………………………..Page6Gradingelements………………………………………….……………………………………..Page7Juniorgradingrequirements……………………….…………………………………….Page9Seniorgradingrequirements……………………….…………………………………….Page10Generalknowledgequestions………………………………………….……………………Page11TheGokyonowaza……………...………………………………………….……………………Page12References…………………………………………………………………………….…………….Page13Notes………………………………….……………………………………………….…………….Page14


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WhoweareOurvision

Helpingourstudentsachievetheirfullpotentialbothonandoffthetrainingmat.

Missionstatement

BeyondGrapplingClubfocusesonprovidingourstudentswithhighlevel,uptodateJudoandBrazilianJiuJitsuTechniquesinafunfamilyfriendlyenvironment.

OurValuesHonesty-Beinghonestonandoffthemat

Respect - Being respectful of one another andtreatingotherslikewewouldliketobetreated.

Dedication - To develop students who valuehard work, dedication and perseverance toachieveagoal.

Leadership - To develop leaders who impacttheircommunityinapositiveway

Growth-Todevelopindividualswhopushthemselvesoutoftheircomfortzoneandsearchforwaystoimproveandgrowaspeopleandgrapplers.

CodeofConductAtalltimes,aBGCathletemust:

• abidebytheBGCrules;• havenoegoonthemats;• respecttrainingpartners,coachesandteammates;• practicetechniqueswithcontrolandcooperation;• controltheirtemper(bullyingandphysicaloutburstsarenottolerated);• beclean,hygienicandvoidofbadbodyodour(thisincludestrimmed

fingernailsandtoenails);• trainincleanandappropriateattire;• neverusefoullanguage;• applysubmissionswithextremecareandcontrol;• reportallaccidentsandinjuriesaccordingly;• listenwhilethecoachisteaching


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HistoryofJudoJudo, meaning “gentle way” is a contemporarymartial art founded in 1882 by Professor JigoroKano.Asaboy,Kanowasanundersized,slender,weak,and sickly child with one sickness after another.Against his doctor's advice, Kano decided to dosomething to improvehishealthandat thesametimelearnhowtodefendhimselfagainstbullies.It was during these times that Kano began acomprehensive and systematic study of variousforms of jujitsu. Around 1880 Kano startedrethinkingandmodifyingthejujitsutechniqueshehadlearned.Hesawthatbyremoving the ‘strengthbased’ techniquesand focusingon leverage, timingandpositioning a smaller person could overcome a bigger, stronger opponent. AsKanocombinedthebesttechniquesofvariousschoolsintoonesystemhecouldcreated aphysical educationprogram that embodiesbothmental andphysicalskill. In addition, he believed that the techniques could be practiced as acompetitivesportifthemoredangeroustechniqueswereomitted.So,in1882hemodifiedmanyofthetraditionalthrowsandremovedthefootandhandstrikesandintroduced,‘KanoJiujitsu’otherwiseknownas‘KodokanJudo’,totheworld.TherearethreecoreprinciplestoJudo:MutualwelfaremutualbenefitJudoisforeveryone.Themostimportantpersononthematisyourtrainingpartner.ThereforeweshouldpracticeinawaywhereweareallgrowingasJudoka.MaximumefficiencyminimumeffortEssentially“Techniqueovercomespower.”Beingabletothrowabiggerpersonthroughthecorrectuseofleverage,timingandpositioningiswhatweallaimtoachieve.AdaptabilityBothinJudoandinlifeweneedtobeabletoadapttowhatisthrownatus.ThisisanessentialpartofJudotraining,randoriandshiai..


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GradingOverviewThis document explains BGC’s policies andprocedures around children, teenage and adultJudograding requirements.This includeshowourbelt system exists alongside the Judo Australiasystem as well as the techniques, concepts andknowledgeneededtoachieveeachbelt.Our Judo grading system is multilayered andrequiresahighlevelofskilltoachieveeachgrade.Ifastudentfailstheir initialgrading, theyareabletore-assessatalaterdate.

Agradingwillbeheldat theendof each term forkids and teens and occasionally when an adultreachestherequiredskilllevel.

A student may pass over a few stripes if theydemonstrate an advanced level of skill, dedication, teamwork, competitionresults or overall technical proficiency and consistent behaviour throughoutclassesandhasdonetheappropriatetimeingrade.

BGC’sJudogradingsystemconsidersastudent’sabilitytodemonstratethefollowingelements:

• financialmemberofBGCwithnooutstandingfees• adherencetotheBGCCodeofConduct;• generalknowledgeoftheartofJudoexpectedoftheirlevel;• safelyexecutingtechniques;• variouspinningpositions,sweepsandescapesfromdifferentpositions• varioussubmissionsfortherequiredbeltandagelevel• variousthrowsincludingcountersandcombinations• possibledemonstrationofpartialorcompletenagenokata(dependingon

thestudentslevel)• havespenttheminimumtimeingradefortherequiredbelt• overalltechnicalandsparringproficiency;


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GradingElementsAdherencetotheBGCCodeofConduct

A student’s adherence to the BGC Code of Conductwill be considered in theirgrading.Astudentwhocontinuouslydemonstratesan inabilitytodosowillbeadvisedaccordingly,andmaynotbeconsideredforgradinguntiltheirbehaviourisadjusted.

DemonstratedknowledgeofJudoexpectedoflevel

A studentmust be able to demonstrate knowledge of Judo that is expected oftheirlevel.Thisincludesbeingabletodemonstrateatechniqueuponrequest,aswellasduringlivesparring(asobservedbythecoachesduringclasses).SafeexecutionofJudotechniques

Safe execution of Judo techniques is crucial to keeping an injury–free trainingenvironment.AstudentmustbeabletodemonstratetheirabilitytoexecuteJudotechniquessafely,withoutapotentialtocauseinjurytothemselvesandothers.

Tachiwaza

Throwsandtakedowns(nagewaza)

Students will still be required to demonstrate a number of throws andtakedownsinbothstaticandmovingscenarios.Thesethrowswillbetakenfromthefirst40throwsofthegokyo.Videoofthesearepostedontheclubwebsite.

Inaddition to staticandmoving techniques studentsmaybeasked toperformcounters(kaeshiwaza)andcombinations(renrakuwaza)aswell.

Newaza

Pinningpositions(osaekomiwaza)Pinning and holding positions are two of the key elements of effective Judo.Students must be able to explain and demonstrate a number of pinningtechniquesexpectedoftheirlevel.Thisincludesvariationsofyokoshihogatame,kesagatame, tate shihogatameetc.Asgradingadvances, studentswillneed todemonstrate their ability to move from one holding technique to anotherwithoutthereleaseofpressurefromtheopponent.

Escapes(nogarekata)

Escapingvariousgrapplingholds frombothgroundandstandingpositions isaveryimportantelementofeffectiveJudoandself-defence.Studentsmustbeabletodemonstrateanumberofescapesfromvariousholdsandpins.Thisincludesescapingyokoshihogatame,tateshihogatame,kesagatameetc

Sweeps(hairikata)

Sweeping is another key element of effective Judo. Students must be able todemonstrateanumberofsweepsfromguardaswellasguardpassing.


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Strangles&Chokingtechniques(shimewaza)

Depending on the students age they may be asked to demonstrate anunderstandingofbothchokingandstrangulationtechniques.Studentswillneedto show control when applying these techniques from positions such as backcontrol,tateshihogatameandguard.Additionally,studentswillneedtobeabletorecogniseanunconsciousopponentandwhattodointhissituation(thisisapossibility,althoughveryunlikelyifpropertrainingetiquetteispractised).Jointlockingtechniques(kansetsuwaza)

Dependingonthestudent’sagetheymaybeaskedtodemonstrateanumberofJointlockingtechniquesexpectedoftheirlevel.Theseincludearmbarsandfromvariouspositionssuchasturtle,yokoshihogatamegatameandbackcontrol.

TappingoutThemostimportantthingtodemonstrate,beforeanysubmissionortakedown,isastudent’sability toeffectively ‘tapout’.Tappingout isvery importantandallstudentsmustdemonstratetheirabilitytotapoutoncetheyhavebeenplacedinsubmissionstheycannotescape.

Tappingoutsafelyincludesusingvariouswaystoletourtrainingpartnersknowwe’vehadenough.Thisincludesverballysaying‘tap’,andphysicallytappingouropponentsandthemats,usingbothhandsandfeet.

Randori(Sparringability)and‘flowing’Inadditiontotechnicalproficiencyintachiwazaandnewaza,theabilitytosparsafely and effectivelymust be demonstrated. Judo is amartial art, sport and aself–defence strategy, and therefore the ability to execute techniques in liverandoriisagreatdemonstrationofastudent’sabilitylevel.

Equallyimportantistheabilityto ‘flow’withatrainingpartner,especiallywithsomeone that is at a lower level or has lesser bodyweight. This is a greatdemonstrationoftechnicalproficiencyandwillbeconsideredingrading.

Nagenokata

As students reach the blue belt and above they will need to learn anddemonstrate a number of sets of the nage no kata. This traditional kata is anoverviewofthefundamentalaspectofJudo.


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JuniorGradingRequirements

BeltMinimum

age

Throws

Holddowns

Armbars

Strangles

Combos

Counters

Nagenokata

GuardPasses

Sweeps/Turnovers

Escapes

Mintimeingrade

(months)

WhiteBeltupto2stripes 4 1 1

WhiteBeltBlackTip 1 1

White/Yellowupto2stripes 6 2 1

White/YellowBlackTip 3 3

YellowBeltupto2stripes 7 3 3 1 1

YellowBlackTip 4 1 1 1

Yellow/Orange 8 6 2 1 1

Yellow/OrangeBlackTip 8 3 2 1

OrangeBeltupto2stripes 9 10 3 2 2

OrangeBlackTip 11 4

Orange/Greenupto2stripes 10 12 4 1 3 3

Orange/GreenBlackTip 18 4 2 3 3

GreenBeltupto3stripes 11 24 5 1 2 2 1 1

GreenBlackTip 12 28 6 3 1 1 3 3 312

months

Blueupto3stripes 14 32 6 3 1 1 1 2 4 36

months

BlueBlacktip 28 6 4 4 2 2 1-2 2 4 312

months

Brown 15 32 6 6 6 4 4 1-3 6 6 49-12months

BrownBlackTip 40 6 8 6 6 6 1-5 6 6 4

BlackBelt AccordingtotheJudoAustraliaSyllabusSystem


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SeniorGradingSyllabusTemplate

BeltMinimum

age

Throws

Holddowns

Armbars

Strangles

Combos

Counters

Nagenokata

GuardPasses

Sweeps/Turnovers

Escapes

Mintimeingrade

(months)

YellowBelt 8 4 2 2 2 2

OrangeBelt 16 4 2 2 2 2 2

GreenBelt 24 6 4 4 4 4 412

months

BlueBelt 32 7 5 5 4 4 1-3 4 4 412

months

BrownBelt 40 8 6 6 5 5 1-3 4 6 49-12months

BlackBelt AccordingtotheJudoAustraliaSyllabusSystem


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GeneralKnowledgequestionsThesequestionsmaybeaskedduringyourexamination:

• WhatdoesJudomean?• WhoinventedJudo?• WhatartdidJudocomefrom?• WherewasthefoundingcityofJudo?• WhatisaJudoplayercalled?• Whatisthetrainingplacecalled?• Whatisthesignificanceofabow?• Whatisyourbeltcalled?• WhatisyourJudouniformcalled?• HowcanyouwinaJudomatch?• Whataresomeillegalmovesincompetition?• Demonstratehowtotieyourbelt.• Demonstratehowtofoldyourgi.• Basicdojohygienequestions.• ExplainthebasicrulesofsportJudo.• Whatisthedifferencebetweenachokeandastrangle?• Whatisthedifferencebetweenanarmbarandanarmlock?• Whatisthesafestwaytotapout?• Whatdoyoudoifsomeonefallsunconscious?• Whatarethe3elementstoathrow?


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TheGokyonowaza Throwsincluded

1stset De-ashi-barai,Hiza-guruma,Sasae-tsurikomi-ashi,Uki-goshi,Osoto-gari,O-goshi,Ouchi-gari,Seoi-nage

2ndset Kosoto-gari,Kouchi-gari,Koshi-guruma,Tsurikomi-goshi,Okuri-ashi-barai,Tai-otoshi,Harai-goshi,Uchi-mata

3rdset Kosoto-gake,Tsuri-goshi,Yoko-otoshi,Ashi-guruma,Hane-goshi,Harai-tsurikomi-ashi,Tomoe-nage,Kata-guruma

4thset Sumi-gaeshi,Tani-otoshi,Hane-makikomi,Sukui-nage,Utsuri-goshi,O-guruma,Soto-makikomi,Uki-otoshi

5thset Osoto-guruma,Uki-waza,Yoko-wakare,Yoko-guruma,Ushiro-goshi,Ura-nage,Sumi-otoshi,Yoko-gake

Othertechniques:

Osaekomiwaza

Kuzurekesagatame,Katagatame,Kamishihogatame,Kuzurekamishihogatame,Yokoshihogatame/Munegatame,Tateshihogatame,Kesagatame,Uragatame,Ukigatame,Sankakugatame

Shimewaza Namijujijime,Gyakujujijime,Katajujijime,Hadakajime,Okurierijime,Katahajime,Sodegurumajime,Katatejime,Ryotejime,Tsukkomijime,Sankakujime,

Kansetsuwaza

Udegarami,Udehishigijujigatame,Udehishigiudegatame,Udehishigihizagatame,Udehishigiwakigatame,Udehishigiharagatame,Ashigarami,Udehishigiashigatame,Udehishigitegatame,Udehishigisankakugatame,Ashisankakugarami


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References• BeyondGrapplingClubCodeofConduct:

www.Beyondgrapplingclub.com(accessed3rdJuly2018)

• JudoAustralianGradingsyllabushttps://www.ausjudo.com.au(accessed7thJuly2018)

• HistoryofJudohttps://judoinfo.com/jhist4/(accessed3rdJuly2018)

• HistoryofJudohttp://www.worldjudoday.com/en/The-History-of-Judo-55.html(accessed3rdJuly2018)


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Notes:

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