Belt Requirements- Please note that our belt requirements are fluid. When testing, you may be required to know other techniques. Also, our club trains a great deal of Ne Waza and so the number of ground techniques required reflects this.

Yellow Belt Minimum Requirements

Terminology
Founder of judo – Jigoro Kano
Founding date – 1882
Judo school he started – Kodokan
Teacher – Sensei
Uniform – Judo gi
Judo belt – obi
Free exercise – Randori
Pivoting body movement(turning motion) – Taisbaki
off balancing technique – Kuzushi

Throws
o-soto-gari (major outer reaping)
o-uchi-gari (major inner reaping)
o-goshi (major hip throw)
ippon-seoi-nage (one arm shoulder throw)
morote-seoi-nage (two arm shoulder throw)
one throw of your pick

Mat techniques
kesa-gatame (scarf hold)
yoko-shiho-gatame (side-four corner hold)
Escape from both pins
One armbar
One choke

Know how to tie your obi
Know how to fall properly both left and right

Orange Belt Minimum Requirements

Terminology
Full point – ippon
Half point – waza-ari
quarter point – yuko
eighth point – koka
Begin match – hajime
stop match – matte
hold time starts – osaekomi
throwing person – tori
being thrown person – uke
Judo player – judoka

Throws
ko-uchi-gari (minor inner reaping)
-demonstrate on the move
-reap from back of heal toward toes
de-ahsi-barai (advancing foot sweep)

koshi-guruma (loin wheel)
-feet between the legs of uke
-point fingers in circular movement as throw
sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi (propping ankle foot throw)
-propping foot on ankle

okuri-ashi-barai (sliding foot sweep)
-sweep both feet
-push in uke’s rt arm more with each step
tani-otoshi (valley drop)
-tori step completely around

Mat techniques (newaza)
kami-shiho-gatame (upper four corner hold)
kata-gatame (shoulder hold)
tate-shiho-gatame (vertical four corner hold)
2 escapes from yoko-shiho-gatame
3 escapes from kesa-gatame
2 armbars
2 chokes (including hadaka-jime (rear naked choke) or kuzure-hadaka-jime (modified naked choke))

Green Belt(yonkyu) Minimum Requirements

Terminology
Judo practice place – dojo
attention – kiyotsuke
think – makso
bow – rei
contest – shiai
form practicing(fitting in) – uchikomi
natural standing posture – shizentai
defensive standing posture – jigotai
eight directions of Kuzushi:
-back, backright, backleft, right, left
-foward, fowardright, fowardleft

Throws (Tachi-waza)

tsuri-komi-goshi (lift pull hip throw)
-right arm up as straight as possible
uki-goshi (floating hip throw)
-feet at a T
tai-otoshi (body drop)
-propping leg below uke’s knee
harai-goshi (sweeping hip throw)
-uke goshi with a sweep
hane-goshi (spring hip throw)
-left support foot deep
tomoe-nage (stomach throw)
-tori takes two steps back and 1 foward
morote-gari (double leg sweep)
-tori takes both uke’s legs around back of knees
-put shoulder into uke’s stomach
-push back with shoulder and pull with arms

Mat techniques
ushiro-kesa-gatame (reverse scarf hold)
kuzure-kami-shiho-gatame (modified upper four corner hold)
1 guard pass
escapes from all pins
Ude Garami, Juji Gatame, and 1 other armbar
Sankaku Jime, Hadaka Jime and 2 other chokes

List of competition record

Any technique shown at our dojo

Brown Belt(Sankyu) Minimum Requirements

Throws (tachi-waza)
de-ashi-harai (advancing foot sweep)
-3 steps first uke right foot back
hiza-guruma (knee wheel)
-right support foot turned
ko-sota-gari (minor outer reap)
-same kusushi as o-soto-gari
uchi-mata (inner thigh)
-sweep the right inner thigh
-sweep leg above your waist
kata-guruma (shoulder wheel)
-tori 3 steps back changing hand on second
-left arm should go out straight during throw
-keep back straight
sumi-gaeshi (corner throw)
-tomoe-nage type from jigotai tori rt foot back
- second step sliding feet together and down
uki-waza (floating trick)
-from jigotai tori 3 steps back last sliding in and out
- when tori drops turn 90 degrees to uke
uki-otoshi (floating drop)
-first of the kata
-tori 3 steps back
ushiro-goshi (rear hip throw)
-uke goes into koshi guruma
-hips into back
sumi-otoshi (corner drop)
-similar to o-soto-gari
utsuri-goshi (transfer of the hips)
-uke goes into koshi guruma
-bounce uke on hips then step around to throw
sukui-nage (scooping throw)
-uke goes into a koshi guruma
-catch front of both legs with hands

Chokes (shime-waza)
okuri-eri-jime (sliding lapel choke)
kata-ha-jime (single wing choke)
nami-juji-jime (normal(thumbs down) cross lock choke)
kata-juji-jime (half cross lock choke)
gyaku-juji-jime (reverse cross lock choke)

Arm Locks
ude-garami (entangled armlock)
-uke’s arm bent up
juji-gatame (cross armlock)
-upper foot in tight to the neck
ude-gatame (forearm armlock)
-uke reaches for a choke with one arm