Grading
As with the rest
of the club our Youth and Senior session caters for both recreational
and competitive players, from Beginners to International medalists.
Chris Mockridge,
was the clubs first male Dan grade, has recently won his 3rd
Dan. Lorna Gibbins is our newest Dan grade.
British Judo has
recently adopted a Theory grading system, from Red-Brown,
with a chose of Competitive or Technical Dan grades (Black
Belt) details of which are below;
The
Kyu Grading System
Players from age
15 years upwards follow the British Judo Kyu grading scheme.
From 1st Aprl 2008 Novice to 1st Kyu theory grades, these
can be gained “in house” and tests are carried
out by the coaching team.
- Red belt:
Novice, 6th Kyu
- Yellow belt:
5th Kyu.
- Orange belt:
4th Kyu.
- Green belt:
3rd Kyu.
- Blue belt:
2nd Kyu.
- Brown
belt: 1st Kyu.
Kyu
Grading Syllabus Kyu
Grade record of achievement
Senior
Kyu Grade Syllabus Pictorial Guide
Dan
Grades
A player must be
at least 15 years before they can begin to fight for points
for their black belt. Points can be gained at either gradings
or “point scoring” competitions. For every Ippon
win a player receives 10 points, depending on their age, depends
on the number of points needed. Alternatively they can face
a “line up”, this is where they fight 4 people
consecutively, if they win all their fights they are awarded
their black belt, 1st Dan. The process repeats through to
5th Dan.
Dan
Grading Syllabus
Red & White
belts 6th Dan to 9th Dan, these are awarded for services to
judo.
10th is the highest,
it is a white knotted belt, showing the full circle from the
beginner belt through to the highest grade (this grade is
very rare).
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