Ju Jitsu gradings (+BJJ,Judo etc)

[iolair]

What's your club's format for gradings?

 

I just took my first ever Ju Jitsu grading... it went liket this:

 

The examining board sat at a table at one side of the mats, the candidates sat on the adjacent side waiting their turn (after we had all warmed up together).

 

As I was newest and therefore going for the lowest grade there, I was up first! We went up in pairs, so that we could Uke for the other candidate. The other candidate and I then were then asked to go through the following...

 

- Breakfalls

 

- Punching Basics (we use Western Boxing punches)

 

- Kicks (a senior grade came up to hold the kicking shield)

 

- Disengagements (which for me was two defences against a rear strangle, three against a front collar grab).

 

- Locks (my weak point - haven't been in the club enough time to learn many of these fluently yet!)

 

- Throws

 

- Blocks

 

They then take a few minutes to make their decisions - although we didn't find out what they were until they'd graded the final candidates.

 

You get a mark out of ten for each section, based on the range of knowledge and the quality of techniques... (I got 4 out of 10 for locks, 8 or 9 for everything else). A 70% overall mark means you've passed the grade you're going for.

 

Although our instructor's a black belt (don't know what Dan), our heads of style come down for the gradings (once a year) - they are 8th Dan and 6th Dan.

 

(P.S. Got the Yellow Belt I was going for )