Junior Black Belt 1st dan (Shodan) Syllabus

1. 15 Straight Throws

• Hip Throw
• Half Shoulder
• Leg Throw
• Stamp Throw
• Inside Hock
• Cross Hock
• Rice Bale
• Body Drop
• Valley Drop
• Rear Throw
• Spring Hip Throw
• Head, Hip and Knee
• Dropping Version of a Body Drop
• Lapel and Shoulder Throw
• Front Scissors Throw

2. Seven Combination Throws

• Hip Throw to Stamp Throw
• Hip Throw to Leg Throw with Lock
• Shoulder Wheel to Reclining Leg Throw
• Body Drop to Front Scissors Throw
• Half Shoulder to Rice Bale
• Inside Hock to Lapel Throw
• Cross Hock to Rear Throw

3. X Block with Knee to Groin followed by Elbow to Head

4. Left and Right Upward Block to Throw

5. Use of the Palm Heel

• Left Cross Strike
• Right Cross Strike
• Upward Strike
• Combination Strike e.g. Cross Strike followed by Upward Strike
• Right and Left Block followed by Double Upward Strike

6. Use of the Elbow

• Cross Strike e.g. from Inside Block
• Upward Strike e.g. from Inside Block
• Back Strike e.g. From Outside Block
• Downward Strike e.g. from a Downward Blow
• Combination Strike e.g Body, body and Face

7. Use of the Bottom Fist

• Strike to Collar Bone
• Strike to Nose
• Strike to Temple
• Strike to back of Head
• Combination Strikes e.g. Collar Bone or Temple

8. Use of Knife Hand

• Single Strikes
• Combination Strikes

9. Using Inside Cross Block in Conjunction with a Throw

• e.g. Cross Block followed by Body Drop

10. Defence against Kicks

• Defences against a Front Kick (4)
• Defence against a Roundhouse Kick
• Defence against a Back Kick
• Defence against a Side Kick

11. Katas

• First Basic Blocking Kata
• Kicking Kata demonstrated left and right
• Basic Four Block Kata

12. Revision

13. General Anatomy

• Student to submit a completed written test.