BAA Youth Syllabus

This is a guideline of the BAA Youth Syllabus for young people aged from 10 to 15 years of age. Young people aged 16 and above should be graded using the Senior Kyu Grade syllabus.

The BAA policy is that young people cannot grade to Dan grade (black belt) until they have completed at least 9 months as Senior 2nd Kyu.

6th Kyu – White Belt
	Core Skills	Techniques	Application
	Unsoku (complete) Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll	Randori-no-kata (1–5)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate)
1 Mon	Unsoku Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll	Randori-no-kata (1–6)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate)
2 Mon	Unsoku Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll	Randori-no-kata (1–7)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate)
3 Mon	Unsoku Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll	Randori-no-kata (1–8)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate)
5th Kyu – Yellow Belt
	Core Skills	Techniques	Application
	Unsoku Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll	Randori-no-kata (1–10)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate)
1 Mon	Unsoku Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll	Randori-no-kata (1–11)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate)
2 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo (1 set) Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll	Randori-no-kata (1–12)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate)
3 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo (2 sets) Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll	Randori-no-kata (1–13)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate)
4th Kyu – Orange Belt (maximum conversion grade from junior syllabus)
	Core Skills	Techniques	Application
	Unsoku Tandoku-undo (3 sets) Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall	Randori-no-kata (1–15)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate)
1 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo (4 sets) Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall	Randori-no-kata (1–15) Randori-no-kata (1-5 opposite side to usual performance)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate)
2 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo (complete) Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall Shikko	Randori-no-kata (1–15) Randori-no-kata (1-6 opposite side to usual performance)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate)
3 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall Shikko	Randori-no-kata (1–16) Randori-no-kata (1-8 opposite side to usual performance)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate)
3rd Kyu – Green Belt
	Core Skills	Techniques	Application
	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall Shikko	Randori-no-kata (complete) Randori-no-kata (1-10 opposite side to usual performance)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate)
1 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall, Kota-Gaeshi (Left or Right) Shikko	Randori-no-kata (complete) Randori-no-kata (1-12 opposite side to usual performance) Randori-no-kata-no-ura-waza (1-3) Shichi-hon (first 2 techniques)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate)
2 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall, Kota-Gaeshi (Left or Right) Shikko	Randori-no-kata (complete) Randori-no-kata (1-14 opposite side to usual performance) Randori-no-kata-no-ura-waza (1-5) Shichi-hon (first 4 techniques)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate)
3 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall, Kota-Gaeshi (Left or Right) Shikko	Randori-no-kata (complete) Randori-no-kata (1-16 opposite side to usual performance) Randori-no-kata-no-ura-waza (1-8) Shichi-hon (first 6 techniques) Suwari-Waza (any 2 techniques)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate)
2nd Kyu – Blue Belt (minimum age 12)
	Core Skills	Techniques	Application
	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall, Kota-Gaeshi (Left or Right) Shikko	Randori-no-kata (right or left) Randori-no-kata-no-ura-waza (complete) Shichi-hon (all 7 technique) Suwari-Waza (any 4 techniques)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate) 1 Counter (from tanto) 1 Combination (from tanto) Hikitatigieko – Tanto (passive)
1 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall, Kota-Gaeshi (Left or Right) Shikko	Randori-no-kata (right or left) Randori-no-kata (1-5 from any grasp) Randori-no-kata-no-ura-waza (complete) Di-yon (1-9) Suwari-Waza (any 4 techniques)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate) 2 Counters (from tanto) 2 Combinations (from tanto) Hikitatigieko – Tanto (passive)
2 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall, Kota-Gaeshi (Left or Right) Shikko	Randori-no-kata (right or left) Randori-no-kata (1-10 from any grasp) Randori-no-kata-no-ura-waza (complete) Di-yon (1-11) Suwari-Waza (any 4 techniques)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate) 3 Counters (from tanto) 3 Combinations (from tanto) Hikitatigieko – Tanto (passive)
3 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall, Kota-Gaeshi (Left or Right) Shikko	Randori-no-kata (right or left) Randori-no-kata (1-15 from any grasp) Randori-no-kata-no-ura-waza (complete) Di-yon (1-13) Di-san (first 6 techniques)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate, Yokomen, Gyakumen & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate) 4 Counters (from tanto) 4 Combinations (from tanto) Hikitatigieko – Tanto (passive)
1st Kyu – Brown Belt (14 years of age before continuation)
	Core Skills	Techniques	Application
	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward breakfall, backward roll, forward roll, forward rolling breakfall, Kota-Gaeshi (Left or Right)	Randori-no-kata (right or left) Randori-no-kata (from any grasp) Randori-no-kata-no-ura-waza (complete) Di-yon (1-14) Di-san (first 8 techniques)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate, Yokomen, Gyakumen & Tanto) Nin in dori (Shomen-ate) 5 Counters (from tanto) 5 Combinations (from tanto) Hikitatigieko – from Tanto (Active) & Toshu.