Blue belt
Blue belt grade in Budo Ninjutsu (2nd kyu) concentrates the martial and physical requirments in the Akban martial arts school in Israel. These requirements form the guidelines of each test and are to be added to, but not substracted from by the testers.
The tests in Akban form an important point in the maturation process of the martial arts trainees in Akban.
Fitness
Endurance
- Eight minutes randori.
Strength
- Withstanding fist attack to the body.
Flexibility
- Split legs, head 30 cm from the mattress
- Butterfly position Soles of feet together, head 30 cm from the feet
Sabaki - movement
Kaiten - rolls and Ukemi - falls
- Koho tobi kaiten - turning jumping roll
- Zenpo tenkai - forward handspring
- Koho tenkai, back handspring
- Oten - Cartwheel
Sabaki - evasion
- Diagonal bacward jump from seza
- Diagonal bacward jump from fudoza
- Yoko tobi aruki - Jumping side step
- Naname ushiro sabaki - Diagonaly back from fudoza
Daken - strikes
Geri - kicks
- Mawashi to heart, jumping to the side
- Mawashi geri to the head
- Ura mawashi geri
- Ushiro geri
- Knee to hips
Ken, Punches
Nage waza, throws
All must end with submission, control or a decisive daken
No gi throws
* Yoko sutemi
- Morote geri, one leg
- Soto Makikomi
Nage waza, Gi throws
All must end with submission, control or a decisive daken
- Tomoe nage
- Tomoe nage - Togakure ryu
- Dashi barai
- Hiza guruma
- Yoko sutemi
- Harai goshi kukishin
- Tai otoshi
Katame waza - grappling techniques
Shime-waza (絞技): chokes or strangles
- Kata jime, on your back, ankles press the opponent's neck
Hodoki – holds and releases
Kansetsu-waza (関節技): joint locks
- Take ori
- Ura take ori
- Hon gyaku jime
- Ura gosha dori
- Teki otoshi
- Kote shibori, Musha dori starting from pass below opponents hand
- Kakae hiji dori - first policemen hold
- Second policmen hold
- Oya goroshi
- Ko goroshi
- Third policemen hold
Ne-waza: ground techniques
Osaekomi-waza (押込技): pins or holds
- Changing base between all Gatame waza
Kata
Gyokko Ryu
Kukishinden Ryu
Takagi Yoshin Ryu
Fudo Ryu
Buki, Weapons and Mutto dori, Empty hand against weapons
Tento, Knife
Gyokku ryu mutto dori
Hanbo, Short stick
Kukishinden ryu
Tachi - sword
- Jodan no kamae
- Gedan no kamae
- Ichi no kamae
- Hasso no kamae
- Kasumi no kamae
- In no tachi
- Zudan no kamae
Mutto dori - empty hands against weapon
- Ni ban no kata, gun
- Mawashi dori (Takagi yoshin ryu)
- Iaifuji (Gyokku ryu)
Randori
- From nage waza to ne waza, hitting is allowed
- Stand up with boxing gloves and shin protectors. good technique is essential.
- Tai sabaki against free knife attacks.
Okugi shetah for blue belts - Outside
- To be prescribed by instructor.
Seishin teki kyo yo
- 15 minutes zazen
General requirements
- Zan shin - during randori.
- Breathing attention, precision, decisiveness.
Okuden
- Understanding basic duties to Dojo and instructor.
- Understanding role in society.
