Brown belt
From AKBAN-wiki, the Martial Arts Database
| Budo Ninjutsu Grade requirements |
| Yellow belt |
| Orange belt |
| Green belt |
| Blue belt |
| Brown belt |
| Black belt first dan |
| Black belt second dan |
The brown belt test should be examined both by the instructor and the AKBAN hub.
Fitness
Endurance
- Five minutes randori performed after 10km. run.
Strength
Flexibility
- Split legs, head 40 cm from the mattress
- Soles of feet together, head 35 cm from the feet
Sabaki - movement
Kaiten - rolls and Ukemi - falls
- Tobikomi kaiten - Jumping front roll, above a kneeling person
- Mae tobi kaiten - From standing position, jump backwards and roll
- Oten - cartwheel on one hand
- Shoten - climbing, leaping and rolling
Sabaki - evasion
- Happo tenchi tobi - 10 directions jumping sabaki
- At least 10 hours (accumulated) of outside running
Daken - strikes
Geri - kicks
- Kinteki sokushi geri, groin kick
- Ono geri - axe kick to head
- Tobi ushiro sokugyaku geri
- Mae tobi sokugyaku geri
- Tobi geri taihen, jump and kick with both legs
Keri kaishi - leg blocks
- Muko zune geri, shin hits back of thigh
- Muko zune geri, shin hits back of thigh, 5th tai sabaki
- Yoko take ori, block with sole the opponent's shin
- Sukugyaku geri, against spining kick, to the opponent's hip
Blocks
- All the blocks of the previous grades
Nage waza, throws
All must end with submission, control or a decisive daken.
No gi throws
- Ura nage, ushiro - suplex
- Ura nage
- Kani basami
- Obi tori gaeshi
Nage waza, Gi throws
Katame waza - grappling techniques
Kansetsu-waza (関節技): joint locks
- Oyayubi kudaki, break thumb
- Chiisai kudaki, break little finger
- Yubi kudaki, break fingers
- All the arm locks kata of brown belt
Hodoki – holds and releases
Ne-waza: ground techniques
Osaekomi-waza (押込技): pins or holds
- Juji gatame, from two positions
- Ude garame, from two positions
- Umapalate
- Oni kudaki, from two positions
Hitting
- Ken, to all levels, from all grabs
- Empi, to all levels, from all grabs
- Hiza, knee, from Yoko shiho gatame, from Kami shiho gatame
- Kikaku ken, from all positions except Kami shiho gatame
- Shi ken, bitting
- Kyushu, pressure points
Kata
Kansetsu-waza (関節技): joint locks
Gyokko Ryu
Koto Ryu
Kukishinden Ryu
Togakure Ryu
Takagi Yoshin Ryu
Fudo Ryu
Buki, Weapons and Mutto dori, Empty hand against weapons
Tento, Knife
- Three kata from the black book
Hanbo, Short stick
Tachi - sword
- 3 Obi AKBAN kata, from belt
- 2 Kutsu AKBAN kata, from shoe
- Kage no itto, AKBAN
- Kusa nagi no ken, Katori
Mutto dori, Empty hand against weapons
Randori
- Kansetsu waza randori
- Tsubute sabaki, evading thrown knives
- Nage waza randori, resisting throws
- No gi full contact randori
Okugi shetah for brown belts - Outside
- To be prescribed by instructor.
Seishin teki kyo yo
- 20 minutes zazen
General requirements
- Zan shin - during randori.
Bibliography
- Art of war, Son Tsu
- The methodical pyramid, AKBAN
Okuden
- Mondo
- First, second and third timings

