Yellow belt

Yellow belt grade in Budo Ninjutsu (5th 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

Strength

• 10 Push ups.
• 20 Ab crunch

Flexibility

• Touch toe tips while sitting with straight legs
• Optional: maintain low squat position with heels touching the floor

Endurance

• 4 minutes of Ground randori

Sabaki - movement

Kaiten - rolls and Ukemi - falls

• Zenpo kaiten - rolling forward
• Koho kaiten - rolling backward
• Zenpo ukemi - forward break fall
• Ushiro ukemi - rear break fall

Kamae - posture

• Shizen tai no kamae (Fudo Ryu)
• Doko no kamae (Togakure Ryu)
• Ichimonji no kamae (Gyokko Ryu, hand opposing elbow)
• Hicho no kamae (Gyokko Ryu)
• Jumonji no kamae (Gyokko Ryu)
• Hanin no kamae (Gyokko Ryu)
• Hoko no kamae (Koto Ryu)
• Siegan no kamae (Koto Ryu variation, Ichimonji with hand opposing face)
• Boby no kamae (Koto Ryu)
• Hira ichimonji no kamae (Kukishinden Ryu)
• Ichimonji no kamae (Kukishinden Ryu, hand near heart)
• Kosei no kamae (Kukishinden Ryu)
• To toku no kamae

Sabaki - evasion

• All the Tai sabaki movments
• Backward movement
• Sideways movement Yoko sabaki
• Diagonal backward movement Nanamea ushiro sabaki
• Get up from lying down to low squat.

Daken - strikes

Geri - kicks

• Sokugyaku geri - push kick
• Mae geri - Front kick
• Knee to face

Ken - Punches

• jab
• Cross punch
• Omote shuto
• Tsuki

Blocks

• Jodan yuke
• Gedan yuke

Nage waza, throws

• Kuzushi

No gi throws

• Kubi nage
• O soto geri

Nage waza, Gi throws

• O soto geri

Katame waza - grappling techniques

Kansetsu-waza (関節技): joint locks

• Ura gyaku
• Te makura

Ne-waza: ground techniques

Osaekomi-waza (押込技): pins or holds

• Yoko shiho gatame
• Kuzure-kesa-gatame (崩袈裟固): Broken scarf hold
• Tate shiho gatame
• Opening the guard - by sitting back
• Same knee pass
• Juji gatame - Arm bar - from the guard
• Scissor sweep
• Mounting by sliding the knee
• Shrimp and regurad escape - from side control
• Umpa escape - from mount

Randori

• 4 minutes of Ground randori without hitting
• Okugi

Seishin-Teki-Kyo‘yo‘

• Zazen meditation for 1 minute
• Zanshin