Junior grading syllabus

Requirements for all Junior judoka (from 10 - 16 years old) to fulfil

All Junior Judoka wear coloured belts + any of 1, 2 or 3 tags in each colour awarded at each grading examination. A beginner judoka will wear white belt until a grade is awarded.

White, yellow and orange belts can have 1, 2 and 3 tags of the next grade colour until green belt. The green belt will have 1, 2 or 3 tags in blue, brown and black when awarded.

Thus the belts associated with each grade from beginner to highest Junior grade are as follows:
white (beginner) and then yellow, orange and green. Then green with 1, 2 and 3 blue, brown or black tags.

Qualification to be promoted to a higher grade is based on:

ability to demonstrate the required throws from a standing and a moving position;
ability to demonstrate the required groundwork;
knowledge of the required terminology;
Randori - free fighting ability; and,
The understanding of Kusushi ( breaking the balance ) Tsukuri ( Floating movement ) and Nage ( throwing )