Breakfalls:

1. Side
2. Forward
3. Back
4. Roll
5. Roll break

Kicks (geri waza):

1. Mae geri keage
2. Mae geri keikomi
3. High mae geri
4. Yoko geri kekomi
5. Mae hiza straight
6. Mae hiza side

Strikes (ate waza):

1. Tsukkake close
2. Tsukkake far
3. Shuto (knife hand)
4. Shuto (ridge hand)
5. Teicho

Blocks (uke waza):

1. Vs. ice pick by Facing
2. Vs. ice pick by Cross
3. Vs. thrust by Inside
4. Vs. thrust by Outside
5. Vs. thrust by Sweep

Basic Thows (nage waza):

1. O soto gari
2. De ashi barai
3. Hiza guruma
4. O goshi
5. Ippon seoi nage
6. Uki goshi

Basic joint locks (kansetsuwaza):

1. Kotegaeshi
2. Kansetsuwaza

Self-defense techniques (goshin jutsu)

Moves underlined are introduced at this level for the first time

1. Vs. Mae geri by roll trap push lift
2. Vs. mae geri by roll trap mae geri
3. Vs. tsukkake by inside block o soto gari
4. Vs. naname tsuke with foot forward by inside block de ashi barai
5. Vs. choke by kotegaeshi
6. Vs. choke by kansetsuwaza
7. Vs. charging push by inside break away and hiza guruma
8. Vs. front over arm bear hug by mae hiza and o goshi
9. Vs. high slash by inside block and ippon seoi nage
10. Vs. high slash by inside block and uki goshi

Pressure Points:

Red indicates an origin. Blue indicates an insertion. Since in many cases nerves, muscles and tendons all are being attacked at the same time it is a difficult and sometimes arbitrary decision as to what hurts the most. Therefore you will find a lot of “and/or” statements in the following list.

Unless otherwise indicated (e.g. pinch) all points are to be ground by finger tip, knuckle, elbow, chin or whatever.

1. Skull
1. Temple (temporalis and/or the auriculotemporal nerve)
2. Tip of ear (Auricular [Darwin’s] tubercle and/or the helix) pinch
3. Earlobe twist
4. Base of skull (occipitalis higher or trapezius slightly lower)
5. Sternocleidomastoid and/or the splenius capitis
6. Mastoid process
7. Gland (parotid gland)
8. Back of the jaw (medial pterigoid)
9. Beginning of the jaw (articular disk and/or the lateral pterygoid)
10. Along cheek bone or zygomatic arch (zygomatic major)
11. Further along cheek bone or zygomatic arch  (zygomatic minor)
12. Underside of cheek bone or zygomatic arch (masseter and/or the internal pterygoid)
13. Between the eye brows (superior palpebral sulcus and/or the infraorbital nerve)
14. Outside corner of eye (zygomaticofacial nerve)
15. Inside corner of eye (inferior palepbral sulcus)
16. Edge of eye socket (levator labii superioris and/or the infraorbital nerve)
17. Beside nose (levator anguli oris and/or orbicularis oris)
18. Gum line (incisivus labii superioris)
19. Philtrum (nasalis)
20. Chin at bottom gum (mentalis and/or the labialis branch nerve)
21. Chin on either side of (depressor labiii inferioris and/or the mentalis branch nerve)
22. Flap of nose (medial crus) pinch

Holds (osae waza):

1. Open guard (do osae)
   
2. Closed guard
   
3. Half guard
   
4. Butterfly guard
   
5. Mount (tate shiho gatame)
   

Other considerations:

1. Practice and conditioning
2. Grace and fluidity
3. Speed and confidence
4. Approximate time in grade: 6 months

Knowledge of vocabulary