Requirements for Yonkyu
Vocabulary
Numbers
ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, shichi, hachi,
ku, ju
General
Terms
dojo, happo-no-kuzushi,
judogi, judoka, kansetsuwaza,
katamewaza, kuzushi, nagewaza, newaza, obi, osaekomiwaza, randori, rei, renrakuwaza, sensei, shimewaza, sutegeiko, sutemiwaza, tatami, uchikomi, ukemi
Ranks
rokkyu,
gokyu, yonkyu, sankyu, nikyu, ikkyu, shodan, nidan, sandan, yodan, godan, rokudan,
shichidan, hachidan, kudan, judan
Competition Terms
hajime, matte, ippon, waza-ari, yuko, waza-ari awasete ippon, osaekomi,
osaekomi-toketa, sono-mama, shido, keikoku,
hansoku make
Ukemi
Ushiro ukemi, yoko
ukemi, mae-mawari ukemi/zempo kaiten, mae ukemi
Nagewaza
Tewaza
Morote seoinage, ippon seoinage, tai otoshi
Koshiwaza
Ogoshi, tsurikomi goshi, koshi guruma,
harai goshi
Ashiwaza
Deashi-barai, osoto gari, hiza guruma,
ko-uchi gari, o-uchi gari
Sutemiwaza
Tomoe
nage
Newaza
Osaekomiwaza
Kesa gatame, yoko
shiho gatame, kami shiho gatame,
kata gatame,
tate shiho gatame
The student must
demonstrate two escapes from each technique above.
Shimewaza
Okuri-eri-jime, hadaka-jime, gyaku-juji-jime
The
student must demonstrate one defense for each technique above.
Kansetsuwaza
Ude-garami, ude-hishigi-ude-gatame,
ude-hishigi-juji-gatame
Additional
requirements
The student must demonstrate combinations and
counter-attacks:
Nagewaza into nagewaza
Nagewaza into newaza
Nagewaza against nagewaza
The student must know the founder, the two guiding
principles of judo and have practiced for six months since earning the rank of Gokyu.