Focus Judo Grading Policy

Club gradings are held twice a year, by invitation from Fokus Judo.
Candidates will be invited to grade once they have reached the desired technical ability.

The coach will consider a variety of things before members receive their invite to grade, for example,

• Showing the required technical improvements
• Regular club attendance
• Behaviour

Promotion within the Mon grades is based on technical knowledge and understanding, together with Japanese terminology and supplementary knowledge. There is no contest requirement in the Mon Grade syllabus. However, there is a progressively structured Randori element at the higher grades.

During the grading examination, all judoka will be required to demonstrate their required knowledge of the BJA Grading syllabus, as well as display the techniques during light randori. They WILL also be tested on techniques from previous gradings. Two weeks prior to the grading, the coach will allocate time to go through the syllabus requirements for each player. Resources are also available on our website.

The coach will ultimate decide whether a child is ready to move onto the next grade.

To grade, players must have their own full Judo Gi, and a valid (in date) BJA licence. Full payment must be made in advance of the date of the grading.