BAA Junior Syllabus

This is a guideline of the BAA Junior Syllabus for young people from aged 5 to 9 years of age. Young people aged 10 and over are graded using the Youth Grade syllabus.

The Junior Syllabus starts at 10th Kyu (White belt) and different coloured tags (or mon) are awarded as a young person progresses through the Junior Grade syllabus.

10th Kyu – White Belt with yellow tags
	Core Skills	Techniques	Application
1 Mon	Unsoku (any 1 set) Ukemi – Backward breakfall	Randori-no-kata (any 1 technique)	N/A
2 Mon	Unsoku (any 2 sets) Ukemi – Backward breakfall	Randori-no-kata (any 2 techniques)	N/A
3 Mon	Unsoku (any 2 sets) Ukemi – Backward breakfall	Randori-no-kata (any 3 techniques)	N/A
9th Kyu – White belt with orange tags
	Core Skills	Techniques	Application
1 Mon	Unsoku (complete) Ukemi – Backward breakfall, Forward roll	Randori-no-kata (1–5)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate)
2 Mon	Unsoku Ukemi – Backward breakfall, Forward roll, Backward roll	Randori-no-kata (1–6)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate)
3 Mon	Unsoku Ukemi – Backward breakfall, Forward roll, Backward roll	Randori-no-kata (1–8)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate)
8th Kyu – White Belt with Green tags
	Core Skills	Techniques	Application
1 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo (1 section) Ukemi – Backward Breakfall, Forward roll (both), Backward roll (both)	Randori-no-kata (1–10) Randori-no-kata (2 Tanto variants)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Ninin Dori (Shomen-ate)
2 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo (2 sections) Ukemi – Backward Breakfall,Forward roll (both), Backward roll (both)	Randori-no-kata (1–11) Randori-no-kata (3 Tanto varients)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Ninin Dori (Shomen-ate)
3 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo (3 sections) Ukemi – Backward Breakfall, Forward roll (both), Backward roll (both)	Randori-no-kata (1–12) Randori-no-kata (4 Tanto variants)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Ninin Dori (Shomen-ate)
7th Kyu – White belt with Blue tags
	Core Skills	Techniques	Application
1 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo (4 sections) Ukemi – Backward Breakfall, Forward roll (both), Backward roll (both), Forward rolling breakfall Shikko	Randori-no-kata (1–14) Randori-no-kata (5 Tanto variants)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Ninin Dori (Shomen-ate)
2 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward Breakfall, Forward roll (both), Backward roll (both), Forward rolling breakfall Shikko	Randori-no-kata (1–14) Randori-no-kata (7 Tanto variants) Suwari-waza (1 technique)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Ninin Dori (Shomen-ate)
3 Mon	Unsoku Tandoku-undo Ukemi – Backward Breakfall, Forward roll (both), Backward roll (both), Forward rolling breakfall Shikko	Randori-no-kata (1–14) Randori-no-kata (10 Tanto Varient) Suwari-waza (2 techniques)	Kakarigeiko (Shomen-ate & Tanto) Ninin Dori (Shomen-ate)