Lesson plan inspiration

Hi folks, I went through a bit of a thought exercise, looking through the current British Judo Association Kyu and Dan grade requirements, with the intention of taking the requirements for each grade and attempting to group techniques into teachable groups, arranged by some theme that ties them together. I ended up just focusing on the tachi-waza requirements the end result being 15 of these groups.

These are not lesson plans or a syllabus - many groups contain far too much to cover in a single lesson - but I though I would share it as perhaps some inspiration for newbie coaches or even old time coaches that feel like they're just going through the motions.

One of my big pet peeves is seeing those coaches that only teach a small repertoire of techniques that they're comfortable with - so maybe something like this can help broaden horizons.

Below are the 15 groups, and the grade at which the technique is first encountered in the requirements, and where appropriate, I've also included counters and combinations that appear on the BJA dan grade syllabus.

[1] Two footed Koshi-waza

Tsuri-goshi	Dan grade
Tsuri-komi-goshi	4th Kyu
Sode-tsuri-komi-goshi	1st Kyu

[2] Balance techniques

Harai-goshi	3rd Kyu
Hane-goshi	3rd Kyu
Harai-maki-komi	Dan grade
Hane-maki-komi	Dan grade
Yama-arashi	Dan grade

[3] Sutemi-waza

Yoko-tomoe-nage	2nd Kyu
Sumi-gaeshi	1st Kyu
Yoko-gake	1st Kyu
Yoko-otoshi	Dan grade

[4] Seoi techniques

Seoi-otoshi	4th Kyu
Morote-seoi-nage	4th Kyu
Morote-eri-seoi-nage	3rd Kyu
Seoi-nage to Seoi-otoshi	Dan grade - combination

[5] Ashi-waza sequence 1

These techniques can be combined as a sequence, Lapel side Sasae > Okuri > any Osoto variation

Sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi	3rd Kyu
Okuri-ashi-barai	3rd Kyu
O-soto-gari	4th Kyu
O-soto-guruma	Dan grade
O-soto-otoshi	6th Kyu

[6] Makikomi actions

Soto-maki-komi	2nd Kyu
Ko-uchi-gake-maki-komi	1st Kyu
Koshi-guruma	1st Kyu
Harai-goshi to Soto-maki-komi	Dan grade - combination

[7] Uchi-mata

Uchi-mata	3rd Kyu
Ko-soto-gari	4th Kyu
Ko-soto-gake	4th Kyu
Ko-soto-gari counted by Uchi-mata	Dan grade - counter
Uchi-mata-sukashi (counter to an Uchi-mata)	Dan grade - counter

[8] Counter techniques

Ushiro-goshi (counter to a Harai-goshi)	1st Kyu / Dan grade - counter
Ura-nage (counter to a Koshi-guruma)	1st Kyu / Dan grade - counter
Tani-otoshi	2nd Kyu
Yoko-guruma	2nd Kyu

[9] Nage no kata techniques

These techniques make up the first set of the Nage-no-kata, showing one set being the requirement for 1st Dan under the BJA.

Uki-otoshi	1st Kyu
Ippon-seoi-nage	5th Kyu
Kata-guruma	Dan grade

[10] Wheeling techniques

Hiza-guruma	3rd Kyu
Ashi-guruma	Dan grade
Hiza-guruma to Ashi-guruma	Dan grade - combination
O-guruma	Dan grade

[11] Ashi-waza sequence 2

These techniques can be combined into a single sequence Kouchi > Ouchi > Harai

Ko-uchi-gari	4th Kyu
O-uchi-gari	4th Kyu
Harai-tsuri-komi-ashi	Dan grade
O-uchi-gari to Ko-uchi-gari	Dan grade - combination

[12] Tai-otoshi

Tai-otoshi	5th Kyu
Tai-otoshi to Uchi-mata	Dan grade - combination
Tai-otoshi to Seoi-nage	Dan grade - combination
Ko-uchi-gari to Tai-otoshi	Dan grade - combination
Uchi-mata countered by Tai-otoshi	Dan grade - counter

[13] O-goshi

Uki-goshi	6th Kyu
O-goshi	4th Kyu
O-uchi-gake	Dan grade
O-goshi to Uki-goshi	Dan grade - combination
O-goshi to O-uchi-gake	Dan grade - combination

[14] Forward pressure from Uke

Tomoe-nage	2nd Kyu
Uki-waza	2nd Kyu
Yoko-wakare	Dan grade

[15] Sweep & counter

De-ashi-barai	6th Kyu
Tsubame-gaeshi (from a De-ashi-barai)	Dan grade - counter

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