1 kyu grading kumi waza

• Zagihandachi shomenuchi kokyu nage
• Zagihandachi munatsuki koteoroshi (katame)
• Zagihandachi yokomenuchi kokyu nage (zenpo nage)
• Munatsuki kokyu nage (zenpo nage)
• Munatsuki kokyu nage (sudori)
• Munatsuki kokyu nage (kaiten nage)
• Katatedori ryotemochi koteoroshi
• Katatedori ryotemochi kokyu nage (hachi no ji)
• Yokomenuchi koteoroshi (en undo)
• Yokomenuchi kokyu nage (hachi no ji)
• Shomenuchi koteoroshi
• Shomenuchi ikkyo (irimi)
• Shomenuchi ikkyo (tenkan)
  
• Ushirotekubidori koteoroshi
• Ushirotekubidori ikkyo
• San'ningake (3 attackers)
  

Katatedori ryotemochi koteoroshi

• Hand draws a straight line on tenkan from in front of the body to in front of the face

Kaisho

• Bring your body in to your grasped hand
• Tenkan to face same way as ukemi
• Bring grasped hand up to the side of your face, other hand up on other side
  
• Fingertips and line of sight in direction you will turn, and turn
• As ukemi comes around in front of you, down from one point (straight down)
  
• Both hands down, free hand takes wrist from above
  
• Up in between ukemi's arms (straight up)
  
• Down in koteoroshi (straight down)
  

2 kyu grading kumi waza

• Ushirotekubidori kokyu nage (zenpo nage)
• Ushirotekubidori kubijime sankyo
• (Ryotedori) tenchi nage (irimi)
• (Ryotedori) tenchi nage (tenkan)
• Ushirodori kokyu nage
• Katatedori ryotemochi kokyu nage (enundo)
• Futarigake (2 attackers)
  

(Ryotedori) tenchi nage (irimi)

Breakdown for teaching:

• Front foot is "earth" hand, partner is in gyaku hanmi
• "Earth" hand only: walk forward to throw partner: unbendable arm, but don't push forward with arm (can bring close to body before walking forward), don't push with shoulder
• "Heaven" hand: leave grasped wrist in place, bring elbow to partner's one point
• As one step forward from front foot, bring rear foot in (hikitsuke)
  
• Don't go too far down or partner can push you all the way down
• "Heaven" hand can't go straight up - lead partner out forward a bit
• Don't go up too high or partner will lose grip - move with your arm and partner arm as one unit
• Turn hand little finger upward at the highest point
• Aim for partner's face and down
• At the same time, step high with rear foot fowards, bring other foot in (hikitsuke)
  

Katatedori ryotemochi kokyu nage (enundo)

Kaisho

• Go forward to draw own arm into body
• Drop hand straight down, tenkan
• Hand up next to face, elbow close into body
• Turn palm out, fingertips in direction you will go
• Turn
• Udemawashi waza twice, 2nd time hand over partner's face
  

3 kyu grading kumi waza

• Katatori nikyo (irimi, tenkan)
• Katatori sankyo (irimi, tenkan)
• Katatori yonkyo (irimi, tenkan)
  
• Yokomenuchi kokyu nage zenpo nage
• Ryotedori kokyu nage zenpo nage
  

Katatori nikyo (irimi, tenkan)

• Arm movement on turning ukemi back, and return on counter attack follows the same arc back and forth
• Hold back of hand
• 1st to 2nd knuckles to under collarbone; ukemi fingertips are pointing up
  
• Own hand vertical (right angle hand and your lower arm) - this is the hand that applies the waza
• Maintain posture standing with mind and body unified - don't lean backwards
  
• Turn body a bit sideways to "return ukemi's ki" - take out the slack in the wrist
  
• Ki from ukemi fingertips along your other arm - ki from your fingertips far into distance behind ukemi to far into the distance behind you, fingers into the pocket
  
• "Bow" slightly - don't pull back as bring your hand into your shoulder
  

Katatori sankyo (irimi, tenkan)

• Hold 3 kyo line
• Ukemi elbow to 90 degrees
• Hold fingertips
• Upper hand as far as it can go
• Lower and upper hand turn together
• Line of movement is up under ukemi arm behind the shoulder

Ryotedori kokyu nage zenpo nage

• Arms are relaxed, move from one point as in funakogi waza
• Deep down from one point as do koshin waza back
• 180 degree turn: ukemi goes straight
• Up straight and take in 4 kyo. Don't swing ukemi out to the side.
• Down straight.

4 kyu grading waza

• Katatori ikkyo irimi
• Katatori ikkyo tenkan
• Munatsuki koteoroshi
• Yokomenuchi shiho nage irimi
• Yokomenuchi shiho nage tenkan
• Shomenuchi kokyu nage
  

Katatori ikkyo irimi

Breakdown for teaching (A):

• Shake hands, then take partner's hand from above
• Make a big circle forward toward your partner's face
• As you take a big step forward
• Keep going forward until partner is lying on the ground

Breakdown for teaching (B):

• Stand in ai-hanmi
• Ukemi goes for nage's front shoulder
• Sweep hand down (harau)
• Step or skip back (sagaru)
• Bring front foot back (hikitsuke)
• Arm up high
• Front foot steps forward
• As free hand to ukemi's upper arm just above the elbow
• Bring rear foot forward (hikitsuke)
• Cut hips so ukemi shoulder is lower than their hand
• Skip forward
• Ukemi's hand is slightly higher than shoulder (greater 90 degrees from side)
• "Send ki" through ukemi's fingers toward back of head
• Last part of nage to leave ukemi is little finger of hand on ukemi's upper arm
  

5 kyu grading waza

• Katatedori kokyu nage tenkan (kaisho)
  
• Katate kosadori kokyu nage
  

Aiki taiso

• Nikyo
• Koteoroshi
• Sankyo
• Funakogi
• Ikkyo
• Zengo
• Happo
• Koho tekubi kosa
• Joho tekubi kosa
• Sayu
• Sayu choyaku
• Udefuri
• Udefuri choyaku
• Zenshin koshin
• Ushirodori
• Ushirotekubidori zenshin
• Ushirotekubidori koshin
• Udemawashi

Udemawashi

• Left arm 1-4, Right arm 5-8 two sets
  
• Both arms inside circle 1-4, outside circle 5-8 two sets
  
• While dropping one point
• Test by pulling down on wrist for young children, up at wrist for more advanced
  

Points

• Hands and one point at bottom on the count
• Hand starts above the shoulder
• Passes down in front of the face
• Down to where your hand rests naturally when standing
• Passes up in front of plane of body, not behind (so outstretched arm in gentle forward curve)