PRACTITIONER LEVELS
Fundamentals / Foundation
Practitioner 1 / P1
• Basic Principles, voice, vulnerable points
• Basic Stance, movement and ranges
• Basic Strikes
• Four Modes of Practice
• Front Wall Break Fall
Practitioner 2 / P2
• Intermediate Strikes
• Basic Defenses: Threat, 360, Movement
• Five Tempos
• Basic releases wrists/shirt
• Basic ground work. Break Falls, stand-up
Basic Applications
Practitioner 3 / P3
• Defense against straight punches
• Defenses prior to the grab
• Timing defense against low kicks
• Basic control techniques
• Basic ground work. Basic rolls, combatives
Practitioner 4 / P4
• Intermediate Punch defenses
• Wrist/shirt grabs, shoulder pulls, bear hugs
• Basic defenses against kicks
• Knife threat and 360 defense
• Hands sparring
• Ground: Rolls, Buck and Roll
Practitioner 5 / P5
• Wrist/shirt grabs, shoulder pulls, with attack
• Chokes from the front and Hair Grabs
• Knife threats with contact and straight stabs
• Side headlock prior to the grab
• Ground work: Wrist/shirt releases. Punches and kicks
GRADUATE
LEVELS
Intermediate
Graduate 1 / G1
• Chokes from the back/side, against wall
• Sweeps and takedowns
• Basic single stick defense
• Multiple Opponents
• Advanced Ground Work buck and roll
Graduate 2 / G2
• Intermediate Choke, headlocks, guillotine. rear naked
• Wrist/bear hugs multiple opps. Lifting bear hug
• Intermediate Knife threats / attacks
• Legs Sparring
• Ground work: Wrist/shirt/basic chokes. Sweeps
Graduate 3 / G3
• Full nelson. Multiple opps grabs
• Basic Policeman holds, cavaliers, joint manipulation
• Advanced knife and stick defense
• Basic Gun defense
• Advanced ground work: Wrist, shirt, bear hug, side control
Advanced
Graduate 4 / G4
• Advanced wrist and shirt grabs with control
• Advanced knife defense
• Advanced Gun defenses
• Unarmed third party protection
• Advanced kick defenses
Graduate 5 / G5
• Advanced Rolls and Breakfalls
• Throws
• Advanced knife control and disarm
• Gun defense as a hostage
• Advanced ground defense: Arm bar, Kimura, triangle, etc