Grading Syllabus
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North Star Martial Arts offers two different grading syllabus' to our students.
One for Adults and one for children.
Both syllabus' cover all the strikes such as punches, kicks, knees and elbows. They also cover all the footwork and defensive options against these strikes.
What makes our syllabus a little different from some of the other striking styles out there is that we integrate our strikes with the clinch ranges also. We combine the different styles of striking arts that we have studied and fuse them with the clinch techniques from Muay Thai, judo, Greco/roman and freestyle wrestling.
As you progress through the syllabus' as either a child or an adult you will also learn the various ways to train these techniques on a fully matted training area, complete with brand new top of the range equipment to use.
You will learn how to hold and use focus mitts, Thai pads, Kick shields, body protectors, Heavy punch bags, Kick paddles etc.
You will also learn a vast array of different stretches that will help develop your body not only for this martial art but also for quality of life through mobility in general.
The difference between the children's and the adults syllabus is in what is required from the individual.
Both syllabus' have the following belts. Neither syllabus has any tags at all. You are either the standard or you are not its simple. Students are only asked to grade when the instructors agree that they have reached the correct level to attempt it.
The standard of martial arts and the standard of martial artist is what's most important to us above all else.
The belts are:
The grading's after Black belt are not foregone conclusions. They get harder, more is required and you also have to prove that as a belt of this level you are not just repeating what you have been taught but that you are creating new combinations, new training methods and new practices in order for the art itself, yourself and your students to grow.
You will never stop learning.
North Star Martial Arts offers two different grading syllabus' to our students.
One for Adults and one for children.
Both syllabus' cover all the strikes such as punches, kicks, knees and elbows. They also cover all the footwork and defensive options against these strikes.
What makes our syllabus a little different from some of the other striking styles out there is that we integrate our strikes with the clinch ranges also. We combine the different styles of striking arts that we have studied and fuse them with the clinch techniques from Muay Thai, judo, Greco/roman and freestyle wrestling.
As you progress through the syllabus' as either a child or an adult you will also learn the various ways to train these techniques on a fully matted training area, complete with brand new top of the range equipment to use.
You will learn how to hold and use focus mitts, Thai pads, Kick shields, body protectors, Heavy punch bags, Kick paddles etc.
You will also learn a vast array of different stretches that will help develop your body not only for this martial art but also for quality of life through mobility in general.
The difference between the children's and the adults syllabus is in what is required from the individual.
Both syllabus' have the following belts. Neither syllabus has any tags at all. You are either the standard or you are not its simple. Students are only asked to grade when the instructors agree that they have reached the correct level to attempt it.
The standard of martial arts and the standard of martial artist is what's most important to us above all else.
The belts are:
- White
- Red
- Yellow
- Orange
- Green
- Purple
- Blue
- Brown
- Black
The grading's after Black belt are not foregone conclusions. They get harder, more is required and you also have to prove that as a belt of this level you are not just repeating what you have been taught but that you are creating new combinations, new training methods and new practices in order for the art itself, yourself and your students to grow.
You will never stop learning.