26/08/2026
🥋 Our Syllabus — Built to Grow With Your Child
At Satori Jujitsu, our teaching and grading syllabus isn’t something we simply picked up and put in place. It has been developed, refined and evolved over the last 10 years, based on the children we teach, their development and what we know works.
We believe a syllabus should grow with the student — not hold them back.
As a child moves through our age groups, the syllabus develops with them. The expectations, teaching methods and techniques change to suit their age and stage of development, creating clear stepping stones along the way. 🪜
We also recognise that children develop at different rates. What is appropriate for a 5-year-old isn’t necessarily appropriate for a 10-year-old or a teenager, so our system takes their age and development into account.
🔴 Why our Beginners Red Belt?
One of the things we introduced was our Beginners Red Belt.
This gives newer students the opportunity to secure the fundamental basics in a manageable way before moving on. We don’t want children rushing through techniques just to get to the next belt. We want them to understand the foundations, build confidence and develop skills they can build upon.
Every belt takes a minimum of 9 months to complete, and each belt has three important stages:
1️⃣ LEARN
First, the student learns the technique. They become familiar with the movement, the terminology and the basic principles behind it.
2️⃣ DEVELOP
They then spend time developing that technique — improving their movement, making adjustments, becoming more efficient and learning how to make the technique better.
3️⃣ UNDERSTAND
Finally, they reach the stage where they have a much deeper understanding of what they have learned — how the technique should be performed, why it works and how to apply it correctly.
This means we aren’t simply ticking techniques off a list. We are giving children the time to actually learn them.
And the evidence is in the growth of our classes and the progression we see year after year.
We’ve watched children start with us as complete beginners and organically progress through the system, developing their skills, confidence and understanding as they grow.
And, quite simply, the proof is in the pudding! 🥋
When you see our students reach the higher belt colours and begin to truly master the skills they have been working on for years, you can see the value of giving them the time, repetition and foundations to develop properly.
For us, grading isn’t just about getting the next belt.
It’s about creation and consistency — creating good habits, consistently practising the basics, developing discipline, understanding progression and learning that hard work pays off.
Most importantly, we want children to see their own progression. To look back and realise how far they have come and understand that every belt represents time, effort, commitment and learning.
Our syllabus has evolved because our students have evolved.
After 10 years, we’re still learning, adapting and improving it so that it continues to grow with the child and give every student the best possible opportunity to develop through Jujitsu — both on and off the mat. ❤️
Small steps. Strong foundations. Learn it. Develop it. Understand it. Master it.
🥋 10 years of developing a system that grows with the child.
