Krav Junior Belt Stripes

PINK

TEAMWORK

• Be a good partner– helping each other get better
• Stay positive about what we are doing that day. Demonstrate a willingness to participate. 
• Be supportive of your training partner

RED

CONTROL

• Use the appropriate amount of power for the drill AND for your training partner (don’t hurt your partner).
• Show the appropriate level of intensity when performing a technique, which should be based on the severity of the imaginary threat (adult vs. child | situational awareness). 
• Demonstrate the intention behind what you’re doing.
  • If you’re “yelling for help” but your voice is still quiet, then your actions aren’t matching your intention. 
  • If you’re throwing strikes to an “adult attacker” as part of your finishing mode, but you’re really just throwing strikes to the air kind of near the attacker but not actually clearly targeting anything, then your actions aren’t matching your intention. 

GREEN

MENTAL TOUGHNESS

• Warriors do hard things!
• Don’t quit just because it’s hard. Everyone has a quitter that lives inside their head, and that quitter can be really loud when things get tough. Be tougher than your quitter. 
• Be brave & speak up for yourself even when you’re feeling nervous or scared. 
• Be honest, even when it’s scary. Demonstrate integrity. 
• Take responsibility for yourself & your actions, both in the present moment, and in the future. (age specific expectations)

YELLOW

STRIKING AND BLOCKS*

• Strikes
• Covering
• Forearm blocks
• Punch and Kick defenses

BLUE

SELF DEFENSE — ADULT ATTACKER*

• Full prevention protocol
• Situational awareness & red flag behaviors
• Tricky people vs. Safe adults
• How to report to a safe adult (What, Where, When)
• Choosing appropriate combatives
• Full finishing mode
• Self Defense techniques

BLACK

ANTI-BULLYING — CHILD ATTACKER*

• Warriors speak up, not over.
• Full prevention protocol (different from Adult attacker)
• Situational awareness & recognizing bullying
• Disrupting social-emotional bullying dynamics safely
• Choosing appropriate finishing mode
• How to report to a safe adult (What, Where, When)
• Self Defense Techniques

PURPLE 

(FORMERLY WHITE STRIPE – TRANSITIONING IN JULY)

GRAPPLING & GROUNDWORK* | GROSS MOTOR SKILLS

• How to achieve & maintain a dominant position
• How to apply pressure
• What grips to use
• Standing grappling sparring
  • Takedown games (Yellow+)
  • Pummeling for double underhooks
  • Wrestling games
• Groundwork
  • Maintaining the mount
  • Positional ground games

SILVER

READY TO TEST

• Performance of techniques during drills or on command
• Must consistently show Mental Toughness (Green Stripe), Control (Red Stripe) and be a good training partner (Teamwork – Pink Stripe). 
• White –> Yellow: Must know at least 75% of self defense techniques for their belt as well as ALL of the techniques for lower belts with minimal assistance/reminders.  
• Yellow+: Must know at least 80% of self defense techniques for their belt as well as ALL of the techniques for lower belts with minimal assistance/reminders. 

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*techniques and expectations vary dependent on rank and division