Five belts, at your own pace

• Falling, bridging and shrimping

• Escaping from the bottom and holding the closed guard

• Tapping early and rolling at a pace you choose

• Up to four stripes mark steps within the belt

Your coach promotes you when they see the skills in your rolling, at a promotion day.

• Passing the guard and sweeping

• Linking attacks into short chains

• Rolling at a steady pace with every partner

• Building a game from the top and the bottom

• Setting up attacks two and three moves ahead

• Showing a drill to newer students

• Refining the details in every position

• Running part of the warm-up

• Mentoring a newer partner