WJJF 1986 VHS Syllabus - Yellow Belt

In 1986 the World Ju-Jitsu Federation (WJJF) recorded the then syllabus as instructional guides, releasing them to VHS tapes. This playlist splits those tapes into each belt for easier viewing.
Each video is demonstrated by the late Sōke Robert Clark (1946-2012), assisted by Alan Campbell acting as his Uke.
It should be noted that since the publication of these tapes in 1986, the WJJF syllabus changed more than once and thus these videos do not reflect the current WJJF syllabus.

[@laolucas2149]

This video of WJJF syllabus is a nice instructional guides

[@simonsmith8974]

I’m loving this, it’s actually great to see him going that extra mile ie. Not just tai otoshi but follow up with breaking every bone in his body!
Respect to sensei and the uke!

[@djignatin4043]

shoulder armlock is my favorite.

[@Polentaccio]

This organization gets a lot of flack by traditionalists but really, how can you fault a guy for blending judo with some wrestling finishes and "classic" jujutsu ? Their blocking is very karate stiff but overall if you consider a lot of fights get into the standing grappling range pretty quick, their syllabus seems well suited and gives students usable skills right out of the gates. TBH, a lot of Japanese systems themselves have questionable roots so not sure why we obsess so much about that. BJJ is adapted judo, Okinawan systems were adapted kung fu etc. Function over history unless you want to be a kata museum.

[@Jerec]

I’m going for my yellow belt tonight and it is no where near as savage as this…

[@Polentaccio]

Does it look anything similar to what is in these videos or have they watered it down 30 years later?

[@davidtice4972]

This is really good!

[@senseihitmanwayofkempo8305]

Looks like old school danzan ryu n kempo blend

[@baldieman64]

Soke Clark taught a modified version of Hontai Yoshin Ryu.
He had some Kempo influences (rare in the UK and Europe) and he had certainly done some Hapkido, which was the source of the cane techniques that found their way onto the syllabus.
More importantly, the syllabus was deliberately designed to be loose enough for the WJJF to be an umbrella for all sorts of systems. There were certainly high level silat and hapkido people involved when I was with them and many sessions had the first 90 minutes devoted to on syllabus training and then someone with a different skill set would be invited to step up - that was how I got my first exposure to muay thai, wing chun and FMA.

[@davidtice4972]

That's Omo Plata.

[@aymanabaza6475]

Remember the Japanese started all this hundreds of years ago. We use it in Judo this is a Ude Garami, shoulder lock

[@Judochop9]

@@aymanabaza6475actually it's called ashi-sankaku-garami