4th Mon syllabus (Mon grades).

Yellow belt.
Awarded by British Judo Association.

The junior grading pathway of the British Judo Association: eighteen Mon grades from red to brown belt. Skills that are not single techniques (breakfalls, escapes, turnovers, grips, randori) are also available to review on the site.

2 techniques are set for this grade.

Nage-waza · throws
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  Tai-otoshi (体落, たいおとし), body drop.
    https://wazabook.com/techniques/tai-otoshi/

Osaekomi-waza · hold-downs
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  Yoko-shiho-gatame (横四方固, よこしほうがため), side four-quarter hold.
    https://wazabook.com/techniques/yoko-shiho-gatame/

The official syllabus
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Transcribed from British Judo Association's published document. This wording
is the authority for what is examined; everything above is this reference's
own arrangement of it.

The federation also publishes a pictorial syllabus sheet for this grading: Pictorial syllabus sheet for the 3rd Mon to 4th Mon grading, with step-by-step drawings of each required skill. Credit: British Judo Association.

Fundamental skills
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  1. Standard grip
  2. Mae Mawari Ukemi (forward rolling breakfall)
       in this reference: Mae Mawari Ukemi
  3. Tai-otoshi
  4. Yoko-shiho-gatame

Performance skills
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  1. Tai-otoshi into Yoko-shiho-gatame
       in this reference: Tai-otoshi, Yoko-shiho-gatame, Tai-otoshi into Yoko-shiho-gatame (full sequence)
  2. Yoko-shiho-gatame escape “trap-bridge-roll”
       in this reference: Yoko-shiho-gatame, Yoko-shiho-gatame escape by trap, bridge and roll
  3. Turnover into Yoko-shiho-gatame
       in this reference: Yoko-shiho-gatame, Turnover into Yoko-shiho-gatame

Player's choice
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  1. Demonstrate two tachi-waza and one osaekomi-waza

Terminology
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  1. To know translation and meaning of all Japanese words used in this section

Filmed for this grading
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  Grading videos for 4th Mon (from 3rd Mon) (British Judo): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgpviCK0rSKeGEObUIG-4y9ZvH-iykF9J

Flashcards
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Drill the names before the day: an Anki deck for each grade turns the Japanese names into quick recall:
https://wazabook.com/flashcards/

From Waza Book: https://wazabook.com/grades/bja-mon/4th-mon/