DAN GRADE CONTEST GRADE

EXAMINATION FORM

1ST. DAN

PART # 1

CANDIDATE TO DEMONSTRATE 10 THROWS FROM THE GOKYO

PART # 2

CANDIDATE TO DEMONSTRATE 10 COUNTERS AND 10 COMBINATIONS.

PART # 3

CANDIDATE TO DEMONSTRATE 5 GROUND HOLDS, 5 ARM LOCKS AND 5 STRANGLES.

ARM LOCKS AND STRANLES TO BE PERFORMED IN A CONTEST SITUATION.

PART # 4

NAGE-NO-KATA

PASS MARK FOR ALL THE ABOVE - 50%

CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO USE JAPANESE TERMINOLOGY

PART # 6

CONTEST.

1ST. DAN CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE A SUCCESFULL LINE-UP.

2ND. DAN

CONTEST.

FOR 2ND. DAN AND ABOVE, CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO REACH 100 POINTS.

FOR MEN, 10 POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR VICTORY OVER SOME-ONE OF THE SAME

GRADE OR HIGHER. 5 POINTS FOR 1 GRADE LOWER. 0 POINTS FOR 2 OR MORE

GRADES LOWER.

FOR WOMEN, 10 POINTS WILL BE AWARDED FOR VICTORY OVER THE SAME GRADE

OR HIGHER, 5 POINTS FOR ALL OTHER GRADES.

THEORY.

AS ABOVE, BUT SUBSTITUTING NAGE-NO KATA FOR KATAME-NO-KATA

3RD. DAN

AS FOR 2ND. DAN, BUT SUBSTITUTE GONOSEN-KATA FOR KATAME-NO-KATA

4TH. DAN

AS FOR 3RD. DAN, BUT SUBSTITUTE GOSHIN-JUTSU-KATA FOR KATAME-NO-KATA

GRADING PROMOTION QUALIFYING REQUIREMENTS:

CURRENT GRADE

MINIMUM AGE

1ST. DAN

1ST. KYU

16

2ND. DAN

1ST. DAN

18

3RD. DAN

2ND. DAN

21