promotions?

[aefibird]

thanx guys

No problems.

[italian_guy]

We have not strips... this year we adopted half-belts since we grade every 6 month we advance one full belt a year.

In our case the exams includes:

1)Kihon test.

2) Kata test (2-3 katas one is the belt specific kata the other are previous belt katas)

3) Bunkai test in pair.

4) Kumite (3 minutes point sparring match but not for white to white-yellow)

[Goju_boi]

hey I found out last week.Without eveb asking my sensei just told me youre gonna test at the end of the month

[swdw]

Also, depending on the Goju style,they may test as little as once every 6 months.

You'll prgress faster if you make perfecting your technique yur goal and concentrate on that rather than getting a higher rank.

[Fish]

Good advice, swdw!

[Kara]

do you think it's wrong to ask to be graded or turn down the grading cause you're not ready, for whatever reason?

[Goju_boi]

do you think it's wrong to ask to be graded or turn down the grading cause you're not ready, for whatever reason?

It's not wrong to ask if u think youre ready and u have the confidence do it.About turning the offer down, maybe, because your instructor is a sking u for a reason

[Dark Shogun]

In every dojo I have trained in (Goju, Shotokan, Shito Ryu, Shukokai, Kendo) Sensei has informed us when we are ready to grade.

In my current dojo gradings are conducted over a continous period. Sensei is ALWAYS watching and grading although he informs us when he is thinking about grading one of us. We have no 'grading day' as such.