How does your school's grading go?

[NewEnglands_KyoSa]

first let me start off by saying that my school tests gups every three months. so the attendance cycle goes in three month periods. during these periods students must attend twice a week, and can only miss one class per month (or a total of three) to be eligible to test. students are allowed to 'make up' classes by going three or four times in one week, or in some cases going to a studio sponsored event. after that students are pre tested and upon passing the pretest, they are allowed to go the the test. we grade them on one steps, line drills, forms, free sparring and other miscellaneous concepts. the grading goes 1 to 10 and receiving any marks that are 5&6 constitutes failing, if it is in a category that require great understanding(ie forms) but if they get all 7s or 8s and they get one 6 on a specific technique(like a back kick) we let it go. we make comments on their pretests so they know what to work on, and we either sign off on the student, or not. then a week or two later they proceed to the test where they will be reviewed on the same material by the board.(usually all the certified masters and instructors). this way, someone different ends up with their pretest and can alter grades, or make comments, and either make the deciding decision whether to pass or fail.(only in rare cases do people fail). and then three weeks later they recieve their 'results' at the ceremony where they recieve their belts and they certificate signed by the chief master and their instructor. so im just wondering how does your gup gradings go? similar format? how much time? how much attendance? do you use jr. ranks, etc?

[Throwdown0850]

English Japanese

6th grade rokyu

5th grade gokyu

4th grade yonkyu

3rd grade sankyu

2nd grade nikyu

1st grade ikkyu

1st degree shodan

2nd degree nidan

3rd degree sandan

4th degree yodan

5th degree godan

6th degree rokudan

7th degree shichidan

8th degree hachidan

9th degree kudan

10th degree judan

White, Brown, Black, Red and white belt, Red..

[Holland]

We have it like this:

Ju-Kyu- White Belt

Ku-Kyu- White with a green stripe

Hachi-Kyu: Yellow Belt

Shichi-Kyu: Orange Belt

Rok-Kyu: Blue Belt

Go-Kyu: Green Belt

Yon-Kyu: Purple Belt

San-Kyu: Brown Belt

Ni-Kyu: Brown with one black stripe

Ik-Kyu: Brown with two black stripes

Sho-dan: Black Belt

[ninjanurse]

In our association the Chief Instructors test the students for promotion every 4 months. We then recommend them for graduation and they must attend a graduation "test" at the main school where they perform a selected piece of curriculum for the Master Instructor. If they do not perform well they will get a "probationary rank" and must re-test at their home school to be promoted to full rank. This rarely happens as I never recommend a student who is not ready...and since it is usually nerves that get them I try to "put the screws" to them regularly in class and testing so that they learn to deal with pressure as well as how to recover gracefully from their mistakes.

[setboy]

Ju-Kyu- White Belt

Ku-Kyu- Yellow Belt

Hachi-Kyu: blue Belt

Shichi-Kyu: Blue Belt

Rok-Kyu: green Belt

Go-Kyu: green belt

Yon-Kyu: Purple Belt

San-Kyu: Brown Belt

Ni-Kyu: Brown with 4 black stripes

Ik-Kyu: Brown with two black stripes

Sho-dan: Black Belt

[ShawnJ]

White Belt

First Green Tip (Ro-Kyu)

2nd Green Tip (Go-Kyu)

Green Belt (Yon-Kyu)

Brown Tips (San-Kyu)

Orange Belt (polishing level)

Brown Belt (Ni-Kyu)

Black Tips (Ik-Kyu)

Black Belt (Shodan)

Then the traditional 10 degrees of Black Belt - Shodan through Judan.

For children, they will test for Yellow Belt after their second Green Tip. And some people will go to Orange Belt level after Brown Tips - more advanced students usually skip Orange and test directly for Brown.

- Shawn

[KarateEd]

Our testings are more subjective. We don't rank a students performance on a number scale. Instead, we have broad categories (such as "basics" or "one-step sparring") with a few more specific techniques listed under each category. We write comments (positive or negative) about the students performance under each category or specific technique. The last entry is where we either recommend the student for promotion or not.

Ed

[bushido_man96]

We have a 10 belt system before reaching black, and test every 2 months. Testings are based on forms, one-steps, sparring, and board breaking.

[Shotokan-kez]

We grade every three months, but because we have three brown belts before black the final brown belt has to be six months, and to get black belt after that it could be anything up to a year, it took me 9 months to get my black belt and that was without missing a single session.

It really does depend on the amount of sessions a student has in that three months, but im not 100% sure exactly how many is required.

[white owl]

They test any where between 3 to 4 months. At our dojo you have to have 80 percent attendence our dojo is open 4 days a week so that means you have to be there at least 2 days a week prefered.

we go;

yellow

orange

green

blue w/stripe

blue

brown w/3 stripes

brown w/2 stripes

brown w/1 stipe

brown

black

You will be a brown belt for one year before you test for shodan.

For kyu ranks you get tested on your katas, techniques, self defense.

For brown you getting prep for your shodan, you have to work off the strips and start showing leader ship roles like being able to instruct class, teaching new students basic techniques. And knowing your katas, techniques, grappling, self defense.

For our shodan test (since my husband just went through it) he had to write and essay, then he had a written test, and then he went through the physical elements, katas, techniques, endurance, grappling, self defense.