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Hombu requires even for yondan "only" 400 days. 600 days of practice for nidan seems a lot to me. Carsten |
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In our organization two years from shodan to nidan is pretty normal as well.
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Also the testing hour requirements were just changed this year. The hours were shortened for some of the ranks. They also added the 6th kyu . However i think they purposely are pointing out that you NEED 600 days, not 2 years now. Because like i said a lot of people were going at the 2 year mark. http://www.usaikifed.com/testreq.pdf |
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And are now requiring 1st kyu to attend seminars like shodan and nidan has too. 1st kyu is suppose to start showing the seriousness of a blackbelt anyways. http://www.usaikifed.com/testreq.pdf |
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Edit: just read your second link. Yeah, that's a big difference at 1st kyu and shodan, all right. Who knows, I might make shodan in this lifetime! |
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I always figured 'committed' = uchideshi. I'm just a dilettant. I do know of a few folks that went to nidan in 2 years without a stint as uchideshi. |
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AAA requirements from Shodan to Nidan are "Minimum 18 months and 50 hours as Assistant Instructor, attendance at one Instructor's Seminar or Camp since earning shodan." It is a rare student that progresses that fast though, and from what I've seen, most are at 2 and half to three years before being allowed to test.
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(Than at least three years to sandan.) I think it's the usual timeframe because this is the time hombu requires and the grades of most aikido associations in my country are given directly by hombu. Is there a certain reason, why it takes so long (compared to hombu) in the USAF? Do other organizations in the US use the same timframe? Carsten |
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A lot of people were excited at first when they realized that shodan requirements were cut by 100 hours. However, they got upset when they realized that 1st kyu was now required to attend 2 seminars a year in order to test. I mean I'm in my early 20's, no kids with a double income, so I can hit seminars as much as I want. But a lot of people have kids, wives that don't do aikido, etc So if your Sensei doesn't host at least 2 major seminars a year they might not be able to go out of town for them to meet their requirements. (Heck even if Sensei has seminars and invites other schools, people still might not show up all the time...having young kids and working retail can be hard for that stuff.) |
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http://www.aikido-shobukan.org/?ref=19#Requirements For Yudansha Examination CAA (last page) http://www.ai-ki-do.org/Downloads/CA...es_Feb2008.pdf Capital Aikikai Federation http://www.capitalaikikai.org/test.html Each org has some flexibility based on Hombu's minimum requirements. |
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It is really a statement that you've learned all the basics. The basics are what you need to know in order to start training in Aikido. |
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Aikido is a life-long journey. In the grand scheme of things, rank is un-important, unless you're obsessed with it...
...besides, Shodan is the "beginning dan"...so at this point in your training maybe your instructor thinks that you know your left foot from your right...;) |
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Hours + Days = DOLLAR$$$$..." Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, to the McDojo I go...."
Rank should be awarded upon skill, not minimum requirements. Train as if you are going to die, not tumbling around in your pajamas at a slumber party! Train well, Mickey |
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But I disagree that keeping track of how long you've done something is useless and just for money. I see where it has its place in correlation to a student's development. It is generally accurate. It does take about 60 days or more of training for most people to be able to pull off a 5th kyu exam.(according to the standards set by this particular federation.) And it does generally take 700 days or more after nidan for a person to be able to perform up to the high standards of a sandan exam. Hombu dojo goes by days as well for this reason. |
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On the flip side...I will say I enjoy a teacher not afraid to fail someone.
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