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Old 12-02-2001, 09:59 PM   #3
Greg Jennings
Dojo: S&G BJJ
Location: Springboro, OH
Join Date: Jul 2000
Posts: 1,132
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Most schools here in the U.S. seem to have 6 kyu grades.

Sometimes one has to test for 6th kyu and sometimes it's the default rank.

We have 6 and the first test is for 5th kyu.

Our time-in-grade requirements are stated in terms of quarters.

I can't remember the exact scale, but it seems like it goes like this:

1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4.

Not that Sensei pays any attention to it.

We're small and he trains with everyone just about every class. When you look like you're going to stick around for the long haul and you feel right to him, he invites you to test. Not meet either criteria and he doesn't invite you. Period, end of story.

Best Regards,

Greg Jennings
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