~~Hi all! I'm taking my own poll out of curiosity, like most everything I do. As far as testing/grading goes, I've been in dojos that advanced students in three different ways and was wondering what would be the most preffered way for the majority of students.
1) Tests set with regularity at 4 to 6 month intervals, further apart of course for yudansha.
2) Individual students tested at the end of a class, say, without advance warning because sensei thinks they're ready.
3) Sensei, who hopefully knows their students and follows their individual progress, tells you: "You are now san-kyu, or ni-dan, etc."
~~What think you all?
