How does your school's grading go?

NewEnglands_KyoSa · Pre-Black Belt

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?
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Throwdown0850 · Blue Belt

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 · Blue Belt

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 · KF Sensei

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.

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setboy · Yellow Belt

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 · Yellow Belt

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
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Currently - San-Kyu (Brown Tips) in Shorin-Ryu USA.

KarateEd · KF Sempai

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
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bushido_man96 · KF Sensei

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.
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Shotokan-kez · Black Belt

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.
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white owl · Orange Belt

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.

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