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aefibird
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Oct 2003
Posts: 4416
Location: UK
Styles: Past and present: 2 styles of Karate, TKD, Aikido, Wing Chun, some Tai Chi
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 Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 12:11 pm Post subject: How much to grade? |
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How much does it cost you to test for your next belt?
In my association it is £15 for kyu gradings (about US$27) and it is £50 for 1st Dan (about US$90). It's slightly higher for gradings above shodan, but not much more.
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Midnight_kitty
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Joined: 06 Jan 2004
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Wow! Thats cheap!  I must be getting ripped off. For kyu belt ranks it costs $37-$58 depending on the rank. And for dan I think it was $150. |
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stuart
Yellow Belt
Joined: 22 Oct 2003
Posts: 26
Location: England
Styles: Karate
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Ours are £30 (I think from memory) for Kyu grades, and I believe £50 for Dan grades. Which I think is resonable plus regrades are free.
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Karateka
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Joined: 22 Jun 2001
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Location: North Vancouver, Canada
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depending on your age, it could be 20-30 dollars for Kyu grading, and 75 dollars for First Dan.
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ronryu
Orange Belt
Joined: 29 Nov 2001
Posts: 199
Location: griffin , ga
Styles: Shito ryu karate
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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from most of the groups I have seen it is useally $25 to $45 for kyu ranks and useally at least $100 per dan rank ie $100 for shodan $200 for nidan and so on.
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ESA-Shotokan
Orange Belt
Joined: 20 Dec 2003
Posts: 201
Location: Bristol, UK
Styles: Shotokan Karate
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 8:20 pm Post subject: Grade fees |
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| Kyu grades tend to be about £15 but that also includes the lesson beforehand. Shodan is £35 and I think £20 for a regrade. Nidan, Sandan, etc are higher costs. |
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renketsu
Orange Belt
Joined: 11 Feb 2003
Posts: 157
Location: North-West England
Styles: Shotokan Karate
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Hehe... looks like I (and my students) get the best deal so far 
We are part of a smaller type association and my sensei is the association chairperson so there are no pyramid type fees.
Kyu gradings = £5
Dan gradings = £20
This includes certificates and dan grade registration with the AMA (Amateur Martial Association).
Belts are extra but only £3 for standard plain colours. Embroidered ones are obviously extra.
Andy.
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wilko9999
Orange Belt
Joined: 13 May 2003
Posts: 102
Location: UK
Styles: Trodai Karate
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£12.50 for Kyu Grades and £12.50 for Dan grades  
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MarXXX
White Belt
Joined: 16 Nov 2003
Posts: 16
Location: Denmark
Styles: Wado-ryu
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| Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 6:48 am Post subject: |
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| 10$ for kyu gradings |
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isshinryuka
Yellow Belt
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Posts: 26
Location: Texas
Styles: Isshinryu
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$15 to attend a Shiai. This happens 3x a year. The Shiai is about 2-3 hours of training with rank adjustments after. No guarantee for rank adjustment, the $15 is just for the training, space rental for all the dojo students to train a once, and the party after.
Pretty good deal compared to what I have read others get charged.
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