Grade examination

The grade examination is always a question that comes back during these kind of events so we would like to clarify (if possible) a few questions.

Written exams:

• The written exam will take place in the cafeteria of the main sport hall (E1) on Monday the 31st of October 2016 just after lunch at 13:00 until 14:00pm.
• This exam concerns only the people going for the dan examination.
• The questions will be inspired from the book « NAGINATA, History and Practice » of Alex Bennett.
• The persons who want to answer in another language than English have to ask in advance so that we check if there is a translator available for correction.

Dan exams:

• The dan exams will take place in the main sport hall (E1), on Tuesday the 1st of November 2016 from 14:00pm till 17:00pm under the supervision of the ENF Technical director.
• People who want to register for an exam until 3rd Dan have to submit the authorization of their sensei, or their federation validation.
• If the registration fee hasn’t been send with the seminar registration it will be done at the written exam.
• The program of the exam is the same as for the INF dan examination.

Grade	Interval	Minimum age
Syo Dan	6 months or over after 1 Kyu	over 13 years old
2 Dan	1 year or over after Syo Dan	over 16 years old
3 Dan	2 years or over after 2 Dan	over 19 years old
4 Dan	3 years or over after 3 Dan	over 22 years old
5 Dan	3 years or over after 4 Dan	over 25 years old
Renshi	3 years or over after 5 Dan	over 28 years old
Kyoshi	7 years or over after Renshi	over 35 years old
Hanshi	20 years or over after Kyoshi	over 55 years old

 

Dan	Kihon	Waza	Shiai	Coaching	Paper test
Syo-dan	Jyoge-buri Datotsu (Men,Sokumen, Sune, Do)	Shikake-Ohoji (1～5 honnme)	Uchikaeshi Kakari-geiko Gokaku-geiko	×	◯
2-dan	Happo-buri Datotsu (Men,Sokumen, Sune, Do, Kote)	Shikake-Ohoji (1～8 honnme)	Uchikaeshi Kakari-geiko Gokaku-geiko	×	◯
3-dan	Happo-buri Datotsu (every part)	Shikake-Ohoji (1～8 honnme)	Uchikaeshi Hikitate-geiko Shiai	◯	◯
4-dan	Happo-buri Datotsu (every part)	Shikake-Ohoji (1～8 honnme) Renmei-no-kata (1～5 honnme)	Uchikaeshi Hikitate-geiko Shiai Shinpan	◯	◯
5-dan	Happo-buri Datotsu (every part)	Shikake-Ohoji (1～8 honnme) Renmei-no-kata (1～7 honnme)	Uchikaeshi Hikitate-geiko Shiai Shinpan	◯	◯

Examiner’s qualification, required number of examiners and eligibility criteria are as follows:

Grade	Examiners (Shinsa-in)	Leaders in the country	Total number of Examiners
Under 2-kyu		3 (include 1 person who has sho-dan and above)	3
1-kyu		3 (3-dan and above)	3
Sho-dan	1	2 (3-dan and above)	3
2-dan	1	2 (4-dan and above)	3
3-dan	2	1 (4-dan and above)	3
4-dan	7 (include 1 Shingi-in)		7

Shinsa-in’s qualification

1. Shinsa-in shall be Renshi or above.
2. Shinsa-in shall be instructor s in their own countries.
3. They shall receive a recommendation from the directors committee and shall be appointed by the AJNF chief director.

 

Shingi-in’s qualification

1. Shingi-in shall be Kyoshi or above.
2. They shall be instructor s in their own countries.
3. They shall receive a recommendation from the Hanshi committee and shall be appointed by the AJNF chief director.

Kyu exams :

• The kyu exams will take place in the main sport hall (E1), on Tuesday the 1st of November 2016 from 14:00pm to 17:00pm under the supervision of the ABNF Technical Members.
• If the registration fee hasn’t been send with the seminar registration i twill be done before the grading.
• The program of the exam is the program of the Belgian Federation that you can find here under.

Belgium kyu grade requirement

 

 

If you have more question do not hesitate to ask your sensei or to post them on the ENF FB page.