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Black belt or 'Dan' grading are a little different from Kyu gradings. They are usually held at a much larger venue such as the Crystal Palace Sports Centre in London and carried out by a panel of senior JKA examiners. The grading begins with Kihon and is followed by Jiyu Kumite (free sparring). The student will then be asked to choose a kata to perform from a possible list of five appropriate to his/her grade. The student must pass each of these stages and if successful will be invited back to perform a kata of the examiners choice. It
is possible that a student may only fail a single element
of the grading and re-take it at a later date, however
the Kihon section must always be passed otherwise a
complete re-grade will be neccessary. |