Testing Standards

ASU standard testing requirements are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional standards imposed in our dojo to better prepare students for their dan tests are marked with a plus (+). Here's a printable version.

	Kyu						Dan
Technique	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd
Tenkan	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kokyu tanden ho	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Katate Dori shihonage	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Katate Dori ryote mochi kokyu ho			*	*	*	*	*	*
Shomenuchi: iriminage	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
ikkyo	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
nikyo		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
sankyo			*	*	*	*	*	*
yonkyo			*	*	*	*	*	*
Munetsuki: kotogaeshi	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
kaitenage		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kata dori: ikkyo		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
nikyo		*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Yokomenuchi: shihonage	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
kotegaeshi			*	*	*	*	*	*
iriminage			*	*	*	*	*	*
ikkyo			*	*	*	*	*	*
nikyo					*	*	*	*
sankyo					*	*	*	*
yonkyo					*	*	*	*
Ryote dori: tenchinage			*	*	*	*	*	*
shihonage			*	*	*	*	*	*
Ushiro: ryokata dori ikkyo				*	*	*	*	*
ryote dori shihonage				*	*	*	*	*
kubi shime kotegaeshi				*	*	*	*	*
waza kokyunage				*	*	*	*	*
Koshinage (Shomenuchi, Yokomenuchi, Katate dori, Menetsuki)					*	*	*	*
Hanmi handachi - shihonage (Katate dori, Ryote dori)					*	*	*	*
Suwariwaza - ikkyo (Shomenuchi, Kata dori, Yokomenuchi)					*	*	*	*
Jiyu waza: one uche (Tashiwaza, Hanmi handachi, Suwariwaza)					*	*	*	*
Tanto dori (Munetsuki, Shomenuchi, Yokomenuchi)
Randorie: 1 uche	+
2 uche		+
3 uche			+				+
4 uche				+	+	+
Tanto dori: 1 Shomenuchi	+				+	+	+	+
1 Yokomenuchi		+			+	+	+	+
1 Tsuki			+		+	+	+	+
2 Ushiro				+	+	+	+	+
Tachi dori (Bokken): Shomenuchi		+			+	+	*
Yokomenuchi			+		+	+	*
Tsuki				+	+	+	*
Tachi dori (Jo)			+	+	+	+
Kumi Tachi kata 1-5		+	+	+	+	+	*	*
Kumi Tachi kata 6-12					+	+		*
Kumi Jo kata 1-6			+	+	+	+		*