Brown Belt and Sho Dan Standards

The purpose to having standards for our dojo, is not to have perfect goals. Rather these are the standards we expect each student during Brown Belt training, and Sho Dan training to pass through on their journey forward. If there is a goal the standards should always be improving.

 

From 1989 we have

 

            Kata Sho - Group

            Kata Ananku  -  Mike Cassidy
            Kata Seisan  - Young Lee
            Yellow Belt Te Wazza – Mike and Young
            Kata Saifa - Mike Cassidy
            Kata Seiunchin – Young Lee
            Kata Nihanchi – Mike Cassidy
            Kata Wansu – Young Lee
            Blue Belt Keri Wazza – Mike and Young
            Kata Chinto – Mike and Young
            Kobudo Kata – Tokumine No Kon – Mike Cassidy
            Kobudo Kata – Brown Belt version of the Bando Hidden Stick

           

This film was made before they studied Kusanku, Sunsu or Sanchin. While our standards have changed from that time somewhat, this is an accurate picture of expected Brown Belt development.

And I have a video of the youth performing the first 6 of the Aiki wazza. Aikido study begins at brown belt.

 



 

From 1991 we shift into Sho Dan standards.

 

           One of the individual practices Running up the wall and kicking – Young Lee
            Kata Kusanku – Mike Cassidy
            Kata Nijushiho – Young Lee
            Kata SunNuSu (Sunsu) – Andrew Ware
            Kobudo Kata Urashie No Bo – Mike Cassidy
            Optional Black Belt kata study – Sutrisno family Gojushiho – Young Lee
            Optional Black Belt Chinese Form Study – form Pai Lum Kuen – Andrew Ware

 

 

 

Then there are the Black Belt Keri Wazza, some of which are:

 



 

 

 

This is not the full range of our studies, but contains many of them.

 

By referring to these past performances we can be reminded of where we want to go as we proceed in the future.