Testing and Promotion: Juniors
Student Guide
Guidelines for Gokyu-J
(Blue belt, 32 classes, 16 weeks)
Evaluations consist of specific items from the following list. While specific arts and exercises are particular at each level a student may also be asked to demonstrate any (or all) of the requirements from a prior level during their test. In this way Aikido is viewed as a cumulative process, not simply a procedure of studying for a single test.
Students should be aware that these lists are for practice and training purposes only. Since each individual's abilities, personality, and desires from training vary it is only natural that each individual's evaluation may likewise vary. These pages are only intended to provide a listing of what abilities and knowledge are typically mastered at each level. It is between each individual student and Sensei to determine what that student's particular evaluation for any given rank will consist of and how (and when) it will be conducted.
Note: All arts are to be demonstrated (if possible) both Irimi and Tenkan. All Kata are to be demonstrated (if possible) from both left and right sides.
Specific Arts
Kata Tori Hiji Otoshi
Shomen Uchi Ikkyo
Ushiro Katate Tori sayu Nage
Katate Tori Sumi Otoshi
Mune Tsuki Sayu Nage
Katate Tori Sankyo
Katate Tori Nikyo
Three instructor selected arts from prior level
Two student selected arts
Side Slide
Jo Kata
Twenty-one Count Jo Kata
Bokken SuburiOne, Two, Three
Two Blunt Object Tori
One Tanto Tori
Instructor Selected Ki Tests
One art from Swari Waza
Katate Tori Hiji Otoshi