Testing and Promotion: Adults
Student Guide
Guidelines for Ikkyu
(Brown belt with Black Stripe, 60 days of practice after Nikyu)
Evaluations consist of the items from the following six elements. While specific arts, kata, 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. The six elements are:
- Specific Aikido arts at each rank (a list of arts required at this level by Hombu, and additional arts emphasized at the Prairie Aikikai)
- Selected Aikido arts (a number of student selected arts, as well as instructor selected arts from any of the prior levels
- Weapons forms (Tanbo, Tanto, Jo and Bokken: specific methods required at each particular level)
- Selected arts from Hanmi Handachi (attacker standing, defender kneeling) and Swari Waza (both attacker and defender kneeling)
- Rondori Exercise (freestyle defense against certain types of attacks and numbers of persons by level)
- Ryokata Tori Exercise (number of repetitions by level)
Specific guidelines for each level are given on the following pages. 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
All previous techniques plus:
Yokomen Uchi Ikkyo
Yokomen Uchi Nikyo
Yokomen Uchi Sankyo
Yokomen Uchi Yonkyo
Ushiro Ryote Tori Ikkyo
Ushiro Ryote Tori Nikyo
Ushiro Ryote Tori Sankyo
Ushiro Ryote Tori Yonkyo
Yokomenu Uchi Gokyu
Ryote Tori Shiho Nage (Hanmi Handachi)
Jiyu Waza: Katate Tori
Jiyu Waza: Ryote Tori
Jiyu Waza: Morote Tori
Kokyuho (Tachi Waza)
Bokken: Basic Kata Jo Basic Kata
Kata Tori Shomen Uchi Ikkyo
Mune Tsuki Sayu Nage
Ushiro Kata Tori Aiki Otoshi
Ushiro Kata Tori Ago Tsuki Age
Ushiro Kubi Shime Juji Nage
Selected Arts
Five student selected arts
Five instructor selected arts
Weapons Forms
Tanbo Tori: 5 arts
Tanto Tori: 5 arts
Jo Kata: 31 count (Saito)
Jo Tori: 5 arts
Kumi Jo: 6 arts
Bokken Tori: 5 arts
Kumi Tachi: 5 arts
Hanmi Handachi or Suwari Waza
Hanmi Handachi: 5 arts
Suwari Waza: 5 arts
Randori Exercise
Standing: grabbing or striking (2 person)
Ryokata Tori Exercise
75 repetitions