Testing and Promotion: Children
Student Guide
Guidelines for Kukyu-C
(Yellow belt, 20 days of practice after Jukyu-C)
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
All previous techniques plus:
Kosa Dori Ikkyo
Katate Tori Sumi Otoshi
Katate Tori Kokyu Nage
Morote Tori Kokyoho (Kokyu Dosa)
Shomen Uchi Undo
Tekubi Shindo Undo
Ushiro Tori Undo
Ushiro Tekubi Tori Zenshin Undo
Ushiro Tekubi Tori Kotai Undo
Sayu Undo and Sayu Choyaku Undo
Ude Furi Undo and Sayu Choyaku Undo
Katate Tori Hiji Otoshi
Kata Tori Ikkyo
No Selected Arts
Weapons Forms
Jo Holding and Stiking
Jo Suburi: 1, 2
No Hanmi Handachi
No Suwari Waza