{"id":4954,"date":"2013-01-23T20:30:53","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T19:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/?p=4954"},"modified":"2018-01-09T19:58:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T18:58:32","slug":"about-the-grading-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/articles\/about-the-grading-system\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Grading System"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Zenzen<\/a>

Zenzen shugaku – Calligraphy by Morikawa Zeoh sensei<\/p><\/div>\n

In Shorinji Kempo, we have, as in most other Japanese budo (martial arts), a grading system. The grading system (kaiky\u016b seido<\/em> [\u968e\u7d1a\u5236\u5ea6]) is set up as a step by step curriculum so that it is easier to learn and it is based on the idea of zenzen shugaku<\/em> [\u6f38\u3005\u4fee\u5b66], ie. step by step learning. All branches in the whole world follows the same kamokuhy\u014d<\/em> (curriculum), which also specifies minimum requirements for how long time it must be between gradings, and how many practice sessions you need before you are qualified to test for the next level. In Shorinji Kempo, there are three different types of ranks, they are explained in more detail in the following paragraphs. All grading certificates, for both ky\u016b<\/em> as well as dan<\/em> ranks, are issued by Shorinji Kempo Hombu.<\/p>\n

\"bukai\"
\nBukai<\/h2>\n
\"Coloured<\/a>

Coloured belts (obi) which indicates the ky\u016b rank of kenshi<\/p><\/div>\n

The first type of grading one encounter is bukai<\/em> [\u6b66\u968e], “martial rank”, which means ky\u016b<\/em> and dan<\/em> ranks, just as in most other martial arts. These gradings include both a practical test of the techniques, as well as a theoretical test. For ky\u016b<\/em> grades it is a written homework and for dan<\/em> grades it is a written homework and a written test on the day of the grading. For higher dan<\/em> grades there is also an interview.<\/p>\n

For children that are 9 years old or younger there are eight ky\u016b<\/em> ranks and for all who are 10 years or older there are six ky\u016b<\/em> ranks. Children that are 12 years or younger have a somewhat different kamokuhy\u014d<\/em> (curriculum) where all so called gyaku waza<\/em> (techniques that attacks joints) are removed. Ky\u016b<\/em> ranks begin with a high figure and goes down to first ky\u016b<\/em> which is the level before black (dan<\/em> grade). When one are new one wear a white belt, this is called minarai<\/em> (beginner). The youngest children have yellow belt for the ranks of 8th & 7th ky\u016b<\/em>, then there are green belt for the grades 6th, 5th, & 4th ky\u016b<\/em>, and brown belt for 3rd, 2nd & 1st ky\u016b<\/em>. Dan<\/em> ranks begin with 1 dan<\/em> (shodan<\/em>), 2 dan<\/em> (nidan<\/em>) and so on, up to 9 dan<\/em> which is the highest bukai<\/em> rank in Shorinji Kempo.<\/p>\n

\"h\u014dkai\"
\nH\u014dkai<\/h2>\n

The second type of degree is h\u014dkai<\/em> [\u6cd5\u968e], which roughly means philosophical rank. If you meet the criteria, you can get the first four h\u014dkai<\/em> ranks together with the corresponding bukai<\/em> rank. Then h\u014dkai<\/em> ranks come after bukai<\/em>, one must have had fifth dan<\/em> a certain period of time before one can make the written test for next h\u014dkai<\/em> rank daikenshi<\/em>, etc. This is the order of the h\u014dkai<\/em> ranks: junkenshi<\/em> [\u51c6\u62f3\u58eb], sh\u014dkenshi<\/em> [\u5c11\u62f3\u58eb], ch\u016bkenshi<\/em> [\u4e2d\u62f3\u58eb], seikenshi<\/em> [\u6b63\u62f3\u58eb], daikenshi<\/em> [\u5927\u62f3\u58eb], junhanshi<\/em> [\u51c6\u7bc4\u58eb], seihanshi<\/em> [\u6b63\u7bc4\u58eb], daihanshi<\/em> [\u5927\u7bc4\u58eb].<\/p>\n

\"s\u014dkai\"
\nS\u014dkai<\/h2>\n
\"Wagesa<\/a>

Wagesa – that kenshi with s\u014dkai rank can wear<\/p><\/div>\n

The third type of ranking in Shorinji Kempo is s\u014dkai<\/em> [\u50e7\u968e], “priesthood ranks.” These are for those who join s\u014dseki<\/em> [\u50e7\u7c4d] (priesthood). There are eleven levels of s\u014dkai<\/em> and they are sh\u014d d\u014dshi<\/em> [\u5c11\u5c0e\u5e2b], gon ch\u016b d\u014dshi<\/em> [\u6a29\u4e2d\u5c0e\u5e2b], ch\u016b d\u014dshi<\/em> [\u4e2d\u5c0e\u5e2b], gon dai d\u014dshi<\/em> [\u6a29\u5927\u5c0e\u5e2b], dai d\u014dshi<\/em> [\u5927\u5c0e\u5e2b], gon sh\u014d h\u014dshi<\/em> [\u6a29\u5c11\u6cd5\u5e2b], sh\u014d h\u014dshi<\/em> [\u5c11\u6cd5\u5e2b], gon ch\u016b h\u014dshi<\/em> [\u6a29\u4e2d\u6cd5\u5e2b], ch\u016b h\u014dshi<\/em> [\u4e2d\u6cd5\u5e2b], gon dai h\u014dshi<\/em> [\u6a29\u5927\u6cd5\u5e2b], dai h\u014dshi<\/em> [\u5927\u6cd5\u5e2b].
\nIn principle, one must train in a d\u014din<\/em> (available only in Japan) to get s\u014dkai<\/em> ranks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Shorinji Kempo, we have, as in most other Japanese budo (martial arts), a grading system. The grading system (kaiky\u016b seido [\u968e\u7d1a\u5236\u5ea6]) is set up as a step by step […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shorinjikempo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}