Grading

SHORIN RYU

For JDK-SP the following Shorin Ryu Kata are required:

 
Gradings after 5th dan up to 8th dan will be by kata selected by the panel, as well as other standard requirements outlined below, and will also be determined by experience and success in teaching.

GOJU RYU 

SHOTOKAN

NB: The post-war Shotokan syllabus contains 26 kata. The kata here demarcated have been chosen because of their attractiveness or regular use in competition.

GENERAL

Individual dojo may teach kata from more than one style but may examine using kata from one style only.  Individual dojo may vary the kyu grade structures, provided all grades from 3 kyu onwards are synchronised against the syllabuses here outlined. 

All dan tests must include performance of mandatory kata, goshin jutsu self-defence sets, and kumite. 

Performance of kumite may be according to WKF, JKA Ippon, Mixed Martial Arts, or other specified formats, provided that both kumite partners are agreed and the referee is familiar with the format and its rules. 

All kumite must be conducted within bounds of sportsmanship and be free of malicious technique. Any technique must cease as soon as one of the two kumite partners indicates surrender. The surrender, e.g. by tapping out, supercedes any instruction to cease by the referee, i.e. testing has health and safety boundaries as experienced by the participants and is not a competition as such. 

All kumite participants must wear protective equipment as standard within their fighting format.

Other syllabus content, e.g. kihon specifications, are subject to individual dojo preferences. 

ORGANISATIONAL MATTERS

Notwithstanding the degrees of freedom for interpretation and creativity outlined above, the Jindokai will maintain a governance structure – based on the principles of consultation and transparency – in which the International President will be the Chief Instructor.

There will be National Presidents in each country who will be the national chief instructors. Both the International and National Presidents will be assisted by Councils of Advisors – being the National Presidents and Shihans at international level, and the Shihans and dojo heads at national level. Each national group will, furthermore, establish constitutions and elect officers for the benefit of Jindokai members, the transparent control of subscription and other funds, affilation to governing bodies, insurance purposes, team selection, and pastoral care of members.

The International President will disseminate videos and DVDs of all kata requirements as the basic template for cultivation of the arts, notwithstanding local interpretations and creativity – which, all the same, should not seek to recreate the arts to the extent that their foundational source is no longer recognisable. The Jindokai therefore seeks a disciplined creativity.