Rank (aka belts) are earned through hard work and attention to detail. Training time does not necessarily equal rank. However, there are minimum training time requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minimum Time Requirements<\/strong> Yudansha:<\/em> Test Technique Requirements<\/strong> Gokyu<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Yonkyu<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Sankyu<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Nikyu<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Ikkyu<\/em><\/span><\/strong> More information can be found in the ASU Handbook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Last updated: May 31, 2026 at 10:57 am PST\/PDT<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rank (aka belts) are earned through hard work and attention to detail. Training time does not necessarily equal rank. However, there are minimum training time requirements: Minimum Time Requirements Mudansha: Rokyu (6th Kyu – Yellow belt) – 30 hours \/ 3 months Gokyu (5th Kyu – Yellow belt) – 60 hours \/ 4 months after Rokyu… Continue reading Rank<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-750","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beartoothaikido.com\/baWPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beartoothaikido.com\/baWPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beartoothaikido.com\/baWPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beartoothaikido.com\/baWPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beartoothaikido.com\/baWPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beartoothaikido.com\/baWPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beartoothaikido.com\/baWPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMudansha:<\/em>
\nRokyu (6th Kyu – Yellow belt) – 30 hours \/ 3 months
\nGokyu (5th Kyu – Yellow belt) – 60 hours \/ 4 months after Rokyu
\nYonkyu (4th Kyu – Blue belt) – 60 hours \/ 4 months after Gokyu
\nSankyu (3rd Kyu – Blue belt) – 70 hours \/ 4 months after Yonkyu
\nNikyu (2nd Kyu – Brown belt) – 80 hours \/ 6 months after Sankyu
\nIkkyu (1st Kyu – Brown belt) – 90 hours \/ 6 months after Nikyu<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shodan (Black belt) – 120 hours \/ 12 months after Ikkyu
Nidan (2nd degree Black belt) – 400 hours \/ 30 months after Shodan
Sandan (3rd degree Black belt) – 3 years after Nidan
Yondan (4th degree Black belt) – at the discretion of the senior instructors
Godan\u00a0(5th degree Black belt) – at the discretion of the senior instructors
Rokudan (6th degree Black belt) – at the discretion of the senior instructors<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nRokyu<\/em><\/span><\/strong>
\nKatate Dori Tenkan
\nKatate Dori irimi
\nUkemi (backroll)
\nKatate Dori Tenkan w\/ backroll
\nKatate Dori Flower Throw
\nKatate Dori shihonage
\nKatate Dori sumiotosh
\nMunetsuki tenkan
\nMunetsuki kotegaeshi
\nKosa dori ikkyo
\nBokken Kata basic-basic #1
\nBokken Kata basic-basic #2
\nBokken Kata basic-basic #3
\nShomenuchi tenkan – bokken<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nRokyu techniques +
\nKosa Dori Irimi Nage
\nShomenuchi ikkyo omote
\nShomenuchi ikkyo ura
\nKatate Dori kokyu nage – pitch & toss
\nUkemi (front & back roll)
\nBokken Kata basic-basic #1-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nGokyu techniques +
\nKosa dori ikkyo, nikyo, sankyo & yonkyo
\nKata dori ikkyo & nikyo
\nKatate Dori ryote mochi kokyu tanden ho
\nRyote dori tenchinage
\nRyote dori tenchinage digaruma
\nRyote Dori Obakimono<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nYonkyu techniques +
\nKosa dori ikkyo, nikyo, sankyo & yonkyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nSankyu techniques +
\nKosa dori ikkyo, nikyo, sankyo & yonkyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nNikyu techniques +
\nKosa dori ikkyo, nikyo, sankyo & yonkyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n