Testing Requirements

Testing is conducted at the sole discretion of the lead instructor. Any student applying for a kyu promotion must be an ASU member in good standing. It is also necessary to have completed the required hours of training (no matter how many hours you practice in one day, one day’s training only counts as one hour) and it is necessary that the waiting period (number of months) between each examination has expired before applying. 

Rokyu -6th

(30 hours/ 3 months)

Tenkan

Shomenuchi ikkyo and iriminage

Munetsuki kotegaeshi

Katate dori shihonage

Yokomenuchi shihonage

Kokyu tanden ho

Gokyu -5th

(60 hours/ 4 months)

All previous techniques plus:

Shomen-uchi nikyo

Kata-dori ikkyo and nikyo

Mune-tsuki kaiten-nage

Yonkyu -4th

(60 hours/ 4 months)

All previous techniques plus:

Shomenuchi sankyo and yonkyo

Yokomenuchi ikkyo, kotegaeshi and iriminage

Ryote dori tenchinage and shihonage

Katate dori ryote mochi kokyu tanden ho

Sankyu -3rd

(70 hours/ 6 months)

All previous techniques plus:

Ushiro ryokata dori ikkyo

Ushiro ryote dori shihonage

Ushiro kubi shime kotegaeshi

Ushiro waza kokyunage

Nikyu -2nd

(80 hours/ 6 months)

All previous techniques plus:

Yokomenuchi nikyo, sankyo and yonkyo

Koshinage from shomenuchi, yokomenuchi, katate dori and munetsuki

Hanmi handachi: Katate dori shihonage, Ryote dori shihonage

Suwariwaza: Shomenuchi ikkyo, Kata dori ikkyo, Yokomenuchi ikkyo

Upcoming Test Dates