Jikishin Ju Jitsu Association Logo Jikishin Ju Jitsu Syllabus Black Belts. After completing the Kyu (Coloured) Belt System to Brown Belt, the dedicated ...MinimumGradingTimesBrown-1stDan12months1stDan-2ndDan2years2ndDan-3rdDan3years3rdDan-4thDan4yearsTo5thDanandaboveByinvitationonlyMinimum1yearperGradeattainedJapaneseNamesForDanGrades&Belts1stDan-Shodan2ndDan-Nidan3rdDan-Sandan4thDan-Yondan5thDan-Godan6thDan-Rokudan7thDan-Sichidan8thDan-Hachidan9thDan-Kudan10thDan-Judan ThefollowingapplytoJuniorDanGradesundertheUKMAGBrules:JuniorGradeMinimumAgeJuniorBlackBelt12yearsSeniorBlackBelt16years.2ndDan18yr.ThereisnoDanGradeabove1stforJuniors JikishinJuJitsuSyllabusBlackBeltsAftercompletingtheKyu(Coloured)BeltSystemtoBrownBelt,thededicatedstudentmustnowcommencetrainingonthemostdifficultofpaths,theBlackBeltorDanGrade.InordertoqualifyforFirstDan(Shodan)BlackBeltthestudentmustovercomeanumberofchallenges:1.ThestudentmusthavecompletedaminimumofoneyearstrainingatBrownBelt(minimumof3yearstotal),andmusthaveattendedtheirClubfortrainingatleast48timessincetheirlastGrading.2.EachpractitionermustpassaLevel5WeaponsKataAssessment,onthebasic5weaponsintheJikishinJuJitsuStyle(NunChaku,Sai,Bo,Tonfa,andKatana).3.ThestudentmustreviseandstudytheJikishinJuJitsuAssociationKyu(ColouredBelt)Gradeworkcompletedsofar.Thestudentwillhavetosuccessfullypassanexamination(Pre-Grading)showingthatheorshehaslearnedandmasteredalloftheKyuGrade(ColouredBelt)techniques.4.TheStudentmustpassanAnatomyExamination?thisisawrittentestwithbothmultiplechoiceandopenquestions.5.Thestudentmustobtainarecommendationfromtheirclubsensei,whichwillincludehowthestudenthelpsintrainingothersandwithclubmatters,andwillalsoincludeacvdetailingthestudent'sachievementsinJuJitsu.Finally:ThestudentmustcompletetheShodanBlackBeltSyllabus,inanexaminationbyseniormembersoftheJikishinJuJitsuAssociation,andoverseenbyaUKMAGBGradingOfficer.ForallsubsequentgradesofBlackBelt,asimilarregimeisinplace.InallcasesthestudentmustpassfurtherGradesinWeapons,Anatom