6th Dan
Red belt with a white stripe · 0 techniques required at grading · Dan grades, British Judo Association
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The official syllabus
As printed in BJA Competitive Dan Grade Scheme: Assessment Guide, mark sheets, kata requirements promotion requirements and 6th Dan Application Form. Skills that are not a single technique (breakfalls, escapes, turnovers, grips, randori) are listed in the document's own words.
Eligibility
- Promotion is by application on the BJA 6th Dan Application Form, under one EJU category from A to D, rather than by examination
- A minimum competitive 3rd Dan
- The category applied for must match the activity, minimum age and time in grade in the chart
EJU Category A: minimum age 30, 6 years as 5th Dan
- Competitor: Medal Olympic Games or Senior World Championships
- Referee: IJF, Olympic Games and World Championships (Final Block)
- Official: IJF, Continental
- National Coach: Competitor - Category A
EJU Category B: minimum age 35, 8 years as 5th Dan
- Competitor: Medal - Paralympic Games; Medal - Kata or Disabled Sports World Championships; Senior National team which is - Attendance Olympic Games, World Championships; Attendance European Championships, Grand Slam, Grand Prix, European Cups
- Referee: Continental, Attendance Olympic Games or World Championships, Final Block European Championships, Grand Slam, Grand Prix, European Cups
- Official: National, Board of Directors, National Committees, National Working Groups, National Panels and Commissions (minimum 8 years)
- National Coach: Competitor - Category B
- Club Teacher: Competitor - Category B
EJU Category C: minimum age 40, 10 years as 5th Dan
- Competitor: Medal - Senior British Championships, Home Nation Championships, Area Championships
- Referee: National, Final Block British Senior Championships, Home Nation and Area Championships
- Official: Regional, Home Nation/Area Committees, Working Groups, Panels (minimum 8 years)
- National Coach: Competitor - Category C
- Club Teacher: Competitor - Category C
EJU Category D: minimum age 50, 12 years as 5th Dan, and 25 years since 1st Dan awarded
- Competitor: Significant Club and Area representation
- Referee: Final Block Area Championships
- Official: Significant Club and/or County activity
- National Coach: Competitor - Category D
- Club Teacher: Competitor - Category D
Kata
- Nage-no-kata, Katame-no-kata, Ju-no-kata, Kime-no-kata, Kodokan Goshin-jutsu and Koshiki-no-kata, each to at least BJA Level 1Kata (glossary)Nage-no-kata (kata)Katame-no-kata (kata)Ju-no-kata (kata)Kime-no-kata (kata)Kodokan Goshin-jutsu (kata)Koshiki-no-kata (kata)
- The form also offers a box for a candidate exercising their 'grandfather rights' provision instead
Qualified by experience
- Aged 72 or older, actively involved in judo and active as a 5th Dan, meeting the minimum time in grade and most but not all of the criteria: may still apply, with a CV and the six required kata certificates
- Aged 80 or over, meeting the majority of the syllabus criteria: one dispensation from a competitive 1st Dan instead of a competitive 3rd Dan, time in grade reduced by one category (2 years), or no kata requirements
- Aged 90 or over: one further dispensation as well, from a non-competitive 1st Dan instead of a competitive dan grade, time in grade reduced by two categories, or no kata requirements. The form glosses two categories as 2 years, the same figure it gives for one
Compassionate promotion
- May be considered on a diagnosis of terminal illness, for a judoka active as a 5th Dan for at least six years. The NPGC may recommend it to the BJA Board of Directors; the application and a covering letter with evidence go to the NPGC via the NDGM
Filmed for this grading
How this grade is examined
The syllabus above is what 6th Dan covers. What follows is what a promotion to it actually asks for, section by section, with the marks needed to pass.
Also required for this promotion
Examined on its own terms and need not be taken on the same day.
Flashcards
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