Mumeishi grading

[senki-kendo-jos]

Congrats to everyone who passed at the mumeishi grading in London last weekend and commiserations to those who did not. I got my shodan (VERY pleased, first try as well!)... how did others do?

[Anjin-san]

IKKYU BABY!

hachidan here i come

[Matlock]

Hey, was just wondering how many tested there at the mumeishi grading in London. From what ranks? Congrats, by the way!!!

[Anjin-san]

There were 106 registered for the grading and 6 didn't turn up. Mostly ikkyu and shodan. We had people grading up to yondan.

[Matlock]

What would you say the average passing rate was for each ranking?

[GMason]

Yondan - 0
Sandan - 2
Nidan - they all passed (I think)
Shodan - Loads
Ikkyu - Loads

Basically I guess only about 20 - 25 people failed.

There where some very good Nidan's and some good Shodans as well from what little I saw.

[D'Artagnan]

There where some very good Nidan's .

Damn Right!! :smoker:


p.s. i think a couple of nidan's did fail, but it was literally one or two.

[GMason]

I said some good Nidans..... Not all :wink: So who said I was talking about you ?????

:tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

[D'Artagnan]

who said I was talking about you ?????




Simple, I am the greatest of all time, float like a bee, sting like a butterfly...

...err yeah a bad butterfly, that bites ya... ...bite ya bad too. :evil:

[mingshi]

Ikkyu
51 registered
34 went on to kata

Shodan
31 registered
21 went on to kata

Nidan
16 registered
13 went on to kata

Sandan
4(?) registered
2 went to kata

Yondan
(?) registered
1 went to kata

My source for the kata part is my photo of that paper on the wall entitled "REQUIRED FOR KATA".

[Matlock]

Thanks Mingshi,

I am grateful that you had a photo of the information :-) I was actually very interested in the passing rate for the 2-dans to the 4-dans. I think that it is interesting see the different passing rates for the different countries. Does anyone have any information on the Canadian or US passing rates for those ranks?

Cheers :-)

[senki-kendo-jos]

There where some very good Shodans as well from what little I saw.
Why thankyou mr mason (hee hee hee!)

[GMason]

Now I know I wasn't talking about you

:tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :tongue:

[senki-kendo-jos]

Oy!! I was very complimentary about your kiri kaeshi during that grading!

Gareth hasn't actually said it people, but there was only ONE very good sandan...

[emitbrownne]

Sensei GMason..

In case I dont see you this weekend.. Well done. :D

Paulo

[Johnny Utah]

Originally Posted by senki-kendo-jos

"Gareth hasn't actually said it people, but there was only ONE very good sandan..."

Wasn't she japanese!! :wink:

Only joking Gareth well done.....

Cheers

Darren

[D'Artagnan]

Wasn't she japanese!! :wink:



B@stard!!!! You beat me to it!

[GMason]

And me !!!!! :grin:

[senki-kendo-jos]

lol. Just taking a swipe at gareth!

seriously mate, your kata were good. You looked more natural than she did. Mind you, what can we expect from one half of the ex british kata champions! (better stop now or he won't get his head thru the dojo door!

will prob see u in the pub tonight

[Nishi]

(better stop now or he won't get his head thru the dojo door!

He can get his head thru the door now??????



:smiley:

[mingshi]

hi all. I put up some pics of both days on my site. These are from my digital camera and there are more coming on film next week.

http://www.mingshiwan.co.uk/budojournal/

Enjoy!

[Navyguy]

Thanks Mingshi,

I am grateful that you had a photo of the information :-) I was actually very interested in the passing rate for the 2-dans to the 4-dans. I think that it is interesting see the different passing rates for the different countries. Does anyone have any information on the Canadian or US passing rates for those ranks?

Cheers :-)
Canadian Eastern Grading is the first weekend of Dec. I will try to get some stats for you.

[D'Artagnan]

WOW Who are those two really cool looking Kendoka in photo 18 in the corner - waving at the Camera. They look so cool!!!!!!

[Matlock]

Canadian Eastern Grading is the first weekend of Dec. I will try to get some stats for you.Navyguy, thanks for the consideration. Will you be testing as well? If you are, best of luck to you!!!!

Let us know how things turn out!

Cheers

[Navyguy]

Here are the results as promised. The numbers are not 100% because they changed the registration format and it was difficult to get a true count of how many people actually registered/attended. There were also some numbering issues, 1D7A and 1D7B, so I just could not look at the highest number and guess that that person was the last to be registered in that division.

approx 100 Ikkyu and 74 passed
approx 36 1st Dan and 34 passed
approx 28 2nd Dan and 28 passed
11 3rd Dan and 10 passed
10 4th Dan and 6 passed
1 5th Dan and 1 passed
8 6th Dan and 6th passed
3 7th Dan and 3 passed

If anybody is interested this is the info for the iaido from the previous day

approx 30 Ikkyu and 29 passed
approx 21 1st Dan and 20 passed
11 2nd Dan and 10 passed
1 3rd Dan and 0 passed
3 4th Dan and 2 passed
3 5th Dan and 3 passed

Again these are not 100% accurate, but likely close enough for comparison as requested.

[Navyguy]

Navyguy, thanks for the consideration. Will you be testing as well? If you are, best of luck to you!!!!

Let us know how things turn out!

Cheers
Thanks for the luck, but this time around I was there to support my own guys. We had 1 for 2nd, 3 for 1st and 2 for Ikkyu. All were successful!!

Next year is my turn.

[Matlock]

approx 100 Ikkyu and 74 passed
approx 36 1st Dan and 34 passed
approx 28 2nd Dan and 28 passed
11 3rd Dan and 10 passed
10 4th Dan and 6 passed
1 5th Dan and 1 passed
8 6th Dan and 6th passed
3 7th Dan and 3 passedNavyguy, Thanks for taking the time to collect the data. The results are still pretty positive. I was curious about the 2-7 dans.... it seems the passing rates are extremely good. Which Federation is this under? Surprised to see the passing rate of the 5-7dans being so very high. Did you get the chance to see these?

Which rank will you be trying for next year? Thanks again!

[Navyguy]

Navyguy, Thanks for taking the time to collect the data. The results are still pretty positive. I was curious about the 2-7 dans.... it seems the passing rates are extremely good. Which Federation is this under? Surprised to see the passing rate of the 5-7dans being so very high. Did you get the chance to see these?

Which rank will you be trying for next year? Thanks again!
This is from the Canadian Kendo Federation (CKF). I did watch these people. Not having the experience to really qualify my statement, I thought the passing rate was high also (all ranks). I hope that is a good sign that the clubs are doing a good job of getting quality kendo out there.

I noticed a jump in the quality of Kendo at the 3rd Dan level to the 4th Dan level. There seemed to be a noticable difference in the ability. Not so much between the 4-7th. I thought that was interesting. Again this is just my thoughts.

I will be going for Nidan next year.