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Akai Bushi
17-04-2005, 02:04 AM
How much does it usually cost to test for Shodan and get a menjo?
Light Samurai
17-04-2005, 02:12 AM
In my dojo, shodan test cost $100.
Michael_St_A
17-04-2005, 05:32 AM
In Britain:

http://www.kendo.org.uk/articles/gradguide.shtml#6


Shodan is £15 to enter and £20 for the menjo.
jmarsten
17-04-2005, 07:35 AM
How much does it usually cost to test for Shodan and get a menjo?
The AUSKF menjo fee for shodan is $30. Depending on which regional federation your membership is in there are additional regional fees. PNKF =$20 exam fee for a total of $50 if you are successful.
Kaoru
17-04-2005, 12:28 PM
In my dojo, shodan test cost $100.

Hi Light-san,

hehehe, He means for shodan in Kendo. That's a LOT for yours. I wonder if other Aikido dojo charge that much. :confused:

Kaoru
Ralutin
17-04-2005, 03:04 PM
How much does it usually cost to test for Shodan and get a menjo?

Where in California are you practicing? If you're in Southern California check out this page from the Southern California Kendo Federation (SCKF) website:

http://www.eanet.com/sckf/doc/fees.htm

The Northern California Kendo Federation (NCKF) should have similar fees.

You really should ask your sensei or dojo adminstrator to confirm.
Akai Bushi
17-04-2005, 06:28 PM
Thanks that link to the SCKF answered my question.

When I tested in TKD it cost $300 for 1st dan and If I want to test for 2nd it's like $400. I was hoping that when I get to that point in Kendo that my rank wouldn't cost that much.
Neil Gendzwill
18-04-2005, 12:35 AM
You can see the CKF fee schedule here (http://www.kendo-canada.com/forms/CKFdanfees04.jpg). It starts getting expensive at 4th dan ($315 total fees) but under that it's quite affordable.
Theodore
18-04-2005, 12:47 AM
Even though the cost is posted as $$$, the real answer is about 2000 - 2500 hours of study. So if your billing rate is $100 per hour it will be about $250 K.
Neil Gendzwill
18-04-2005, 01:20 AM
Most adults can get shodan in 2-3 years of practising twice a week. That's 400-600 hours in my book. 2000 hours would be about 10 years in our dojo.
Kendoka
18-04-2005, 12:59 PM
In Australia, the AKR sets the fee for (over 16) sho-dan at $25 to apply and if you pass - $35 for registration of the result and certificate. A total of AUD$60, I guess that's a bit over US$50.

The fee for members under 16 is about half.

Fees then increase for higher dan levels.
Theodore
19-04-2005, 03:14 AM
Most adults can get shodan in 2-3 years of practising twice a week. That's 400-600 hours in my book. 2000 hours would be about 10 years in our dojo.

Sensei-
I was thinking more of home study, workouts (footwork and suburi) and seminars with a factor of 4:1 for in dojo time. That's how I came up with 2000 hours over 2-3 years.
RC_Kenshi
19-04-2005, 04:48 AM
The Northern California Kendo Federation (NCKF) should have similar fees.

You really should ask your sensei or dojo adminstrator to confirm.

The NCKF test fee for shodan is $20; the corresponding menjo is $30 for English and $40 for Japanese. It is not clear to me if the shodan test/menjo fee is less for those 17 years and under; if it is, then it would be $10 test and $10/$20 for menjo. All in USD, of course.

Hope this helps,

RC Kenshi

P.S. I note from your profile, you are unranked in kendo, so I assume you are just asking out of curiosity. Not that there's anything wrong with that.