6 dan exam

[ratdeau]

What do/did you focus on for 6 dan exam?

[ben]

The sensei at Kagoshima Jitsugyo Kotogakko (whose name I forget), told me to focus on men, nothing else. This fitted with what I had been told for 5th dan, which was only focus on waza going forwards (no hiki waza). So 6 dan seems to be a step further along, more fundamental.

FWIW from a fellow 6 dan aspirant...

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[Curtis]

Shisei, seme, riai. The order changed as the test grew nearer. For 7 dan I have added fukaku.

[Neil Gendzwill]

I'm thinking kigurai is in there, too.