Western higher degree

[Steve Bishop]

That's only a little pricier than rokudan in Canada. It's $40 to test and $500 if you pass, roughly 310 of that funny UK stuff.

In Italy last year it was closer to 250 Funny UK stuff in total to pass. Needless to say it cost me less than that...

[Neil Gendzwill]

FWIW a judo rokudan costs $700+ in Canada - $125 to Judo Canada and $575 to the Kodokan, plus usually a fee from the provincial organization.

I have heard that some TKD organizations ding you $1000+ just for shodan (or whatever the Korean equivalent is).

[Raffa]

For the upcoming Sportilia shinsa (4, 5 e 6 June), the costs (valid both for Iaido/Kendo) will be the following (the registration fee is needed only if the exam is successful):

Godan -admission fee 60€ registration fee 100 €
Rokudan -admission fee 90€ registration fee 120 €
Nanadan -admission fee 120€ registration fee 160 €

Renshi Shogo grade -admission fee 100€ registration fee 200 €(to pay only if the exam is successful)

[still learning]

Right here it is (as of today) for rokudan in Nippon:

Application fee: 12,600JY (approx 90 GBP) But I have somehow got a discount...maybe it was a deposit?
Fee if successful: 36,000JY (approx 260 GBP)

So thats about 350 GPB. Expensive after all.

...and you have not mentioned the costs involved in traveling to and staying in Nagoya. + food, drink, gifts [plenty of those...] you can write off about £1500.....or more.

BUT - as I was told by the highest-ranking chap in the UK [7th Dan in Iaido, Jodo and Kendo (at least Renshi in all 3)]... by the time you are allowed to take your 6th Dan test you have had at least 5 years to plan and to SAVE UP! That only amounts to [say] £300 per year - - -only £6 per week.... sounds reasonable, to me..............

I am elligible to test for 6th Dan [Iaido] in 2011........... and have been saving since the month I achieved 5th Dan.

[Steve Bishop]

...I am elligible to test for 6th Dan [Iaido] in 2011........... and have been saving since the month I achieved 5th Dan.

Ha! That's why you are Still Learning and I am not! Good luck with your grading!

PS Lend us a tenner?!

[Tort-Speed]

Lend us a 50!? For those of us who have lost their jobs due to the economic mess, it's a lot to pay. Used to be, at the lower ranks, one paid
to test and if the shiai part was passed, paid some more before doing kata. 'Sure can't "contribute" over 50,000 yen this year, that's a given.

[Steve Bishop]

Right here it is (as of today) for rokudan in Nippon:

Application fee: 12,600JY (approx 90 GBP) But I have somehow got a discount...maybe it was a deposit?
Fee if successful: 36,000JY (approx 260 GBP)

So thats about 350 GPB. Expensive after all.

Nagoya, 16th May.
Application fee: 6300 JPY, Registration fee 23,625 JPY that's 229 GBP or 329 USD. This is much cheaper than for a local candidate.

[kendokamexico]

Sensei Shozo Kato, american hachidan: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...apan_test.html

[ender84567]

yes, kato sensei is hachidan, but he is a transplant, I think the op's intentions was for a western grown hachidan, by the same logic you have tagawa sense as well who has canadian citizenship.

[Neil Gendzwill]

Tagawa's from Detroit but actually I think the bulk of his advanced training has been in the US so still a huge accomplishment. Our Canadian hachidan are Tsumura, Asaoka and Kamata but none of them passed the exam in Japan and they are all immigrants.

[R Stroud]

In my opinion, the non-Japanese kendo communities could go a long way to generating high rank kenshi with a concerted effort to teach higher level kendo to their membership. How many US kendo practioners, for example, would be interested in a 4-5 day kendo seminar that is targeted to 2-4 dan (open to all ranks) focusing on upper level kendo skills. How about a camp in English, that is run with the idea of teaching the skills needed to pass higher rank, and to teach in a way that develops (improves) the kendo of its' membership? A US camp that is similar to what has been done for years in Kitamoto, for example.

[Obulco]

In my opinion, the non-Japanese kendo communities could go a long way to generating high rank kenshi with a concerted effort to teach higher level kendo to their membership. How many US kendo practioners, for example, would be interested in a 4-5 day kendo seminar that is targeted to 2-4 dan (open to all ranks) focusing on upper level kendo skills. How about a camp in English, that is run with the idea of teaching the skills needed to pass higher rank, and to teach in a way that develops (improves) the kendo of its' membership? A US camp that is similar to what has been done for years in Kitamoto, for example.

It makes perfect sense, Stroud-sensei. So much sense that I doubt it will happen.

[R Stroud]

Actually, it is going to happen, next year. Just not as an All (except Hawaii) US Kendo Federation event. If anyone wants to attend such an event, just go to www.idaho-kendo.com and send me your contact info, and I will put you on the list of people wanting to be "in the loop" for this type of upper level kendo training in the US.

[jmarsten]

I presented this at the meeting yesterday and it was well received. I asked about PLU and mentioned Colorado Springs. We need to start developing the lesson plan. This will be a leadership development camp and focus on the nuts and bolts of teaching kendo, what drills are for what and many other items.

[Obulco]

God bless both of you for your efforts!