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Yamakai Karate Association Grading structure
Unlike most Associations we are not looking to have a conveyor belt of child
colour belts, with young children holding Black Belts and Second Dan before
they leave primary school. We recently re-vamped our grading system,
returning to the more traditional Karate grading where by all our clubs get
together and all kyu grades are conducted on the same day. Again unlike most
Karate Associations we only have two Kyu gradings per year, June and
December. Each club will however conduct white belt gradings within there
own Dojo between these kyu grades. All under 16yrs also have white stripe
gradings between colour belts, for example Red Belt to Red & White then
Yellow Belt to Yellow and White and so on. Where in most groups students can
achieve Black Belt in four years, with us most children under 16yrs will have to
be with the group for nearer eight years before being aloud to attempt Shodan.
Yamakai have no children under 14yrs of age with a Black Belt. However when
they do pass their Dan grades they are not asked to re-sit once they reach a
certain age which is common practice within the sport. We are looking at the
long term and believe if we allow children to gain something as prestigous as a
black belt to young, what do they have to aim for after that. To attempt Nidan
students must be 18yrs or over Sandan 21yrs or over Yondan 25yrs and over.
Yamakai Dan grades are conducted once a year in December with monthly
training sessions for all students attempting Dan grades to get together and
familiarize themselves with the grading syllabus. Below is our grading structure
for differant age groups within the Association. The white belt gradings in the
under 16yrs section are for children under 10yrs of age. These gradings dont
involve Kata and are designed to let children of this age get comfortable with
gradings without to much pressure.
| RED BELT PASS |
RED & WHITE/YELLOW |
ORANGE/GREEN/BLUE | PURPLE/BROWN/ BLACK |
| November 2011 | November 2011 | November 2011 | November 2011 |
| Abbey Steele | Amy Luke Red & White | Dave Kelly Orange | Liam Cockley Purple |
| C McMurray | Emma Luke | Mark Cupples | Cian Dobbie |
| Mollie Dickson | Josh Collins | Tommy Cross | Mathew Grant |
| Ross Garner | Michael Collins | Mark Whiteford | Joanne Ross |
| Lewis O'Hara | Ella McNally | Bill Weir | Liam Dobbie |
| Adam Duerden | Emma Watson | Jack Butterfield | |
| George Duerden | Andy Watson | Mari Ann Mitchell or & wh | Joanne Arton |
| Reuben Seddon | Calum MacDonald | Luke Miller | Alan Gaffney |
| Matilda Ellis | Amy MacDonald | Matthew Miller | Chloe McGivern purp-White |
| Ben Kerr | Kara McEwan | Jack Johnston | Caitlin McKenna |
| Dylan Hughes | Alex Miller | Keir Fraser | |
| Morgan McEwan | Jordon Burns | Liam Carlin | Shay McCormack 1st Brown |
| Passang Shilpa | Ciaran Kelly | Adam Taylor | Dean Kennedy |
| Adam Cringean | Abbie Kelly | Jay McLenaghan | Mark Carlin |
| Andrea Crawford | Lucus Charlton | Joanna Shanks | |
| Aiden Doyle | Aiden McGowan | Chris O'Connor Green | Cameron Gibbons 2nd Brown |
| Paul Whiteford | Erin Henderson | Jennifer Whiteford | Jake Cornish |
| Sarah McCord | Lucy McMoran | Laura Thomson | Aedan Ross 3rd Brown |
| Patrick Kyle | Ross Cupples | Ryan McMullen | |
| Ross Ferguson | Lewis MacKay yellow | Lewis Sloan | Niall Rachman |
| Ali Asghar | Daniel Luntao | Luke Glackin Green & White | David Williamson |
| Sara Asghar | Euan Douglas | Ben Paterson | Ben Taylor |
| Sulaiman Asghar | Strona Orr | Gavin Stewart | Euan Hogg |
| Yousuf Asghar | Reece Charlton | Jim McMenamin Blue | Kyle Ferguson |
| Emma Harper | Casey Hardie | Lara Williamson | |
| Alistair Harper | Lauren McCluskey | Dan Grades |
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| Andrew Loeliger | Jaye Glendinning blue & White | C Hogg 1st Dan Shukokai | |
| Amy Loeliger | Jordon White | N Cornish 1st Dan Shukokai | |
| Courtney McCarron | R Hogg 2nd Dan Shukokai | ||
| Ryan Griffiths Yellow & White | S Thompson 2nd Dan Shotokan | ||
| Glen Dingil | R Leeper 3rd Dan Shotokan | ||
| Jack McAulay | E Boyle 3rd Dan Shotokan | ||
| Kirsty Gibbons | L Coakley 3rd Dan Shotokan | ||
| Luke Butterfield | S Duff 4th Dan Shotokan | ||
| T Bent | S Graham 4th Dan Shotokan | ||
| Next Kyu Gradings | June 2012 Strathaven |