Sandan Testing Requirements

1. Levels of Training (katai, yuwarakai, ki-no-nagare)
1. Tai-no-henko
2. Katate-dori Kokyu-nage
3. Katate-dori Ikkyo (omote waza)
4. Kata-dori Ikkyo (omote / 2x ki-no-nagare)
5. Yokomen-uchi Nikkyo (ura / katai & ki-no-nagare only)
6. Yokomen-uchi Sankyo (ura / katai & ki-no-nagare only)
7. Yokomen-uchi Gokyo (tanken-dori / katai & ki-no-nagare only)
8. Katate-dori Shiho-nage (omote waza)
9. Ushiro-mune-dori Koshi-nage (katai & ki-no-nagare only)
2. Riai
1. Kokyu-nage
1. Morote-dori
2. Tachi-dori
3. Jo-tori
2. Kokyu-nage (mae)
1. Morote-dori
2. Tachi-dori
3. Jo-tori
3. 2x student-chosen demonstrations of Riai (taijutsu, ken, jo)
3. Kaeshi-waza
1. Ikkyo ni Nikkyo (hantai)
2. Ikkyo ni Irimi-nage
3. Ikkyo ni Koshi-nage
4. Ikkyo ni Ushiro Nagare
5. Ikkyo ni Ikkyo (ushiro nagare)
6. Ikkyo ni Kokyu-nage
7. Nikkyo ni Irimi-nage
8. Kote-gaeshi ni Sankyo
9. Irimi-nage ni Sumi-otoshi
10. Kaiten-nage ni Kokyu-nage
4. Ni-nin dori
1. Nikkyo
2. Sankyo
3. Kokyu-nage
4. Kokyu-nage (pulled)
5. Henka-waza
1. Shomen-uchi Ikkyo (pushed) to Kokyu-nage (mae) or Irimi-nage
2. Shomen-uchi Ikkyo (back turned) to Irimi-nage
3. Shomen-uchi Ikkyo (stand on breakdown) to Ikkyo (foot step) or Sankyo or Irimi-nage
4. Kata-dori Ikkyo (elbow held down) to Kokyu-nage
5. Morote-dori Sankyo (back turned) to Irimi-nage (arm or collar)
6. Shomen-uchi Irmim-nage (hand pushed down) to collar-only Irimi-nage or Shiho-nage
7. Katate-dori Shiho-nage (arm won’t budge) to Old-style shiho-nage
8. Katate-dori Shiho-nage (rolled out) to Shiho-nage or Irimi-nage or Koshi-nage or Hiji-osae (2x)
9. Ushiro-ryote-dori Koshi-nage (failure to load on hips) to Sankyo
10. Henka-waza from four instructor-chosen attacks & techniques
6. Oyo-waza
1. Bobby Bang
2. Sankyo Very Much
3. Smash and Trash
4. Fast Hands Sumi-Otoshi
7. Jiyu-waza
1. Jiyu-waza (suwari-waza)
2. Jiyu-waza (yon-no-kogeki - surrounded)
3. Jiyu-waza (yon-no-kogeki - rush)
4. Jiyu-waza (roku-no-kogeki - one hit, one life)
8. 2x student-chosen kumitachi (basic, intermediate, advanced)
9. Kumitachi Henka-waza (Variations as shown in Traditional Aikido Vol #2)
1. Ichi-no-Tachi, Henka #1 (body method)
2. Ichi-no-Tachi, Henka #2 (body method)
3. Ni-no-Tachi, Henka #1 (body method)
4. Ni-no-Tachi, Henka #2 (body method)
5. San-no-Tachi, Henka #1 (body method)
6. San-no-Tachi, Henka #2 (body method)
7. Yon-no-Tachi, Henka #1 (body method)
8. Yon-no-Tachi, Henka #2 (body method)
9. Go-no-Tachi, Henka #1 (body method)
10. Go-no-Tachi, Henka #2 (body method)
10. Jo-nage (1 – 7 from Traditional Aikido Vol #2)
1. Shiho-nage (omote)
2. Ikkyo
3. Gedan-tsuki
4. Gedan-harai
5. Nikkyo
6. Kokyu-nage (ushiro-dori)
7. Kokyu-nage (mae, ushiro-dori)
11. 31-count jo kata
12. 2x student-chosen kumijo (basic, intermediate, advanced)
13. Classic ken-tai-jo paired exercises (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, & 10 from Traditional Aikido Vol #2)