Gradings

About Sanjuro gradings
All Sanjuro grades test to ensure that the individual has the required level of knowledge, understanding and proficiency required for the grade awarded within the Sanjuro training system.  Unless you want to teach there is no need to take a Sanjuro grade to continue your development as there is no hierarchical system of knowledge and everyone trains the same way, to the best of their own abilities.

Minimum timescale required between grades
All students/instructors could be able to take the first grade no earlier than 1 month with a minimum 8 hours training after successfully completing the Sanjuro foundation module (SFM).

Sanjuro martial art instructors
Only level 4 – Green instructors or upwards are allowed to run a Sanjuro martial art class.

Sanjuro DanceCombat/SpNs instructors
DanceCombat/SpNs instructor grades only go up to level 3.  After this instructors can continue their development via the continuing personal development workshops or from level 4 Sanjuro martial arts instructor grade and upwards.

The scale below shows the minimum time required between grades.

Novice : student/instructor
Level 1 – Yellow tag—–1 month——–(minimum 8 hours training)
Level 2 – Orange tag—-5 months——(minimum 40 hours training)
Level 3 – Red tag——-_6 months——(minimum 48 hours training)

Intermediate : student/instructor
Level 4 – Green tag——8 months——(minimum 64 hours training)
Level 5 – Blue tag…. ….8 months——(minimum 64 hours training)
Level 6 – Purple tag–.—8 months——(minimum 64 hours training)

Advanced : student/instructor
Level 7 – Brown tag—–1 year———–(minimum 384 hours training)
Level 8 – Black tag——1 year———–(minimum 384 hours training)
Only students 20 years or older are allowed to take the final student grade.

Master : instructor
Level 9 – White tag——2 years———-(minimum 384 hours training)
Only students 30 years or older are allowed to take the final grade.

Grading assessments
All grading assessments will be run by the Sanjuro Chief instructor and 2 master or senior level instructors

Continuing personal development
ALL Sanjuro instructors have to keep their own training and abilities up to date and of a good standard so a minimum amount of refresher hours must be made each year for your Sanjuro certificate to remain valid unless an arrangement has been made with the Sanjuro chief instructor as to how this can be achieved.

Refresher hours can take the form of workshops or attendance of a Sanjuro class run by a senior or master level instructor.

Minimum hours required per year to keep your Sanjuro certificate valid
SpNs————————2 hours
DanceCombat————4 hours
Sanjuro martial art——12 hours