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Dan. The dan (段) ranking system is used by many Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, and other martial arts organizations to indicate the level of a person's ability within a given system. Used as a ranking system to quantify skill level in a specific domain, it was originally used at a Go school during the Edo period. [ 1 ]
Tenth dan. Red or Black. jūdan (十段) Eleventh dan Twelfth dan and higher*. White or Red or Black. juichidan (十一段)junidan (十二段) Practitioners of Judo (柔道家, Jūdōka) are ranked according to their skill and knowledge, and, for high ranking dan grades, their contribution to the art. Their rank is indicated by the colour of ...
kyū. Kyū (Japanese: 級, [kʲɯː]) is a Japanese term used in modern martial arts as well as in tea ceremony, flower arranging, Go, shogi, academic tests and other similar activities to designate various grades, levels or degrees of proficiency or experience.
8th Dan Aikikai, 7th Dan Iaido, 6th Dan Judo, 5th Dan Karate. Shoji Nishio (西尾 昭二, Nishio Shōji, December 5, 1927 – March 15, 2005) was a Japanese aikido practitioner and innovator. He held the rank of 8th dan shihan from the Aikikai. He also achieved multiple high ranking honors in other martial arts from different lineages, most ...
Shōzō Nakano (Japan, 1888–1977) promoted to Kōdōkan 10th dan in 1977. Tamio Kurihara (Japan, 1896–1979) promoted to Kōdōkan 10th dan in 1979. Sumiyuki Kotani (Japan, 1903–1991) promoted to Kōdōkan 10th dan in 1984. Ichirō Abe (Japan, 1922–2022) promoted to Kōdōkan 10th dan on 8 January 2006, at age 83.
Judo is a hierarchical art, where seniority of judoka is designated by what is known as the kyū (級, kyū)-dan (段, dan) ranking system. This system was developed by Jigoro Kano and was based on the ranking system in the board game Go. [118] Beginning students progress through kyu grades towards dan grades.
Kimura was born on September 10, 1917, in Kumamoto, Japan. Masahiko Kimura began training judo at the age of 9 and was promoted to yondan (4th dan) at the age of 15. He had defeated six opponents (who were all 3rd and 4th dan) in a row. In 1935, at age 18 he became the youngest ever godan (5th degree black belt) when he defeated eight ...
Shodan (初段), literally meaning "beginning degree," is the lowest black belt rank in Japanese martial arts [1] and the game of Go. The 2nd dan is higher than Shodan, but the 1st dan is called Shodan traditionally and not " Ichidan ". This is because the character 初 (sho, alternative pronunciation: hatsu) also means first, new or beginning ...