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Download as PDF; Printable version ... Judoka who have been awarded the rank of 10th dan by the Kodokan. Pages in category "Kodokan 10th dans" The following 11 pages ...
9th dan: 1940– United States of America Founder of Moo Sool Do and President of World Academy of Martial Arts Association. Korean National Champion (1963–1965). Kukkiwon Advisory Council (2008). Hall of Fame - U.S. Taekwondo Grandmasters Society. Former President, U.S.T.U. Michigan Tae Kwon Do Association. [2] [3] [4] Kim, Ki-whang: 10th ...
The debate over whether 'honorary Dan ranks' are acceptable or not. [19] [20] The differences between Dan rank standards in different martial arts and schools. The number of Dan ranks used (usually 10, but on occasion there might be 12, 15 or even more). The question on which Dan rank could award other, lower Dan ranks.
High ranking "Judoka" 5th dan to 10th dan are Kōdan-sha (高段者) "high grades" and 6th, 7th, and 8th dan have alternating red and white panel belts (紅白帯) Kōhaku-obi, and for 9th and 10th dan, the belts are solid red. This ranking system was introduced by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, in 1883. However, the current system is not ...
Jon Bluming – 10th dan and founder of the Kyokushin Budokai and IBK. In 1965, Bluming became the first non-Japanese in being awarded the 6º dan in karate from Masutatsu Oyama. [31] [32] Steve Arneil – 10th dan and founder of the International Federation of Karate (Kyokushin). He was the 1st person after Mas Oyama to successfully complete ...
Charlie Palmer (United Kingdom, 1930–2001), IJF 10th Dan (promoted in 1996), was the first non-Japanese to be the President of the IJF. He was inducted to the IJF Hall of Fame on 8 September 2003. [1] Anton Geesink (Netherlands, 1934–2010), IJF 10th Dan (promoted in 1997), was the first non-Japanese ever to have won a World Championship. He ...
The highest rank that Master Funakoshi awarded to his students was 5th Dan (5th-degree black belt). JKA raised the highest rank of the Black Belt from 5th Dan to 10th Dan with less strict requirements to obtain each rank.
Iaido as governed by the FIK establishes 10th dan as the maximum attainable rank, though there are no living 10th practitioners in Kendo, there still remains many in Iaido. While there are some living 9th dan practitioners of kendo, the All Japan Kendo Federation only currently awards up to 8th dan. Most other member federations of the FIK have ...