by Cichorei Kano Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:55 am
Davaro wrote:@ CK
I think most of the (European) syllabi require 1 year TIG for seniors going from ikyu to shodan.
Perhaps I just incorrect assumed that was the case here hence my comment of a year from now...
Quite correct that he will have to comply with whatever rules his federation places on grading. I also don't know about competition points etc so clearly he will have to get all he requires. Where I am, one can accrue points from not only competition but also refereeing, table official duties, and executive duties (such as on a regional committee or serving on the national federation fe)
Notwithstanding the above, my point being he should aim to get it as soon as possible. Not leave it for a few years if he does not have to.
Obviously conditions have been must relaxed since the days that I or others like Hanon-sensei obtained their shodan. In those days obtaining shodan at 16 years of age was virtually unseen as it implied that you had successfully gone through a line-up of seniors who minimally had to hold the same rank as you.
Today, in Europe many federations have removed minimal time-in-grade from 1st kyû to shodan completely, but ONLY on the condition that one wins the complete line-up (5 or 6 points in a row) or 10 points spread over several contest days. Tsukinami-shiai conditions also have been eased a lot since the days of yonder, today often following IJF weight classes whereas at the time shiai was typically without weight classes just like it still is in Japan for the tsukinami-, kohaku-, and kôdansha-shiai.
In case of no shiai-points at all though, minimal time-in-grade is generally still applied usually 2 or 3 years. Since I do not know any background information on JudoStu I do not know what age category he is in or whether he is competitively active or not. I various countries, some reduction of time-in-grade is allowed for the duties you provide, but they do not substitute for shiai points, which is rightly so, since shiai is conceived as a completely individual task whereas executive jobs are largely the consequence of politics and networking and have zero bearing on a person's technical judo knowledge.
Minimal age for shodan in most European federations is now down to 15 years of age, something virtually impossible 40 years ago.
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