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**amimabremiBit** · 01-26-2007, 12:10 PM

It took me like 14 months to get shodan or something like it, and after having Ikkyu I had to wait 6 months just like bianchi explained, I was told that these are the FIK regulations about grading. However it maybe for south america only or who knows,.. most of the people in chile have to wait untill the sudamerican tournament, or make a trip to brazil in order to get past shodan, nidan etc.. so that may also be a factor, but not the rule. In my case I tested for shodan when the FIK senseis (Fukumoto Sensei, Nishide Sensei and Ito Sensei.) made some kind of tour, and my nidan at the sudamerican championship at argentine where there was also Fukumoto sensei, but the comission were mostly brazilean senseis.

01-26-2007, 12:10 PM	#25
amimabremiBit Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	It took me like 14 months to get shodan or something like it, and after having Ikkyu I had to wait 6 months just like bianchi explained, I was told that these are the FIK regulations about grading. However it maybe for south america only or who knows,.. most of the people in chile have to wait untill the sudamerican tournament, or make a trip to brazil in order to get past shodan, nidan etc.. so that may also be a factor, but not the rule. In my case I tested for shodan when the FIK senseis (Fukumoto Sensei, Nishide Sensei and Ito Sensei.) made some kind of tour, and my nidan at the sudamerican championship at argentine where there was also Fukumoto sensei, but the comission were mostly brazilean senseis.
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