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**fruttomma** · 10-31-2005, 07:00 AM

It seems to me that thee is a large difference between people that have trained for 6 months.

I've posted about it before, but in general, I can't see any difference in ikkyu's whether they spent 9 months in the UK or 2 years Germany/New Zealand/Australia, etc getting there. The grading criteria is pretty much the same and pass/failure rate seems about the same as well.
Further, I believe that using the kyu-grade system for adults places the next hurdle too low and people end up focusing on the next grading rather than improvement overall.
Ikkyu should be obtainable within 1 year. (obtainable, not automatic..you still have to work for it).

Jakob

10-31-2005, 07:00 AM	#5
fruttomma Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 408 Senior Member	It seems to me that thee is a large difference between people that have trained for 6 months. I've posted about it before, but in general, I can't see any difference in ikkyu's whether they spent 9 months in the UK or 2 years Germany/New Zealand/Australia, etc getting there. The grading criteria is pretty much the same and pass/failure rate seems about the same as well. Further, I believe that using the kyu-grade system for adults places the next hurdle too low and people end up focusing on the next grading rather than improvement overall. Ikkyu should be obtainable within 1 year. (obtainable, not automatic..you still have to work for it). Jakob
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