SCKF Shinkyu Shinsa, 10/19/08

See SCKF page for details about the promotional examination, including a tentative schedule and written tests for 1kyu and all yudansha.
For shinsa day:
- Please arrive by 8am for sign in. For those trying for 1kyu and all yudansha ranks, turn in your completed written test at sign in. Sign in closes at 8:30am. No late applicants will be allowed.
- Wear your nicest keikogi, hakama, and tenugui. Make sure they are washed and pressed (or at least neatly folded and without wrinkles).
- Check each other to make sure everyone is neatly dressed.
- At the 10/17 practice we will write your participant number on your tare. Remove your nafuda (name tag) for the shinsa. If your Norwalk patch is removable take it off as well (ok to leave it if it is sewn on).
notes for the 2 weeks prior to shinsa:

Since the shinkyu shinsa is rapidly approaching, we will spend some time in each of the next practices to review some basics, including:
- Fri 10/3: chakuso (the manner of wearing keikogi, hakama, and bogu)
  - check everyone on the above, including crooked bows
  - check men himo length: must be 40cm max (15.75")
  - see notes at bottom of page
- Mon 10/6: examination points
  - shisei (posture)
  - kiai and kakegoe
  - kamae
  - footwork
  - basic strikes
  - maai (distance to opponent)
  - ki-ken-tai-no-ichi
- Fri 10/10: shinsa dry run for first-timers (during ato geiko)
  - kendo performance/appraisal
  - kata performance/appraisal
Be sure to attend even if you are not participating in this year's shinsa, as this information is very important, and most of the practice time will be run normally. For those trying for 1kyu and above, be sure to complete your written test asap. It must be turned in first thing in the morning (when you sign in) on shinsa day.
For all shinsa participants: be very, very sure to arrive by 8am that morning. The 8:30am sign-in closing time is extremely strict. If you are there at 8:31, you will not be able to participate!
the senseis held a meeting 9/26 to decide the participant list. In addition to federation requirements (must be wearing full bogu including men, 12 and older cannot request 6kyu, 14 and older cannot request 6kyu or 5kyu, etc), the senseis took into consideration skill, maturity, attendance, attitude, and kata tests (for those currently 3kyu and above).

Norwalk participants, including participant number, requested rank and result


                        req res
    Yudansha
286  Amano Shingo        2D  2D  (kata 5)
    
Adult kyu
216  Chang Hannah        1   1   (kata 5)
215  Sanchez Matthew     1   1-  (kata 5)
197  Yoon Brian          2   2
184  Henderson Steve     3   3
176  Chung Woody         3   3
 na  Huang Michael       4   4
    
Youth kyu
147  Choe Andrew         1   1   (kata 5)
109  Chi Joyce           2   2
114  Choe Bryan          2   2
118  Nagasawa Jeffrey    2   2
119  Kim Alex            2   2
101  Kim John            3   3
 99  Jang Han            3   3
 79  Kim Patrick H       4   4
 58  Oh Joshua           4   4-
 na  Kim Esther          5   5
 na  Liao Alexander      5   5
 na  Yoon Courtney       5   5
 na  Huang Cody          6   6

(na) means do not need to attend the shinsa (rank is automatically awarded based on head instructor's recommendation)

Application fee is $10 to request youth kyu and adult kyu, $15 for yudansha. Make check payable to Norwalk Kendo Dojo.
If you pass the shinsa, you must pay for a rank certificate in order for your rank to be officially recorded. Menjo fees are $10 for youth kyu, $20 for adult kyu, $40 for 2 dan (English only; AUSKF no longer offers Japanese menjo). We will submit the dojo's menjo order one week after the shinsa. Make check payable to Norwalk Kendo Dojo.
Chakuso (how you wear your equipment) is very important. Put on your keikogi, hakama, and full bogu, checking yourself in a mirror (practice until you can do everything quickly and properly without the mirror).
- men himo must be trimmed to 40 cm (15.75 inches).
- kote himo must be trimmed and tied securely
- see this shoelace site if you have problems tying your himo with a crooked bow or if you want to learn how to tie the quick knot.
See guidelines for promotion to see other points important to the examiners.

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