Rank Requirements

Regular Program

	Rank	Red Stripe	Yellow Stripe	Blue Stripe	Green Stripe	Min Hours in Class	Min Hours Teaching	Other
Black Belt	Yondan				Project & Report	500	*	3 year min if teaching (200 Hrs) 4 year min if not teaching
	Sandan	Gojushiho			Project & Report	400	*	2 year min if teaching (200 Hrs) 3 year min if not teaching
	Nidan	Kusanku Dai		Kama Taiso	Project & Report	300	*	1 year min if teaching (100 Hrs) 2 year min if not teaching
Advanced	Shodan	Chinto	Gorin	Yotsukado No Renshu 17-20	Project & Report	200	50	1 year min as Brown/Black Attend all dojo events
	Brown Black	Passai Dai	Kusanku Sho	Eku Taiso	Shugoro Yakusoku Kumite #7	120	20	Eku before Blue stripe
	Brown	Passai Sho	Shugoro Yakusoku Kumite #5	Yotsukado No Renshu 13-16	Shugoro Yakusoku Kumite #6	90	20
	Green Black	Pinan Godan	Shugoro Yakusoku Kumite #1	Sai Taiso	Shugoro Yakusoku Kumite #2-4	60	20	Sai before Blue stripe Teaching time starts
Intermediate	Green	Pinan Yondan	Minoru Yakusoku Kumite #6	Yotsukado No Renshu 10-12	Minoru Yakusoku Kumite #7	40
	Blue Black	Pinan Sandan	Minoru Yakusoku Kumite #4	Tonfa Taiso	Minoru Yakusoku Kumite #5	40		Tonfa before Blue stripe
	Blue	Pinan Nidan	Minoru Yakusoku Kumite #2	Yotsukado No Renshu 7-9	Minoru Yakusoku Kumite #3	40
	Purple Black	Pinan Shodan	Minoru Yakusoku Kumite #1	Nunchaku Taiso	Taikyoku Godan	40		Nunchaku before Blue stripe
Beginner	Purple	Naihanchi Sandan	Uke Waza 4	Yotsukado No Renshu 4-6	Taikyoku Yondan	20
	Orange Black	Naihanchi Nidan	Shuto Waza	Bo Taiso	Taikyoku Sandan	20		Bo before Blue stripe Eligible for Kobudo class
	Orange	Naihanchi Shodan	Fukyu No Kata	Yotsukado No Renshu 1-3	Taikyoku Nidan	20
	Gold Black	Fukyu Dai Ni	Empi Waza	Uke Waza 1-3	Taikyoku Shodan	16		Sparring Gear
	Gold	Kihon Ippon	Kihon Nihon	Kihon Sambon	Fukyu Dai Ichi	16
	White Black	Kihon Uke	Kihon Geri	Kihon Dachi	Kihon Uchi	16		Patches sewn on Gi Can tie own belt correctly

Little Dragons

Rank	Red Stripe	Yellow Stripe	Blue Stripe	Min Hours in Class	Other
Little Black	Taikyoku Shodan 1-5	Taikyoku Shodan 1-10	Taikyoku Shodan 1-20	16	Little Black = Gold Black in regular program
Little Brown	Fukyu Dai Ni 1-7	Fukyu Dai Ni 1-13	Fukyu Dai Ni 1-18	12
Little Green	Fukyu Dai Ichi 1-8	Empi Waza Migi	Empi Waza Hidari	12
Little Blue	Kihon Sambon	Uke Waza 3	Fukyu Dai Ichi 1-4	9
Little Purple	Kihon Ippon	Uke Waza 2	Kihon Nihon	9
Little Orange	Kihon Uchi	Uke Waza 1	Kihon Dachi 1-11	9	Can tie own belt correctly
Little Gold	Kihon Uke	Kihon Geri	Kihon Dachi 1-7	9	Patches sewn on Gi

Kobudo Program

	Rank	Red Stripe		Yellow Stripe		Min Hours in Class†	Min Hours Teaching	Other
Black Belt	Sandan	All of:	Nunchaku Dai Ni Sai Dai Ni Sakugawa No Kun Dai Ni Kama Dai Ni Sai Dai San	Project & Report		150	*	2 year minimum
	Nidan	3 of:		Project & Report		75	*	1 year minimum
	Advanced	Shodan	8 of:	Shushi No Kun Kubo No Kun Sakugawa No Kun Nunchaku Dai Ichi Tonfa Dai Ichi Sai Dai Ichi Eku Dai Ichi Kama Dai Ichi (One new per rank)	8 of:	Bo-Sai Kumite #1 Bo-Sai Kumite #2 Bo-Sai Kumite #3 Bo-Kama Kumite #1 Bo-Kama Kumite #2 Bo-Kama Kumite #3 Bo-Tonfa Kumite #1 Bo-Tonfa Kumite #2 + Other Kobudo Kumite (One new per rank)	48	9
Brown Black		7 of:	7 of:		24		9
Brown		6 of:	6 of:		24		9
Green Black		5 of:	5 of:		24		6
Intermediate	Green	4 of:	4 of:		15
	Blue Black	3 of:	3 of:		15
	Blue	2 of:	2 of:		15
	Purple Black	1 of:	1 of:		15
Beginner	Purple	Kama Taiso No Renshu		Bo-Bo Kumite Dai Go		9b		b 6 if Taiso already learned in Karate program.
	Orange Black	Eku Taiso No Renshu		Bo-Bo Kumite Dai Shi		9b		b 6 if Taiso already learned in Karate program.
	Orange	Sai Taiso No Renshu		Bo-Bo Kumite Dai San		9b		b 6 if Taiso already learned in Karate program.
	Gold Black	Tonfa Taiso No Renshu		Bo-Bo Kumite Dai Ni		9b		b 6 if Taiso already learned in Karate program.
	Gold	Nunchaku Taiso No Renshu		Bo-Bo Kumite Dai Ichi		9b		b 6 if Taiso already learned in Karate program.
	White Black	Bo Taiso No Renshu				6a		a 2 if Taiso already learned in Karate program.

^† Rank in Kobudo can match but not exceed rank in Karate.