Graden en een budopad
Kyū 級, dan 段
The use of dan-grades was introduced by Jigoro Kano ( the founder of jūdō) in 1883. Around that same time the Tōkyō police department was using a kyū-system that ran from 8th (lowest) to 1st (highest) kyū. Following these systems the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai 大日本武徳会 in Kyōtō introduced the kyū-dan-systems for several martial arts in the …
Mokuroku 目録, menkyo 免許
Amoung the many classical schools in Japan there are huge differences and variation in the grading systems. The following terms come from several schools: Nyūmon 入門 (entrance) Keppan 血判 (blood-oath) Okuiri 送入 (entrance) Kirigami 切り紙 (cut paper) Mokuroku 目録 (catelog) Menkyo 免許 (license) Within these grades several level might be present: Shoden 初伝 (low transmission) …
