{"id":201,"date":"2018-12-12T13:55:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T20:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2025-01-05T15:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T22:54:19","slug":"promotion-and-certification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/birankai.org\/promotion-and-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"PROMOTION, CERTIFICATION AND DAN RANK REGISTRATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"201\" class=\"elementor elementor-201\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb5625c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb5625c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-896b1ab\" data-id=\"896b1ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5492a90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5492a90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Chiba-Sensei-About-o4n33a6xjhtyyoh9rzfuxuma25gdenc86daphrfjls.jpg\" title=\"Chiba-Sensei-About\" alt=\"Chiba-Sensei-About\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fffee0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fffee0f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9c7a57\" data-id=\"a9c7a57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-967c559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"967c559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-319203e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"319203e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>PROMOTION, CERTIFICATION &amp; DAN GRADE REGISTRATION<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b65183e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b65183e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>PROMOTION AND RANK REGISTRATION<\/h2><p><strong>Birankai North America follows a structured process for evaluating and recognizing member proficiency through promotion examinations, award of kyu and dan ranks and recognition of instructor certifications.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Kyu Rank Promotion:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>A student is generally evaluated for kyu rank promotion at his or her home dojo by means of an examination conducted by the chief instructor of the dojo. Following award of a Kyu rank, the chief instructor should record the promotion on the online BNA dojo roster, as soon as possible.<\/p><p>While there is no fee payment required to register a kyu rank, on being awarded the rank of 5th kyu, a student should become registered as a member of Birankai North America (if they have not already done so) and acquire a Birankai passport (record of promotion and seminar attendance) from their dojo.<\/p><p><strong>Dan Rank Promotion:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Dan rank promotion tests are conducted by a certified Birankai North America instructor or an examination committee comprised of certified BNA instructors authorized to evaluate the candidate for the promotion under consideration.<\/p><p>Upon award of a dan rank, the candidate is encouraged to submit an application for recognition and registration of their new dan grade with Birankai North America and with Aikikai Hombu Dojo within 3 months of their examination or promotion date.<\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><strong>Note:\u00a0 We strongly encourage dan ranked members to register their dan grade promotions with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">both<\/span> Birankai North America and Aikikai Hombu Dojo.\u00a0 In order to be eligible for recognition as a certified teacher by Birankai North America, candidates <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">must<\/span> have registered their dan rank promotions with Aikikai Hombu Dojo.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><strong>For application forms and information on procedures for registration of dan grade with Birankai North America and Aikikai Hombu Dojo, please see the REGISTRATION OF DAN GRADE PROMOTIONS section, below.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li>(Note: For individuals applying to join Birankai North America, the organization recognizes dan grades issued by Aikikai Hombu Dojo.)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><em>Read\u00a0<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"T.K. Chiba on Promotion\" href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/T.K.ChibaSensei_on_Promotion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this excerpt<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0from a 1997 article on promotion, written by T. K. Chiba Sensei.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76854ec elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"76854ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5ad669 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5ad669\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-019be43\" data-id=\"019be43\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a910ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9a910ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>REGISTRATION OF DAN GRADE PROMOTIONS<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e6f18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56e6f18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>A.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Register a Dan Grade with Birankai North America<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Instructions-and-Application-Form-for-Registering-Dan-Grade-with-Birankai-North-America.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Instructions and Application for Registering Dan Grade with Birankai North America <\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Instructions-and-Application-Form-for-Registering-Dan-Grade-with-Birankai-North-America.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(Click to Open PDF)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-575d809 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"575d809\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d9abccb\" data-id=\"d9abccb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e6fd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30e6fd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>B.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Register a Dan Grade with Aikikai Hombu Dojo<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0 <\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Instructions-for-Registering-Dan-Grade-with-Aikikai-Hombu-Dojo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\">Instructions for Registering Dan Grade with Aikikai Hombu Dojo<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Instructions-for-Registering-Dan-Grade-with-Aikikai-Hombu-Dojo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #808080; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #666699; text-decoration: underline;\">(Click to Open PDF)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Appl-Form-for-Registration-of-Dan-Grade-with-Aikikai-Form-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Form-1:<\/span><\/span> Application for Dan\/Kyu Grading Examination with Aikikai <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #666699; text-decoration: underline;\">(Click to Open PDF)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(SHODAN<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> to YONDAN<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Applicants Only)<\/span><br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">(GODAN and ROKUDAN <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Applicants: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #666699; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"mailto:bnaregistrar@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact the BNA Dan Registrar<\/a><\/span> to request the appropriate form) <\/span><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u2022 <span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Enrollment_in_Aikikai_Form_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Form-2:<\/span><\/span> Application for Enrollment in Aikikai <\/span><\/a><\/strong><span style=\"color: #666699; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #666699; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Enrollment_in_Aikikai_Form_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Click to Open PDF)<\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #666699;\">\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000;\">(SHODAN Applicants\u00a0ONLY)<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2022\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Yudansha_Book_Form_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Form-3:<\/span> Application for a <span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">NEW<\/span> Aikikai International Yudansha Book <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Yudansha_Book_Form_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #808080; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #666699; text-decoration: underline;\">(Click to Open PDF)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a0<\/span> (SHODAN Applicants\u00a0ONLY)<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u2022\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Replacement_Yudansha_Book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">Form-3a:<\/span><\/span> Application for a <span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">REPLACEMENT<\/span> Aikikai International Yudansha Book<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Replacement_Yudansha_Book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(Click to Open PDF<\/span><\/a>)\u00a0<\/span> <br \/><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79c792b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"79c792b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROMOTION, CERTIFICATION &amp; DAN GRADE REGISTRATION PROMOTION AND RANK REGISTRATION Birankai North America follows a structured process for evaluating and recognizing member proficiency through promotion examinations, award of kyu and dan ranks and recognition of instructor certifications. Kyu Rank Promotion:\u00a0 A student is generally evaluated for kyu rank promotion at his or her home dojo&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/birankai.org\/promotion-and-certification\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PROMOTION, CERTIFICATION AND DAN RANK REGISTRATION<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template-pagebuilder-full-width.php","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-201","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":306,"href":"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8496,"href":"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions\/8496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/birankai.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}