Core Values Integration: Caring, Honesty, Respect and Responsibility
Judo Promotions
In the days before Kano created Judo, there was no kyu/dan ranking system in the martial arts. A more traditional method of recognizing achievement was the presentation of certificates or scrolls, often with the secrets of the school inscribed. Kano started the modern rank system when he awarded shodan to two of his senior students (Shiro Saigo and Tsunejiro Tomita) in 1883. Even then, there was no external differentiation between yudansha (black belt ranks) and mudansha (those who hadn't yet attained black belt ranking).
Kano apparently began the custom of having his yudansha wear black obi (belts) in 1886. These obi weren't the belts karateka and judoka wear today -- Kano hadn't invented the judogi (Judo uniform) yet, and his students were still practicing in kimono. They were the wide obi still worn with formal kimono. In 1907, Kano introduced the modern judogi and its modern obi, but he still only used white and black belt ranks. The white uniform represented the values of purity, avoidance of ego, and simplicity. It gave no outward indication of social class so that all students began as equals. The black belt with the white gi represents the polarity of opposites, or In and Yo. The student begins empty, but fills up with knowledge.
Professor Kano was an educator and used a hierarchy in setting learning objectives for Judo students, just as students typically pass from one grade to another in the public school system. The Judo rank system represents a progression of learning with a syllabus and a corresponding grade indicating an individual's level of proficiency. Earning a black belt is like graduating from high school or college. It indicates you have achieved a basic level of proficiency, learned the fundamental skills and can perform them in a functional manner, and you are now ready to pursue Judo on a more serious and advanced level as a professional or a person seeking an advanced degree would. Of course, the rankings also represent progress towards the ultimate objective of judo which is to improve the self not just physically, but morally as well. --www.judoinfo.com
Clallam County Family YMCA 2009 Judo Students and Their Ranks
Last |
First |
Rank |
| Andrus |
Takara |
Sankyu |
| Arand |
Raymond |
9th Kyu |
| Arand |
David |
Yonkyu-Senior |
| Arand |
Katie |
Yonkyu-Senior |
| Barnes |
Joseph |
8th Kyu |
| Barnes |
Nathon |
9th Kyu |
| Bates |
Tia |
8th Kyu |
| Bohannon |
Breece |
Yonkyu |
| Bohannon |
Travis |
Sankyu-Senior |
| Bolton |
Josh |
Sankyu-Junior |
| Bolton |
Robbie |
Gokyu |
| Cearley |
Ryan |
Yonkyu-Senior |
| Charno |
Elspeth |
Sankyu |
| Chittick |
Ellie |
7th Kyu |
| Crain |
Gavin |
Gokyu |
| Crain |
Derek |
Sankyu-Senior |
| Dittebrandt |
Emily |
9th Kyu |
| Fleming |
Tanner |
Sankyu-Senior |
| Johnson |
Caleb |
Yonkyu-Senior |
| Johnson |
Luke |
7th Kyu |
| Johnson |
Selah |
8th Kyu |
| Johnson |
Silas |
8th Kyu |
| Johnson |
Jordan |
Gokyu |
| Lawrence |
Carl |
7th Kyu |
| Lee |
Fayzel |
Sankyu-Senior |
| Lee |
Matthew |
8th Kyu |
| Lee |
Michael |
8th Kyu |
| Loomis |
Rachel |
Shodan |
| Lowell |
Tharen |
Sankyu |
| Major |
Jesse |
Ikkyu |
| Mansur |
Joe |
Nikyu-Senior |
| Martin |
Max |
9th Kyu |
| Riski |
Alden |
7th Kyu |
| Robbins |
Jennifer |
7th Kyu |
| Rogenbuck |
Michael |
8th Kyu |
| Schuchardt |
Matthew |
Kikyu-Senior |
| Schlierman |
Peter |
Nikyu-Senior |
| Simmons |
Ashlee |
9th Kyu |
| Torgerson |
Greg |
Sankyu-Senior |
| Torgerson |
David |
8th Kyu |
| Torgerson |
Katie |
9th Kyu |
| Torgerson |
Ryan |
8th Kyu |
| Wahto |
Seth |
6th Kyu |
| Wahto |
Brian |
Sankyu-Senior |
| Wolfgang |
Jeremy |
Yonkyu-Senior |
| Wolfgang |
Ryan |
9th Kyu |
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