It is not a shodan exam. It is an exam to get the hakama. In our dojo, it is not strictly correlated to a rank, but between 3k-1k. This can be different from one dojo to another. In some dojo even beginners wear the hakama, in others you wear it only when you are shodan.
I got mine on 4th
blinkblinkblinkkdd 3 years ago
i cant wait for my 3rd kyu exam in October. thats when i get my hakama. its going to feel so mint :D
14715829 3 years ago
very impressive
catalanoli 3 years ago
It is not a shodan exam. It is an exam to get the hakama. In our dojo, it is not strictly correlated to a rank, but between 3k-1k. This can be different from one dojo to another. In some dojo even beginners wear the hakama, in others you wear it only when you are shodan.
Cheers
matieuxx 4 years ago
Hakama exam. Nice name for the shodan exam. haha.
Very nice technique :)
Aikidopoi 4 years ago