Shintaido

EUROPEAN SHINTAIDO COLLEGE

References for Examinations in Europe

        Exams regulations - Certified examinators - Venues, intervals and qualifications - Exams coordinators - Registration of results

How to set up an exam session :

  1. Prepare an exam venue according to regulation (under)
  2. Contact the related National Exam Coordinator by mail or phone to inform her/him of the exam event, discuss details and get her/his agreement
  3. Hold exams according to proper ritual
  4. Fill out and have the examinators sign the"Examination result registration form" (form in french). Make a copy and send the original it to the National Exam Coordinator.
  5. Fill out identical data into the "Exam result speadsheet for computer input"* (speadsheet in french*) and send it through e-mail, in order to avoid spelling mistakes on the official results website. * You might have to use a right click on the link to upload the file.

Exam regulations
(Version 8.7.2006 by the European Technical Committee)

  1. Members of any exam comittee should be duly registered members of the ESC (see above), except for Senior Instructor / 3-dan exams.
  2. Exams held in the European region should comply with the European Technical Committee’s curricula specifications (for up to date information before holding an exam session, ask National Exam Coordinator).
  3. To sit as an examiner for a certain discipline (Karate, Bojutsu, Shintaido), the examiner must be qualified at the proper level in that discipline.
  4. It is recommended that the exam committee ask the opinion of the examinee’s instructor (especially in the case of Assistant exams). In case instructor cannot be present, he/she might write a recommandation letter.
  5. Non-technical topics (previous contribution to the group, gasshuku organizing etc.) should be reported in writing. The document should be presented before challenging the corresponding exam.
  6. The sequence of exams should always be Karate > Bojutsu > Shintaido.
  7. One cannot act as goreisha for his/her own exam.
Print out copy (pdf)

Certified examinators 


 Shintado Bojutsu Karate
Belgium
   
France Association Française des Instructeurs de Shintaido
Germany   Shintaido Deutschland e. V.
Great Britain British Shintaido
Italy   Giovanni Rossi (si)
 Giovanni Rossi (3 d)   
Tchek republic   David Franklin (si)   David Franklin (2 d)   
Swiss      
Note : Necessary level of examinators depend of the intended level for a specific examination. See under for appropriate qualifications.

Venues, intervals and qualifications

Levels

Exam Venue

Interval between exams

Examiner Qualification

Senior Instructor/ 3-dan **

ESC event

4 years

At least 2 Masters/ 5-dan & 1 General/ 4-dan. One examiner from outside the continent.

Instructor/ 2-dan

ESC event

2 years

1 Master/ 5-dan & 1 General/ 4-dan

Graduate/ 1-dan

ESC event

1 year

1 General/ 4-dan & 1 Senion/ 3-dan

Assistant/ 1 kyu

National meeting

1 year (6 months in case of 2 kyu person challenging 1 kyu)

1 senior/ 3-dan & 1 instructor/ 2-dan

2 kyu

National meeting

6 months

1 senior/ 3-dan & 1 instructor/ 2-dan

Advanced / 4-3 kyu

Local meeting

6 months

2 Instructors/ 2-dan

Intermediate/ 6-5 kyu

Local meeting

6 months

1 Instructor/ 2-dan

Elementary/ 8-7 kyu

Local meeting

6 months

1 Instructor/ 2-dan

Introductory/ 10-9 kyu

Local meeting

6 months

1 Instructor/ 2-dan

** Subject to approval by the International Shintaido Federation Technical Committee (ISF-TC)

National examination coordinators 

Belgium Miéko Hirano - 68 sixième avenue - 60260 - LAMORLAYE
France Miéko Hirano - 68 sixième avenue - 60260 - LAMORLAYE
Germany Fugaku Ito - 2, Allée des Troënes - 41250 - MASLIVES
Great Britain Ula Chambers - 71, lond Ridge av. Salt dean - BRIGHTON - BN28LG
Italy Giovanni Rossi - 7, via Carnaro - 28887 - OMEGNA
Tchek republic David Franklin
Swiss Fugaku Ito - 2, Allée des Troënes - 41250 - MASLIVES

Exam results registration to ESC 

Registration of exams results should be made using the "Examination result registration form" (form in french). This form should be signed by the committee members directly after exams results have been announced. It should then be handed or sent to the national exam coordinator (see list above).  The "Exam result speadsheet for computer input" (speadsheet in french) should also be filled and sent by e-mail, so that the national exam coordinator might transfert it to the secretary of ESC for publication of correctly spelled results on the web and archive the signed list.