CJI PROMOTION GUIDELINES

Stripes are given if they are too young or do not have the time in grade for the full belt

JUNIORS

NAME COLOR MINIMUM AGE TIME IN GRADE

ROKYU YELLOW STRIPE 2007 = 5 16 WEEKS

ROKYU YELLOW BELT 2007 = 6 16 WEEKS

GOKYU ORANGE STRIPE 2007 = 7 16 WEEKS

GOKYU ORANGE BELT 2007 = 8 16 WEEKS

YONKYU GREEN STRIPE 7 2007 = 8 6 MONTHS

YONKYU GREEN BELT 2007 = 9 9 MONTHS

SANKYU BLUE STRIPE 2007 = 9 1 YEAR

SANKYU BLUE BELT 2007 = 10 1 YEAR

NIKYU PURPLE STRIPE 2007 = 11 1 YEAR

NIKYU PURPLE BELT 2007 = 12 1 YEAR

Brown stripe may be given at 13 years old.

Jr. 3K JR BROWN THIRD CLASS BELT 14 1 YEAR

Jr. 2k JR BROWN SECOND CLASS BELT 15 1 YEAR

Jr. 1k JR BROWN FIRST CLASS BELT 16 1 YEAR

At 17 &1 yr TIG a junior 1k can be promoted to Sr. Shodan. Top national competitors with points at 15

At 16 a Jr. purple belt can switch to Sr. Sankyu

SENIORS (16 UP) COLOR TIME IN GRADE

ROKYU YELLOW 16 WEEKS in judo

GOKYU ORANGE 5 MONTHS as yellow

YONKYU GREEN 5 MONTHS as orange

SANKYU BROWN 3^RD 6 MONTHS as green

NIKYU BROWN 2^ND 8 MONTHS as Sankyu

IKKYU BROWN 1^ST 10 MONTHS as Nikyu

SHODAN BLACK 1^ST 1 YEAR as Ikkyu

CJI RG (Rev. 08/2007)