Shoyukan Aikikai France
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Holding a permanent delegation from the Aikikai Foundation, SHOYUKAN AIKIKAI FRANCE offers its practitioners the opportunity to sit the “Dan Aikikai” examinations, recognised by the International Aikido Federation and by all the organisations recognised by the Aikikai Foundation.
Candidates may take their grading examination before a sensei of the HOMBU DOJO or before the Grading Committee.
The rules and procedures applied to these gradings are those in force at the Hombu Dojo.
More than 600 DAN AIKIKAI grades have been awarded to our members.
The Grading Committee is chaired by Daniel JEAN PIERRE Shihan (7th Dan Aikikai) and made up of seven members holding the 5th Dan Aikikai.
Grade promotions may also be requested by SHOYUKAN AIKIKAI FRANCE, on recommendation, for the “Kagami biraki” held every year in January at the Hombu Dojo.
To date, more than 600 DAN AIKIKAI grades have been awarded to our members by the Aikikai Foundation through sensei of the Hombu Dojo.