I am assuming the New England Spring Dan test will be March 20th, are there any new requirements for this test (different from previous tests)? Will the sparring be the "point sparring" or the more free flowing variety of the past? Is this the first test that will require the "Pass Books" how will ...

check this out....

http://karateworld.safeshopper.com/19/cat19.htm?843

sorry... the above message was a little wrong.... IUKF will continue to use the Black Belt Test Guide rank standards. These standards are those currently being used on Okinawa.

The New England Region will use the tougher standards posted above.

cp

from http://uechi-ryu.com/oldsite/iukf/standards.htm

In IUKF the minimum times are:

Minimum age for shodan 16 years and 3 years minimum in study.
Nidan: 2 years time-in-grade
Sandan 3 years time-in-grade
Yondan 4 years time-in grade.,
Godan 5 years time-in grade and thirty years of age.
6th ...

found them.....

http://uechi-ryu.com/oldsite/iukf/standards.htm

finally found it!!!

http://uechi-ryu.com/oldsite/iukf/standards.htm

All IUKF: Regional Dantests may be scheduled at any time. However, every Region will publicize their test dates at least six months prior to the test. IUKF recommends that Regions publicize and maintain regular dates that is ...

" The new regs are probably posted with your sensei. "

Is there any way to get them publicly posted?

new requirements? is there a list of all the "new requirements"?

what is the "particular number of events" that a student must attend to test?

in the past year I can only think of three adult "events": summercamp, winterfest and the Uechi tourney, were there any regional workouts in the last year ...

I believe it was in an email that described the "New England" IUKF Standards sent out by Sensei Mattson last year, it waas also the email that stated the longer requirements for Dan rank. (min 2 years for nidan, 3 for sandan...)

maybe my memory is fading, I will look through old emails when I get ...

I was just informed that the Dan test date has been moved until June 1st instead of the third Sunday in May.... I thought those dates were set in stone and only could be moved with six months notice?

cp

are the "Tougher standards" going to be in effect for the Spring test? Are they going to be published to the IUKF members, especially the people going up for test? Has a date/location for the Spring test been decided apon yet?

I noticed in Sensei Mattson's "What's New" section he talks about working on the updated IUKF manual, including "Black belt test direction and focus". How is this going to be different than what is currently contained in the "Black Belt Test Guide"?