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Exam program 5th KYUPrerequisites: A minimum of 6 months practice twice a week since the last exam (6th KYU)
 Knowledge of the techniques and theory required for the 6th KYU exam Consent of the dojo’s technical director
The literal translation of some Japanese terms is placed between quotation marks “…”.

Dojo behavior(continuation)

Maintenance of the Dojo: everybody must take part spontaneously in the maintenanceof the Dojo and keep the mat, the toilets, the locker rooms and all the other rooms
scrupulously clean. Sweeping after each training is mainly the job of the less advanced,though, anyone can do it and has to insure that this job will be done. The job ofmaintenance is not a thankless task, it has to be understood in the light of the following
dictum: “clean your house means to purge yourself”.
Where you have to sit in the line when sitting in seiza: Mainly, the less advanced (ingrade) are sitting in the left part of the line and the most advanced in the right part of theline (facing the kamiza). One respects this rule in the beginning and at the end of eachtraining, but don’t forget that the most important is the respect of each other.
“upper level”, from the shoulder to the head
Jodan

ChudanGedan
Kamiza
Kiai
Notions to understand / know

Tai / Ashi Sabaki“moving of the body / the legs (feet)”

Atemi
Jo
BokkenTanto
Osae
Ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku,sichi, hachi, kyu, jyu
Mae ashi irimi
Ushiro ashi irimi
Mae ashi tenshin
Ushiro ashi tenshin
Hiki ashi

Ukemi“falls & rolls”

Yoko ukemi
Yoko kaiten ukemi
Mae ukemi“middle level”, zone of the belly“lower level”, zone of the legs
“seat of the gods”, wall of honor, one bows in thisdirection, where also the portrait of the founder issuspended“union of Ki”, “exhalation of harmony”, term usedin budo for the strident cries with a powerfulexpiration“Strike to the body”“wooden staff”“wooden sword”“wooden” knife“immobilization, pinning”, mostly on the floor“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10”
move forward with the front footmove forward with the back footGet out of the line diagonal with the rear foot,glide/move/bring along the front footGet out of the line diagonal backwards with thefront foot, glide/move/bring along the rear foot.
Step backwards (opposite to ushiro ashi irimi)
on the back turn from side to side or fromstanding, fall on the side“rolling sideways”“forwards roll”

These exam programs are built up following the teaching systematic ofth
Aikido conceived by Sensei Masatomi Ikeda, 7 dan, former technicaldirector of the Swiss Aikikai.

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PAGE 2Technical program“standing practice”

TACHI WASA
Attacks

Techniques

Shomenuchi kiawase

Katatetori aihanmi

Explanations, theoretical complement
entry (ushiro ashi)
irimi tenkan

1. theory iriminage (basic)
2. theory kotegaeshi (variation)
1. theory kotegaeshi (basic)
2. theory iriminage (variation)

Ikkyo omote

move zig zag, entry
with mae ashi irimi

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Ikkyo ura
Sumiotoshi
Uchikaitennage

entry (ushiro ashi)
irimi tenkan

7

Ikkyo omote

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Ikkyo ura

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Nikyo omote

1Iriminage

2Kotegaeshi

3basic, Ikkyo osae on the groundinitial contact
jodan yang omote1

10 Nikyo ura
11 Iriminage
12 Kotegaeshi
13 Shihonage omote
14 Shihonage ura
15 Tenchinage
Katatetori gyakuhanmi

16 Genkeikokyunage
17 Uchikaitennage
18 Sotokaitennage
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Ryotetori

Chudantsuki

1Tenchinage
Genkeikokyunage
Shihonage omote
Shihonage ura
Ikkyo (gokyo)
Kotegaeshi

initial contact
chudan yin omote

initial contact
chudan yang omotethbasic (omote/ura)
basic, entry with a small tenkantenshin, move zig zag. Ikkyo osae on
the groundbasic, entry (ushiro ashi) irimi tenkan
kaiten. Ikkyo osae on the groundbasic, entry with a small tenkantenshin, grab thumb on thumb, nikyoomote osae on the ground.
basic, entry (ushiro ashi) irimi tenkan
kaiten. Nikyo ura osae on the ground.
1. theory iriminage (basic)
2. theory kotegaeshi (variation)
1. theory kotegaeshi (basic)
2. theory iriminage (variation)
1. direct version
2. entry irimi tenkan tenshin
direct form

direct form (tenshin)
1. direct entry: initial contact chudan yang omote,atemi to the face (omote/ura)
2. entry tenkan tenshin: initial contact jodan yang omote
atemi to the face (omote/ura)
1. direct form(s) (1st, 2nd)
2. form(s) entry irimi tenkan (3rd, 4th)
1. direct form
2. entry irimi tenkan
Uchisabaki: “move to the inside”
Sotosabaki: “move to the outside”

See definitions of hand positions at point of contact on the last page of this exam.

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Theoretical knowledge
Connection of the four principal techniques with GENKEI KOKYU NAGE and TENCHIN NAGE

玄形呼吸投と天地投の四大技法との関係

IKKYO
一教the principle(not the technique)

GENKEIKOKYU NAGE
玄形呼吸投
mother technique
YIN

TENCHIN NAGE
天地投
father techniqueYANG

SHIHO NAGE
四方投
fire

KOTE GAESHI
小手返
earth

IRIMI NAGE
入身投
air

IKKYO (Ura)
一教 (裏)
water

UCHI KAITEN NAGE

内回天投
th5 element

Two expressions are born from the neutral principle of ikkyo, yin and yang. One is called the mothertechnique genkei kokyu nage, female expression yin; and the other, the father technique tenchin nage,
male expression yang. There are four children, two daughters (yin techniques) and two sons (yangtechniques). Each of them express one of the four elements of nature. The two daughters are kotegaeshi and shiho nage; the two sons are irimi nage and ikkyo. One can synthesize the whole family inuchi kaiten nage. This technique expresses all of the four elements, one after the other and contains,in equal parts, the attitudes yin and yang.

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Hands positions for initial contact

yang omote

hand positions like during breathing form yo no te kokyu. Technique tenchinage
manifests out of yang omote hand positions, the exercise ikkyo undo as well.

yang ura

hand positions are 180° rotated with respect to yang omote.

yin omotehand positions like during breathing form in no te kokyu. Technique genkei kokyu
nage manifests out of yin omote hand positions, the exercise tai no henko
transforms a yin ura to a yin omote hand position.

yin urahand positions are 180° rotated with respect to yin omote.
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