Grading

Can Do Martial Arts students in general should grade in Karate or Jeet Kune Do every 4 - 6 months. Some people will move quicker others will take longer. It’s not about getting to your goal the quickest it’s about making the most of your journey towards your goal. Always push yourself to understand your techniques and how to use them effectively, ask questions and condition your mind and body, start to see what is possible. The more you train the faster you will progress.

Everyone is different and therefore as individuals we progress at different rates, learn in different ways and want something unique for ourselves from the training we undertake and instruction we receive. Whether you are all about Karate or you are practicing Jeet Kune Do, or both, Your Path to your own personal goals will be unique, fun and challenging. Our instructors are here to guide you on your way to success and achievement and push you on that little bit further each time you train.

To help your progression members are provided with a grading syllabus and regular grading sessions are held throughout the year. All our martial arts are practised to the highest level, and we ensure external examiners are present for all our gradings in order to maintain these exceptional standards.

How many grades to Black belt?

In Shotokan Karate we have 9 Kyu belts before you reach your 1st Dan Black Belt (Shodan). In JKD we have nine levels prior to Black Belt. This can take you between 3 and 5 years to achieve depending on the level of effort and commitment you put in to your training. It isn’t easy, but then it’s not meant to be. You can think of your Black Belt as the Martial Arts equivalent to an Academic Degree.

Bruce Lee

“If you always put limits on what you do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over your life. It’ll spread in to your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them… a man must constantly exceed his level.”