I am honoured to announce that I have received my 4th Dan/degree in Karate-dō [空手道四段; Karate-dō Yondan] by Japan Karate-dō Kai [日本空手道会 ; Japan Karate-dō Association] (Seitō Shitō-ryu [日本空手道会; orthodox/pure]) dated 26 August 2025.
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to sit for Dan’i shinsa (段位審査; Degree rank examination) / Dan Grading just 6 hours drive away from KL, that is in Singapore as part of the as part of the as part of the 14th Shitō-ryū International Taikai (第14回糸東流国際空手道競技大会; Dai Jūyon-kai Shitō-ryū Kokusai Karate-dō Kyōgi Taikai) 2025 held in Singapore, 25-28 August (organised by Shitoryu Singapore Karate-Do Kai Shinyuu Kai.
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宗家 / Sōke [Head (of the family)] 摩文仁 司 / Tsukasa Mabuni 糸東流宗家 / Sōke Shitō-ryū [Head of Shitō-ryū] 二○二五年七月二十六日 / Nirei nigo nen shichi gatsu nijūroku nichi [Year 2025, month 7, day 26] 右認定す / Migi nintei su [Hereby certified] ダトゥ・フィルザダ・ハルン / Datou Firuzada Harun [Datu Firzada Harun] |
If memory serves me right, there were four (4) stations af Examination panels. One for those going to Shodan [初段; 1st/first dan/degree], another for going for Nidan [弐段; 2nd/second dan/degree], another going for Sandan [参段; 3rd/third dan/degree], and the last with the smallest number of candidates of nine (9), those going for Yondan [四段; 4th/fourth dan/degree] and Godan [五段; 5th/fifth dan/degree]. For each grading there were four parts, plus an additional part for the Yondan and Godan station:
- Kihon [基本; fundamentals]
- Ido shiki [移動指揮; movement commands]
- Tenshin [転身; self rotation]
- Kata [型・形; kar. prescribe form of patterns], where candidates have to perform one from each of the two lineage
- Itosu-ke (糸洲家; Itosu lineage)
- Higaonna-ke (東恩納家; Higaonna lineage)
- Improvised ippon kumite [一本組手; one step sparring] (for Yondan and Godan station only)
My selection of Kata were:
- Itosu-ke: Gojushihō [五十四歩; 54 Steps]
- Higaonna-ke: Niapaipo [二八歩; 28 steps / two, eight steps]