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Grading

Judo's basis in oriental martial arts has established a hierarchy of a formally stratified

ranking system related to achievement and skill levels.


The Yudansha "dan" grades, Black Belts, are awarded according to the National Rules

(Grading Syllabus), adapted from the Rules of the International Judo Federation, while

the "colour" grades are given by the teachers of a Dojo. 


The kyu grade syllabus has been modified to provide a different approach to learning the

various techniques for junior-aged judoka and to standardize the requirements across

Canada. The new syllabus provides for 11 junior kyu levels based upon half-belts (see below). They are meant to provide a physical, visible, acknowledgement of accomplishment and skill advancement. It is also recommended that stripes be used as incentives between the various kyus. For the half-belts the students are required to learn one half of the  techniques, as per the Sensei’s choice. 


Find out more about grading on the Judo Canada website.

Yellow, orange, green, blue, brown and black judo belts side by side.

Junior Kyu Grade System (<16 years old)

Kyu grades (Mudansha - non-black belt holders - senior)

Kyu grades (Mudansha - non-black belt holders - senior)

6th Kyu White Belt

(6+th Kyu White-Yellow Belt)

5th Kyu Belt Yellow

(5+th Kyu Yellow-Orange Belt)

4th Kyu Orange

(4+th Kyu Orange-Green Belt)

3rd Kyu Green Belt

(3rd + Kyu Green-Blue Belt)

2nd Kyu Blue Belt

(2nd + Kyu Blue-Brown Belt)

1st Kyu Brown Belt

1st Dan Black Belt


Kyu grades (Mudansha - non-black belt holders - senior)

Kyu grades (Mudansha - non-black belt holders - senior)

Kyu grades (Mudansha - non-black belt holders - senior)

Rokkyu 6th grade white belt

Gokyu 5th grade yellow belt

Yonkyu 4th grade orange belt

Sankyu 3rd grade green belt

Nikyu 2nd grade blue belt

Ikkyu 1st grade brown belt

Dan Grades (Yudansha - black holders)

Kyu grades (Mudansha - non-black belt holders - senior)

Dan Grades (Yudansha - black holders)

Shodan 1st grade black belt

Nidan 2nd grade black belt

Sandan 3rd grade black belt

Yondan 4th grade black belt

Godan 5th grade black belt

Rokudan 6th grade black or red and white belt

Shichidan 7th grade black or red and white belt

Hachidan 8th grade black or red and white belt

Kudan 9th grade red or black belt

Judan 10th grade red or black belt

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