It is hereby confirmed that the below-mentioned members of the Shindenkan, on Saturday 11 November 2017, have been appointed and graduated by Yamana-Itotani Sensei after having passed all stop tests in the graduation process lasting approx. 3-4 weeks for TG3 and TG4, and 5 months for TG5 and passed all 15 stop tests. The preparation time for stop test 1 and 2 is from 4-6 months, as everyone is already in good shape through the Yakami Shinsei-ryu training.

1. Stop test 1 – Physical dynamic strength test – KataFIT 10S or 12S – fitness, whole body strength, and self-discipline over 6+ months.
2. Stop test 2 – Physical dynamic fitness test – Fitness test + short physical dynamic strength test KataFIT 5S
3. Stop test 3 – Ryugi test in writing
4. Stop test 4 – Ryugi test oral readiness knowledge – Syllabus theory
5. Stop test 5 – Ryuha test – Syllabus practical & technical
6. Stop test 6 – Shiai – free fight without weight, age, gender classes, full contact, floor fight and minimum rules. Biggest weight difference during stop test this year; 40 % higher or 25 % lower than own weight. Reflects and prepares – if reality is unfortunate.
7. Stop test 7 – SBTLUS – Black belt competition completed satisfactorily over 12 months Humility to the task and holistic results orientation
8. Stop test 8 – Summer meeting – basic teaching test completed satisfactorily. Role model & instructor when you are totally exhausted.
9. Stop test 9 – Stamina test – After graduation course of 2-4 weeks, 2 days of intense and demanding black belt competition, team instructor competition – test of your willpower and stamina.
10. Stop test 10 – Bunbu Ichi – Thesis – Independent personal written assignment and future work points

Yakami Shinsei-ryu Karate-do 4.dan – JODEN and Bujutsu Kodosokukai black belt graduations

Kjeld Nyrup, 52 years old

• Densho; THE IODINE
• 4th dan, Yakami Shinsei-ryu Karate-do (the multi-track martial arts system)
• 4.dan Sr., Bujutsu Kodosoku-kai Jikitai Karate-do (Original gl. Original Okinawa Karate-do)
• 5th dan, Bujutsu Kodosoku-kai Gensei sport karate-do (Gensei-ryu legacy from 1965-67 and comparable degree to Shotokan, Goju-ryu, Taekwondo, Judo, Jujutsu, Kendo, etc.)
• Title; Kjeld Renshi
• Shindenkan honbu 1; Honbu dojo instructor

Yakami Shinsei-ryu Karate-do 1.kyu and Bujutsu Kodosokukai black belt graduations

Adam Dolleris, 24 years old

• 1.kyu, Yakami Shinsei-ryu Karate-do (the multi-track martial arts system)
• 1st dan, Bujutsu Kodosoku-kai Jikitai Karate-do (Original gl. Original Okinawa Karate-do)
• 1st dan, Bujutsu Kodosoku-kai sport karate-do Gensei (Gensei-ryu legacy from 1965-67 and comparable degree to Shotokan, Goju-ryu, Taekwondo, Judo, Jujutsu, Kendo, etc.)
• Title; Adam Shidoin

Anette Katrine Bjarkmann, 51 years

• 1.kyu, Yakami Shinsei-ryu Karate-do (the multi-track martial arts system)
• 1st dan, Bujutsu Kodosoku-kai Jikitai Karate-do (Originally gl. Original Okinawa Karate-do) passed June 18, 2016.
• 2nd dan, Bujutsu Kodosoku-kai sport karate-do Gensei (Gensei-ryu legacy from 1965-67 and comparable degree to Shotokan, Goju-ryu, Taekwondo, Judo, Jujutsu, Kendo, etc.). Passed June 18, 2016.
• Title; Anette Shidoin

Yakami Shinsei-ryu Karate-do 2.kyu graduations

Pia Hornung, 49 years old

• 2.kyu, Yakami Shinsei-ryu Karate-do (the multi-track martial arts system)
• 1.kyu, Bujutsu Kodosoku-kai Jikitai Karate-do (Original gl. Original Okinawa Karate-do)
• 1.kyu, Bujutsu Kodosoku-kai sport karate-do Gensei (Gensei-ryu legacy from 1965-67 and comparable degree to Shotokan, Goju-ryu, Taekwondo, Judo, Jujutsu, Kendo, etc.)
• Title; Shidoin Pia

The graduation is valid on 11.11.2017, but will only be officially published on the website after the X-Mas convention 2017, as one Stop test 8 – Role model and instructor test during the convention was missing.

Mén grad concept and sickness and injury graduation under special circumstances

Mén grad 8 Concept with room for everyone;

The new concept was informed and adopted supported during the 2017 general meetings and developed by Shindenkan's Competence and Development Center. The concept is based on facts, statistics and practically applied medicine.

Shindenkan's motto is "Space for everyone, the elite as the exerciser". It has included everyone so far, but Strat20 "Fill out the ranks, higher, wider and longer" has meant that several have gained the skills to graduate to TG3, TG4 and soon TG5.
It is a great success, but does not include everyone. It takes an average of 9-12 years to become a 1st dan in the multi-track system, Yakami Shinsei-ryu. A lot can happen in the course of 9-12 years with physical injuries, illness and operations.
But physical injuries do not mean that you do not carry the will in your heart, mind and brain and with the right attitude for development and progression! This is especially true the older you get. It is a natural physical development that is most often founded before you became a member of Shindenkan.
With the concepts of Kohaku-jin (recognized minor degree over 5 %) and Katsu-jin (Age over 50 years), we have taken into account that we pay tribute to our heroes and heroines and you are NEVER too old to learn, train and be good against yourself, – and others.
But we have, until now, not had a sustainable concept, where graduates in spe, have to pass physical stop tests, with "the same rules apply to all", - but who are simply semi-disabled and therefore either cannot or, as a consequence, will end up as completely disabled.
But they can now.
The core of the concept is that anyone can take KataFIT - if they train regularly and do it technically correctly.
But it is not optimal in terms of health to take the fitness test with running, cycling, swimming or the uncertain measured Glidex, IF their recognized workers' compensation board less percentage is more than 8 % on e.g. knees, hips. Individual medical assessment.
Nor is it the case with Shiai – the free fight test, where fast fluid movements and uncontrollable floor fights are the norm.
To meet the same conditions as everyone else, KataFIT can be significantly increased in number. KataFIT not only provides good health, strength and well-being on several levels, but also really good fitness.
We know that statistically for more than 90 % of all kataFIT exercisers, KataFIT 12 S gives the least high fitness index and KataFIT 15S very high fitness index according to the average for the Scandinavian population. In this way, the fitness figure can be compensated and simulated.

Grading of illness and injury;

Illness and injury graduation can take place if there are at least three graduands in spe who will be healthy enough, within three months of the season, to go up to an illness and injury graduation, if there are resources for this.
The prerequisite is that all graduates in spe have been formally appointed and are documented injured within the process leading up to formal summer graduation. That is they HAVE started the training course according to formal setting no. 2 and formal setting no. 3.
To avoid speculation, different heights have also been taken for this, which are assessed from person to person. Track record is the starting point. Medical injuries are usually acute serious physical injuries, such as severe medically documented; 3+ months of fiber ruptures, sprains to broken limbs, over surgeries, brain tumors to long term serious illnesses.
Influenza, colds, etc. are not considered within the accepted disease area.

Competence graduations

• Kotachi Pack 1; 10 participants passed. Congratulations.
• Kenjutsu Pack 1; 31 participants passed. Congratulations

Congratulations to all 141 Shindenkaners who passed their graduation.

The official dump percentage since the process started in September 2016 is: Up to black; 65 %, up to brown; 55 %, under brown 37 %.
Shindenkan Honbu dojo wishes everyone hearty congratulations on graduations/appointments, which you have rightly earned through great continuous effort.

Explanation to readers:

KataFIT is a holistic health and health training on several levels, which uses the latest research, so the training is as effective, injury-preventing and training, stress-reducing and quality-of-life-promoting, in the shortest possible time. KataFIT is trained without aids and can therefore be performed anywhere and at any time. KataFIT forms a bridge between eastern and western research, but according to the KISS principle, just like with the POMW project; Keep IT Simple & Safe. KataFIT has already produced spectacular results that have been noted internationally.

Practical – what is kataFIT? What can you directly compare it to? Most people are happy with the whole-body oriented "Plank exercise" and 1-2 minutes in it. All of the above grads easily take over 6+ minutes. Which is very good. But when you then add that the Plank is dynamic and requires coordination and movement, at the same time as you have constant whole-body cross muscle tension, then the KataFIT version is usually described as the more difficult dynamic plank form.

Okay, most people say it's very impressive, but there are many others who can also do it with training. Yes, that is absolutely correct. But before this "element", the KataFIT practitioner has already performed two other full-body "elements", such as the "element" before this "Element", where you stand in a normal technically correct plank and take slow arm stretches, each item approx. 11-12 seconds, all with correct and optimal breathing, as the body's energy processes cannot otherwise produce enough energy for you to complete the elements.
KataFIT – which is a kata – i.e. figure exercises that are performed non-stop, as a karate Kata must be performed - there is basically no difference. A KataFIT 5S, which is standard in all Shindenkan schools, lasts approx. 22.5 minutes. A KataFIT 12S last approx. 38.5 minutes.
Since KataFIT is both full-body strength training and cardio training, all KataFIT practitioners will achieve a significant improvement in both parts. The above graduates have a conservative fitness index measured according to traditional recognized tests of over 60+-65+, - although some of the above have had their fitness index measured in the 70s. All without exception reached their maximum heart rate during the kataFIT 10S and 12S. The maximum heart rate is the absolute highest pulse value that your heart can achieve. If your maximum heart rate is 200, this means that your heart has the capacity to beat 200 times a minute when it is under maximum pressure.
All participants did not reach their maximum heart rate during the more traditional stop test 2; Fitness stat measurement, which in this case was Cooper's running test.
Now many may think that "I will never be able to do this!" and it's only for "the big strong muscle boys". But here the answer is that you can do much more than you and others tell you!
The above are completely ordinary Danes who also felt the same as you might be thinking, until they found out that they could do much more than they thought! In addition, it is far from certain that just because you LOOK strong, that you actually are, since true strength comes from within, and it has been shown that most people in traditional really good shape have not been able to complete a KataFIT 5S , without proper technical and long-term training and instruction.
Traditional really good strength trainers, after a while in frustration have given up on KataFIT about the 8S and gone back to the gym perhaps more traditional training methodologies. The main reason is that KataFIT uses both aerobic and anaerobic training methods, and the higher the KataFIT number, the more you need oxygen and correctly synchronized breathing between movement and breathing, otherwise the body's energy production just doesn't work optimally and therefore even the world's strongest man or woman at a standstill if this is not in place. It is very logical and simple.
KataFIT can be trained by everyone without exception, shape, injuries, without injuries and goals. The KataFIT train takes you on a journey, and even KataFIT 1S, which everyone in Shindenkan starts with, will with 95% certainty contribute positively to your quality of life and your life. You are just welcome.

KataFIT, which belongs to the 5-year Shindenkan SHIELD KISS project ( www.shieldkiss.com ), which replaced the POMW project ( www.pomwproject.com ), so that anyone who has the time and inclination can follow along until the project ends in 2019.

Best regards,

Yamana-Itotani Sensei
Jokokan International and Bujutsu Kodosokukai Sodenke
Kaicho Shindenkan and Kaidenkan