Rokkyu/6th Kyu (Your first test in aikido!): 30 hours/3 months
- Tenkan
- Shomenuchi ikkyo
- Shomenuchi iriminage
- Katate dori shihonage
- Yokomenuchi shihonage
- Kokyu tanden ho
Gokyu/5th Kyu: 60 hours/4 months
- All previous technique
- Shomenuchi nikyo
- Kata dori ikkyo
- Kata dori nikyo
- Munetsuki kaitennage
Yonkyu/4th Kyu: 60 hours/4 months
- All previous techniques
- Shomenuchi sankyo
- Shomenuchi yonko
- Yokomenuchi ikkyo, kotegaeshi and iriminage
- Ryote dori tenchinage and shihonage
- Katate dori ryote mochi kokyu tanden ho
Sankyu/3rd Kyu: 70 hours/4 months
- All previous techniques
- Ushiro ryokata dori ikkyo
- Ushiro ryote dori shihonage
- Ushiro kubi shime kotegaeshi
- Ushiro kokyonage
Nikyu/2nd Kyu: 80 hours/6 months
- All previous techniques
- Yokomenuchi nikyo, sankyo and yonkyo
- Koshinage from shomenuchi, yokomenuchi, katate dori and munetsuki
- Hanmi handachi:
- Katate dori shihonage
- Ryote dori shihonage
- Suwariwaza:
- Shomenuchi ikkyo
- Kata dori ikkyo
- Yokomenuchi ikkyo
- All of the weapons katas (sword and short staff)
Ikkyu/1st Kyu (Last test before your black belt test!): 90 hours/6 months
- All previous techniques
- Jiyu waza:
- Standing
- Hanmi handchi
- Suwariwaza
- Tanto dori:
- Munetsuki
- Shomenuchi
- Yokomenuchi
- All of the weapons kata (sword and short staff)
Shodan/Black Belt:120 hours/9 months
- All basic techinques and previous requirements
- Tanto dori: shomenuchi, yokomenuchi, tsuki, and ushiro (A different technique for each frontal attack. Two different techniques for ushiro attack.)
- Tachi dori: shomenuchi, yokomenuchi, tsuki (A total of five different techniques.)
- Jo dori: shomenuchi, yokomenuchi, tsuki (A total of five different techniques.)
- Randori: Three people attacking.