JKA SKDI DAN EXAN
Summer Camp 2026
Exam Sunday, July 26, 2026
REQUIREMENTS:
Special notes about entering your name in the Dan Exam application:
INSTRUCTORS: If students do not have expiration dates on their passports or membership cards, their instructor must submit a list of current student members, with their membership numbers to SKDI headquarters the week before the exam. Instructors are responsible for ensuring all students taking the exam have the required eligibility, active membership, and submitted an accurate exam application before the day of the exam.
- Brown belts: Annual SKDI membership card (or SKDI passport) valid for the exam date. Can not expire before the examination date.
- Black belts: Valid SKDI passport AND valid JKA HQ annual membership card (white card from JKA Headquarters). Passport and membership card can not expire before the examination date.
- Black Belts from other countries (outside SKDI) should confirm active local and JKA HQ membership with their chief instructor and organizing body. Otherwise, your results may not be processed by JKA HQ.
- Permission: Applicants must have their dojo's chief instructor consent to test.
- Time : For the 1st Dan exam you have passed 1st Kyu at least 6 months prior. For higher ranks please refer to this JKA HQ guidance for the minimum years before testing for each rank.
Special notes about entering your name in the Dan Exam application:
- Your combined FIRST and LAST name can be at most 17 characters to fit on the diploma. Please use the preferred convention of your country / culture as you want it to appear sequentially on your exam certificate if you pass
- For example, as the directions above state, most Americans and many Europeans may use their FIRST name in the first field and their LAST (family) name in the second field. In such cases the English convention of FIRST NAME then LAST NAME, for example JOHN SMITH, would be entered as JOHN in the first field and SMITH in the second field.
- However, if your country / culture’s tradition is to put your family name before your given name you may enter that however you prefer. For example, most Japanese and other Asian countries or cultures might put their family name in the first field and their given name in the second field.
INSTRUCTORS: If students do not have expiration dates on their passports or membership cards, their instructor must submit a list of current student members, with their membership numbers to SKDI headquarters the week before the exam. Instructors are responsible for ensuring all students taking the exam have the required eligibility, active membership, and submitted an accurate exam application before the day of the exam.
Step 1: Complete your APPLICATION
Step 2: Make your ONLINE PAYMENT
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Pay ONLINE
Using your bank account 
IMPORTANT: Include your name and what you are paying for in the Zelle description or notes so we can recognize your payment. Write descriptions in the notes such as: Ex. John Smith - Nidan exam 
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Pay ONLINE
Using your debit or credit card Secured by PayPal - no account required Use "Guest checkout" 
3% fee to cover PayPal transaction charges included below
DAN EXAM PAYMENT
RE-TEST PAYMENT
Confirm re-test eligibity first at skdi.jka.gmail.com |
