Sensei Hanratty offers thoughts on how he grades and how other instructors grade. He touches on the following:

-How grading systems have evolved

-The first things he teaches students

-Evolution of his grading guide and syllabus

-What he looks for in Heian Shodan

-What he looks for at gradings

-Using the voice as a weapon

-Signature moves in katas

-The difference between commercial dojos and traditional dojos

-What it was like earning his first black belt