FEES: AFFILIATION & DAN GRADING

• The Shōtōkan Budōkai will use a system of banding in according to the core values to respect and facilitate the Shōtōkan Budōkai communities throughout the world.

• Following the World Bank’s figures of GDP per person, four bands will be used to allow national affiliates and individual members to pay proportionally similar amounts.

• Please see below for charts detailing countries and bands (subject to periodic change).

• If a candidate is successful, the official examiner must register the grade within one month of the exam.

• Registration for all Dan grades is USD100. Once this money has been transferred to the Headquarters, certificates will be issued.

• If the candidate is unsuccessful, 50% of the fee will be returned to the candidate. It is then the responsibility of the examiner to give a detailed review of the exam and provide a strategy for the candidate to be successful on their next attempt

• Payment bands refer to the country in which the candidate is a resident.

BAND A : 100% of fees applicable

American Samoa, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, The, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curacao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Guam, Guyana, Hong Kong SAR, China, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Rep), Kuwait, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao SAR, China, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Nauru, Oman, Panama, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Martin (French part), Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Virgin Islands (U.S.)

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BAND B : 75% of fees applicable

Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Georgia, Grenada, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Libya, Macedonia FYR, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Moldova, Montenegro, Paraguay, Peru, Samoa, Serbia, South Africa, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Venezuela (RB)

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BAND C : 50% of fees applicable

Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo (Rep.), Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt (Arab Rep.), Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia (Fed. Sts.), Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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BAND D : 25% of fees applicable

Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestine, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Nepal.

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BAND D : 10% of fees applicable

Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, The, Guinea-Bissau, Korea (Dem. People’s Rep.), Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Uganda, Yemen Rep.