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
